Anxiety Causes

Anxiety Causes are extremely diverse but they can cause a problem that can affect people of all ages. Anxiety is one of the most common health problems among adolescents with anxiety attacks (otherwise known as panic attacks) being a fairly common condition which has been gaining frequency and intensity in the last 2-3 decades.

There are now more than 20 million Americans being affected with this debilitating complaint every year with Anxiety being either a short term "state" or a long term "trait with Anxiety Disorders now being the most common of emotional complaints with a generalized mood condition that occurs without an identifiable triggering stimulus.

Anxiety Disorders are a serious illness with many people not understanding Anxiety Causes. Just on their own they are very debilitating, but if they co-occur with other mood disorders they can be a major roadblock to recovery.

Causes

Anxiety or panic attacks are usually blamed on stress or too much work load but anxiety attack is a symptom and the impetus of a larger problem and is considered to be a normal reaction to stress. These attacks are an uncomfortable feeling of fear or imminent disaster and are a normal emotional response to danger. However, anxiety is your foreboding thought that something bad is going to happen, or put simply, is the fear of the future.

Causes of this complaint can be part your genetic and biochemical make up, as well as part of your personality with attacks happening almost anytime, anywhere, and with or without good reason.

These disorders develop when we experience severe anxiety in response to a minor or common problem, or when the anxiety never goes away and actually interferes with our problem solving. Severe Anxiety can also impact on a person's health and happiness and on their ability to complete everyday activities and achieve life goals.

Anxiety and panic attacks are one of the most common symptoms of peri menopause and menopause but they are not a 'normal', or acceptable, symptom of the menstrual cycle or menopause. There is a small organ in the brain called the Amygdala which is responsible for the anxiety reaction, even when hormone imbalances during menstruation or the menopause may have 'sparked' the initial problem.

This may answer why an Anxiety attack disorder is reportedly more likely to develop in women than in men, however, the statistics may also be misleading because men are more reluctant to seek professional help even if the symptoms are recognised.