Anxiety and anxiety disorder - what is the difference? Anxiety is a normal human reaction to unpleasant and potentially dangerous events. Evolutionarily, this response arose so that we could mobilize and act quickly. Anxiety occurs during t
imes of change, before important tests or meetings
and helps you focus on something, make more effort, and adapt better.As for
chronic anxiety, it can lead to an
anxiety disorder. This is a serious disease. It causes sleep and appetite disturbances, tension pains, irritability. While
you can no longer control anxiety, it settles into all areas of life and begins to control you. High levels of anxiety make you avoid everything new, prevent you from working efficiently, building relationships and living your life to the fullest.
