Anxiety Disorder comprise a group of condition that share a key feature of excessive

anxiety with ensuing behavioural, emotional, cognitive, and physiologic responses. Clients
suffering from anxiety disorders can demonstrate unusual behaviours such as panic without
reason, unwarranted fear of objects or life conditions, uncontrollable repetitive actions, re-
experiencing of traumatic events, or unexplainable or overwhelming worry. Anxiety is
distinguished from fear, which is feeling afraid or threatened by a clearly identifiable external
stimulus that represents danger to the person. Anxiety is unavoidable in life and can serve many
positive functions such as motivating the person to take action to solve a problem or to resolve a
crisis. Anxiety causes uncomfortable cognitive, psychomotor, and physiologic responses, such as
difficulty with logical thought, increasingly agitated motor activity, and elevated vital signs.
The condition often develops for no apparent reason. Various factors may play a part.
These are some of reason why anxiety disorder happens to a patient. Your genetic 'makeup' may
be important (the material inherited from your parents which controls various aspects of your
body). Some people have a tendency to have an anxious personality, which can run in families.
Childhood traumas such as abuse or death of a parent may make you more prone to anxiety when
you become older. A major stress in life may trigger the condition. For example, a family crisis
or a major civilian trauma such as a toxic chemical spill. But the symptoms then persist when
any trigger has gone. Common minor stresses in life, which you may otherwise have easily
coped with, may then keep the symptoms going once the condition has been triggered.
Levels of Anxiety
Mild anxiety is a sensation that something is different and warrants special
attention. Sensory stimulation increases and helps the person focus attention to
learn, solve problems, think, act, feel, and protect him or her.
Moderate anxiety is the disturbing feeling that something is definitely wrong; the
person becomes nervous or agitated.
Severe anxiety - person with severe anxiety has trouble thinking and reasoning.
Muscles tighten and vital signs increase. The person paces; is restless, irritable,
and angry; or uses other similar emotionalpsychomotor means to release tension.
Panic the emotionalpsychomotor realm predominates with accompanying fight,
flight, or freeze responses.