Anxiety became the most common psychiatric illness in the early 1900s. Not much has changed since physicians have found treatments to cure and prevent anxiety from becoming worse. It is believed that this disorder is caused by economy issues, natural catastrophes, personal problems, etc (Dowbiggin 431). Anxiety has an endless amount of definitions, interpretations, and symptoms. Symptoms are different with each sufferer (Farrell 32). Physicians have done research to help define and cure this disorder. The research has shown a few problematic symptoms due to medication. Addiction afflicted the majority of the population who were taking anti-anxiety medication in the 1980s. This later led to reimbursements. Physicians declared that anxiety affects a person in a way they cannot control (Dowbiggin 432). It has become clear that this psychiatric illness must be taken seriously. Although quite serious, anxiety can be cured.
Anxiety is defined as an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physiological signs (as sweating, tension, and increased pulse), by doubt concerning the reality and …show more content…
Dowbiggin’s research, High Anxieties: The Social Construction Of Anxiety Disorders, he states many reasons to as why anxiety was so highly rated in the second half of the 20th century. He states reasons such as, “the energy crisis of the 1970s, the outbreak of AIDS in the 1980s, the horrors of Bosnia and Rwanda in the 1990s, and the threat of climate change and global warming…” People were beginning to think they lived in a world full of grim uncertainty (Dowbiggin 431). Anxiety can often be caused by a phobia. “A phobia is an irrational fear that can consume a person” (Farrell 34). These phobias bring upon fears which may cause a person to build up stress. Getting over a phobia may alleviates one's anxiety that has been building up overtime. In the 1900s, it was believed that anxiety was mainly caused by the fear of natural
Anxiety is defined as an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physiological signs (as sweating, tension, and increased pulse), by doubt concerning the reality and …show more content…
Dowbiggin’s research, High Anxieties: The Social Construction Of Anxiety Disorders, he states many reasons to as why anxiety was so highly rated in the second half of the 20th century. He states reasons such as, “the energy crisis of the 1970s, the outbreak of AIDS in the 1980s, the horrors of Bosnia and Rwanda in the 1990s, and the threat of climate change and global warming…” People were beginning to think they lived in a world full of grim uncertainty (Dowbiggin 431). Anxiety can often be caused by a phobia. “A phobia is an irrational fear that can consume a person” (Farrell 34). These phobias bring upon fears which may cause a person to build up stress. Getting over a phobia may alleviates one's anxiety that has been building up overtime. In the 1900s, it was believed that anxiety was mainly caused by the fear of natural