Marisa A. Cinquepalmi
Lindenwood University- Belleville
Author Note
Marisa A. Cinquepalmi, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University- Belleville. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Marisa A. Cinquepalmi, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University- Belleville, Belleville, IL 62226. E-mail: MAC583@lionmail.lindenwood.edu.
Life with Generalized Anxiety Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder affects approximately 3.1% of the U.S. adult population each year, causing 1.5-5.4 days of impairment during each given month (Priest, 2015). Anxiety is a commonly experienced emotion in everyday life. Everyone is familiar with the feeling anxiety from time to time, however, there are …show more content…
A key component for a person with suffering from any disorder is to know that they are not the only one who feels the way they do.
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