Anxiety The Tormenting Fear

Just over two decades ago, the emotional disturbance of what is called panic disorder was officially introduced into the discussion among psychiatrists. Since then much research has been undergoing, diverse studies has indicate that 1.5 to 3.5 percent of the population has experience panic disorder at some point in their lives. It has also been estimated that women get panic disorder about twice as often as men. The disorder seems to appear when a person is a young adult, although it can show up at any age. Everybody experience anxiety at some time, but anxiety can become so overwhelming that it can interferes with day—to –day living. Anxiety comes in many forms. Sometimes, it is a continuous, unpleasant sense of worry. It can also take a form of a fearful frightening, unexpected attacks what is known as panic attacks. This can be one of the most terrifying things a person ever experiences. Anxiety Disorders effect about forty million American adults age eighteen and older (18%) in a given year,’ causing them to be filled with fearfulness. Anxiety is a real medical condition, it is widely believed that anxiety probably results from a combination of genetic, biochemical, environmental, psychological factors. Research suggests that environment and genetic factors (e.g. a family history of anxiety may make a person more likely to develop the disorder). It is also widely believed that anxiety is the result of an imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain that is believed to influence a person’s mood .It is suspected that this chemic imbalance in the brain may impair effective communication between nerve cells, resulting in anxiety.