Stress affects everyone by making them notice symptoms of stress through disciplining kids, business hours at work, managing finances, and when coping with a challenging relationship. Stress is everywhere. While a little stress is OK -- some stress is actually beneficial -- too much stress can wear you down and make you sick, both mentally and physically.
Emotional symptoms of stress include:
Experiencing anxiety occassionally is a normal part of life, but people with anxiety disorders however have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. Anxiety disorders often involve feelings of intense fear or terror that repeatedly happens suddenly within minutes to cause a panic attack. Feelings of anxiety and panic are difficult to control in a way that they interfere with daily activities and are out of proportion to the actual danger which could last for a long period of time. Examples of anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias and separation anxiety disorder. People can have more than one anxiety disorder and anxiety can sometimes result from a medical condition that needs treatment.
Emotional symptoms of anxiety include: