Anxiety is like depression and is a universal human emotion. It is just when it is severe and persistent that it may be considered as mental problem.

Anxiety may be described like an overwhelming feeling of discomfort or unease. At the same time, you feel anxious you may also experience physical changes such as sweating, a racing heart, palpitations, furthermore rapid breathing. Though anxiety can be unpleasant, it very rarely lasts long and nearly all people manage to cope with it.

It can happen sometimes that the anxiety doesn't seem to go away for some people. They are anxious all the time or feel that anxiety is ruling their lives. They may sometimes try to avoid the situations which cause them anxiety and they may feel OK in the short term but it limits what they can do and the anxiety returns when these situations arise once more. Eg, they can decide that they can't go to certain places or do things that they formerly enjoyed.

It's essential to get help and to learn how to tackle anxiety by understanding what kind of anxiety it is. This is why there are important variations in the different forms of anxiety and the ways in which they can be treated. Eg, some kinds of anxiety can have physical causes, such as an overactive thyroid gland, hormonal disturbances or withdrawal from drugs.

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