Anxiety Research Paper

Anxiety affects millions of people and is considered one of the most common mental illnesses. Anxiety disorders can be very harmful and can also disturb personal relationships, social life, work, and so many other opportunities. Anxiety is different for everyone and comes in a variety of forms and symptoms. Out of all the people who are suffering with anxiety, some will never receive or seek treatment due to being unaware of their illness. Anxiety and fear are normal emotions but overwhelming anxiety can result in a generalized anxiety disorder when uncontrollable worry is persistent. Untreated it can advance into more severe cases making treatment more difficult. There are many contributions to anxiety, those being biological, psychological, and social. I think there are many ways in which it would be helpful that more people in the general public hear about anxiety. Being educated would benefit many people and would allow doctors to diagnosis and treat anxiety much faster. …show more content…
Although no single gene seems to cause anxiety, contributions from many genes make us more exposed when the right psychological and social factors are present. The materials from the book also talked about anxiety being associated with specific circuits in the brain and neurotransmitter systems. There are also parts of the brain that are special for identifying changes in body function that may signal danger and other alarm-and-escape responses. Whether ones anxiety comes from genetic factors or specific parts of the brain, anxiety causes one to feel burdened, frightened, and also uncomfortable in situations that normally wouldn’t affect anyone else. Anxiety can negatively influence someone’s way of thinking and affect his or her everyday