Anxiety

> *"I have no evidence to believe him but he's giving me a reason to be scared so he's probably right!"*
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> - Anxiety (Laugh Track)
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**Anxiety** (specifically GAD) is marked by excessive, exaggerated anxiety and worry about everyday life events for no obvious reason. The character is introduced in The Mad House.

## History

### The Mad House The Mental Illnesses 1 (Video)

Neurotypical tries to approach Anxiety, acknowledging Anxiety is clearly uncomfortable but still doing it anyway. Anxiety awkwardly backs away.

### Robbery The Mental Illnesses 2 (Video)

Anxiety surprises Depression at work. Anxiety tries to tell him their order but has an anxiety attack. When Sociopathy pulls out a gun, Anxiety faints.

### Laugh Track The Mental Illnesses 3 (Video)

Anxiety can be seen next to Depression. Schizophrenia approaches the two and them them he just realized their entire reality is fake. Anxiety exclaims "I have no evidence to believe him but he's giving me a reason to be scared so he's probably right!" and runs away.

### Schizophrenia Explains Schizophrenia The Mental Illnesses 3.5 (Video)

Anxiety appears with PTSD outside Schizophrenia's room and asks Schizophrenia who he's talking to.

### Stockholm Syndrome With Being Alive The Mental Illnesses 4 (Video)

Alone, Anxiety foresees Depression being shot in the head. He rushes to Depression's room to warn him. However, Depression reveals that it was actually him that will shoot himself in the head and that he cannot die. This causes much distress for Depression. Anxiety tries to comfort him by telling him he cares. He almost admit his love for Depression but get tongue-tied. Then the two sing a musical number. After the song, Depression asks Anxiety if they had heard of the Fountain of SSRI.

## Mental Illness

Anxiety, having under its umbrella one of the most common mental illness, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), is commonly known as that "weird feeling in your stomach", or the heart-gripping sensation tight in your chest. About 264 million people worldwide have at least one kind of anxiety, with women showing higher statistics of exhibiting it.

Anxiety can manifest itself in other conditions, some examples being Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Social Phobia, and some of its many symptoms may include headaches, nausea, a constant feeling of worry and/or dread, slight paranoia, and a sense of loneliness and hopelessness. Symptoms can and will vary in consistency and intensity from person to person.

The most common treatment for anxiety involves psychological counseling, might include psychotherapy and can also be a combination between therapy and counseling. Prescribed medications can also help, and are indicated in some cases. The most common of them being SSRIs and SNRIs, originally antidepressants that were found out to also work well with treatment for Anxiety Disorders. Beta Blockers work well with Socially Anxious individuals in performance situations. Benzodiazepines are the quicker-acting of them all, but can also be addicting, so most doctors try prescribing other drugs first.

## Powers and Abilities

Anxiety has precognition, which is the power to foresee the future. His powers are indicated to be limited, as he foresee Depression being shot in the head, but weren’t able to foresee that Depression would do it to himself.

## Personality

Anxiety is shown to fear many situations and things (even without evidence of their existence, as seen in Laugh Track). This drives him to overreact and constantly think that their life is in danger. Anxiety also seems quite empathetic, with him attempting to comfort Depression and telling him that he cares about him in Stockholm Syndrome With Being Alive.

## Relationships

### Depression

Anxiety and Depression's close relationship represents their high comorbidity rate, which is estimated to be as high as 60%. The duo are usually seen standing next to each other. Anxiety cares deeply about Depression and usually tries to cheer him up, such as when he decides to surprise him at work.

In "Stockholm Syndrome With Being Alive", it's revealed Anxiety has a romantic crush on Depression. He tries to confess his feelings but struggle to get it out. Depression doesn't acknowledge the attempted confession, showing he might've not noticed it. Whether Depression returns the feelings is unknown.

## Quotes

* *"You've killed us all!"*
* "*Oh God, oh God, oh fuck, I knew this would happen, I knew this would happen."*
* *"Don't talk like that. Depression, people really care about you. I care about you.*"

## Annotations

1. ↑ https://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/generalized-anxiety-disorder
2. ↑ https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/January-2018/The-Comorbidity-of-Anxiety-and-Depression