Anxiety, Stress & Depression A Guide For Hope

What is anxiety? Anxiety has several definitions. The most commonly used definition of anxiety is the following:

Anxiety is an emotion caused by a perceived or experienced threat, which often leads to an avoidance or evasion thereof.

Anxiety thus is a reaction on something that scares you which leads to evasive behavior or intense emotions in case the fear has to be confronted. Anxiety is a natural mechanism, which helped us to survive in prehistoric times. As opposed to other psychological mechanisms, anxiety is something we were actually born with.

Why then do some people have anxiety disorders while others do not? Everyone has the capacity of developing an anxiety disorder. Yet, not the entire population suffers from an anxiety disorder, as several factors are needed to develop an anxiety disorder.