Anxiety is nothing more than a mental state of the individual that is characterized by three main elements, these being restlessness, excitement and insecurity, all to a great extent. It is related to neurosis and is considered a disorder.
Anxiety is a psychological medical term (from the Latin anxietas, 'anguish, affliction'), it refers to an involuntary mental state in which the individual who presents it has great restlessness, exaltation and much insecurity. However, anxiety can have a more extensive symptomatic framework, being able to affect a person physically, psychologically, behaviorally, cognitively and socially.
An episode of anxiety, in the cases in which it occurs with more intensity, can be considered as an attack that is distinguished by presenting in individuals tachycardia, palpitations, chest discomfort, breathing difficulties, digestive problems that cause vomiting and diarrhea due. In some patients with anxiety , sleep, eating and sexual response disorders may manifest.
It is usually the product of a deep concern to which the person does not find an immediate solution or fear of the consequences it represents, which is also considered an alert response to imminent damage that can be internal or external in nature..
Despite how serious it might seem or become, anxiety is a normal and daily response to stressful situations but when it occurs frequently it should be treated as a neurotic-type disorder, in fact there are two types of anxiety, the so-called normal and the pathological.
