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Anxiety is simply "worry".  One can worry about anything or anyone.  One can worry about certain situations like flying in an airplane or driving across a bridge.  Mothers or fathers can worry about their children.  An adult child can worry about their elderly parents' health.

Worry - as a way of dealing with what life brings - tends to be a family "disorder".  It's easy to find parents or grandparents who worried just like the patient does. This does not make Anxiety a genetic issue.  Children initially learn everything from their parents
including how to deal with life problems.

Anxiety, as a disorder, can present in a number of ways (see "Presentation" button above).   None of these coping techniques are adaptive - which simply means that  they don't help - they may make matters worse.  The creative ways that a person tries to keep themselves safe from these worries makes up the diagnostic category know as anxiety disorders.  Read more about the various manifestations of Anxiety by clicking on the "Presentation" button above.

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