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Anyone! Mental illness does not discriminate. Everyone experiences symptoms of anxiety from time to time, it's natural for new, unfamiliar, or challenging situations to prompt feelings of anxiety or nervousness. However, some people struggle with severe forms of anxiety. Anxiety disorders are mental health conditions that involve excessive amounts of anxiety, fear, nervousness, worry, or dread. Anxiety that is too constant or too intense can cause a person to feel preoccupied, distracted, tense, and always on alert.
Anonymous
December 10th, 2014 9:35pm
Anyone prone to harboring many worries or concerns. Anxiety seems to creep up on those who are deeply caring, perfectionistic or feeling vulnerable. Or all three! So if you find yourself preoccupied with others (what they think, how they feel), place the greatest importance on doing 'the right thing' at all times, or if you tend to feel unsafe and fear harm in situations out of your control, these are anxiety breeding grounds. So, anxiety can evolve from personal attributes (e.g. being highly empathetic), or situational and environmental factors (like living in poverty). If you find anxieties are interfering with your life, I hope you reach out for support.
Its possible for absolutely anyone no matter how healthy they are to get anxiety. It comes in different forms.
Anonymous
August 27th, 2021 1:53pm
By definition, anxiety refers to someone who has. sense of uneasiness in them. Personally, I'd like to think that almost everyone has a small amount of anxiety in them because everyone overthinks, worries, and maybe even dreadfully fears something. The difference between everyone is their levels of anxiety; while some people could have very little, others could suffer through a lot. Some people use anxiety practices (like breathing or coloring) to help lower their levels of it. But essentially, anyone can be prone to it, but that is completely okay. If you or someone you may know thinks they need to reach for help, consider reaching out to someone or practicing anxiety-related exercises!
Anonymous
November 17th, 2015 11:03pm
People who are highly stressed. Depressions and past/current difficult distressing experiences can also cause anxiety. It's important to breathe slowly and count to 10. Plus to sip water and get fresh air asap.
Anonymous
December 28th, 2015 7:56am
Everybody can get anxiety, stress, and depression are two main causes of people getting anxiety according to what I learned
Anonymous
January 5th, 2016 9:20pm
Anyone can get anxiety.
People with Depression
People overweight and eating disorders also causes it
Anonymous
February 8th, 2016 11:28pm
Technically, everybody gets anxiety! Anxiety is a healthy response to stressors, and is evolutionarily adaptive. Anxiety is NOT adaptive when it begins to cause significant distress or impair your every day functioning. Anxiety disorders are quite common and treatable; if this sounds like you, set up an appointment with your doctor or a counselor/therapist!
Anonymous
March 29th, 2016 8:47am
Anyone can get anxiety. As there are also many types of anxiety it can happen to anyone in different forms.
Anonymous
April 4th, 2016 7:44pm
Anybody can get anxiety. It affects 1 in 4 people in their lifetime. We can't choose who has anxiety
Anyone can get anxiety. Anxiety is not something that discriminates. Any age group, gender group, race group ethnicity group can get anxiety. Everybody can get anxiety.
Anonymous
August 15th, 2016 11:57pm
Absolutely anybody can get anxiety about anything; if you feel like it's stopping you from living your life, you should contact a professional.
Anyone can, whether it was something that was triggered by events in your life, or a diagnosed mental illness that happened to pop up with the stresses of school/work. But everyone who has anxiety has the capability to get better through medication or therapy, so Don't worry.
Anyone, honestly, can be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, despite who they are.
Anyone can get anxiety. It does not matter your age or maturity. It's a natural thing that happens, but some people's get much worse.
Honestly, it doesn't matter who you are. Anybody can get anxiety. Anxiety is something that every single person can get. I personally think that sometime in our lives, everyone experiences anxiety. It may not be with an anxiety attack but I believe we've all experienced it at least once.
Anybody can get anxiety, there's no such thing as only a particular "type" of person can get it. Although the chances of getting anxiety is more if you're under pressure, can't deal well with pressure, have a lot of stress and such things.
Pretty much everyone. Some are better at hiding their anxiety than others. There are a few people who don't get anxious, that's pretty rare
Everyone can get anxiety. I repeat, everyone can get anxiety. What matters is how it's handled. There's no shame in admitting you have it.
Anonymous
July 9th, 2018 5:29am
Anyone can get anxiety, anxiety isn’t picky about who it decides to visit. Teachers, parents, friends, literally anyone can get anxiety.
Anonymous
November 13th, 2018 6:31am
Anyone really, it can be genetic or something new to the family but in any case if you have it don't be afraid help is always available. In some cases you may need therapy but you could do better without and just by yourself. It is also important to know that depression might come with this anxiety and you may want to watch out and look into it. But Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18.1% of the population every year. So it is important to know anyone can get anxiety and it could be you a friend or co-worker and sometimes it can just sneak up on you.
Anyone can get anxiety. Everyone has different reasons for anxiety but anyone is able to get it. But there are ways to help with anxiety, like talking to someone else, really thinking about why you are anxious and how to help it, and one way that is scientifically proven to help is writing down everything that is bothering you and eip it up and throw it away, or throw it in a bonfire or something. That tells your mind that you already solved it and that you got rid of it and that it is not a problem anymore.
Everyone experiences anxiety! It is a normal response for the body in order to protect itself from possible danger. Symptoms such as increased heart rate, sweating, heavier breathing, and shaky hands are all signs that the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight response) are working. Sometimes our minds can play tricks on us though and stimulate the flight or fight response when we are not in imminent danger. That's why it is so important to take a step back, breathe, and try to identify the triggers and what you need to overcome them. Because I promise you- you will overcome them. These feelings can't hurt you. You are the master of your own anxiety.
Anyone can get anxiety or any other mental disorder without any particular reason. Sometimes the brain just gets sick. But don't worry, EVERY mental disorder is curable.
Anyone and everyone can get anxiety. Anxiety can be caused by stress and trauma. If your family has a history of having anxiety disorders, you're more likely to develop it.
Anyone can get anxiety even children have been known to exhibit symptoms of anxiety and it often goes unrecognized and or passes with time or professional aid.
Anonymous
December 12th, 2014 5:17pm
Anyone can get anxiety! It's part of life in everything you do. I can really guarantee you that everyone you know has been anxious at least once in their life for something. Be it social or anything.
Anonymous
December 13th, 2014 8:56am
Anyone and everyone! It's natural for us to get anxiety from time to time. Whether it be severe or very minimal. It is a normal reaction to being overwhelmed by something.
Anyone! It's mixture of biological factors and environmental stressors. For some people it's almost 100% biological (ex: "I have a great life, I've never had a traumatic experience, and yet I'm continually anxious") and for others it's almost 100% due to experiences (ex: "Something bad happened to me in the past, and now I am really anxious."). For most people it's a mixture (ex: "Some hard stuff happened, and some of my family members also struggle with anxiety or other illnesses, and I struggle with anxiety.")
Anonymous
December 17th, 2014 4:16am
anyone. everyone. the disorder doesn't discriminate. but if you have a high family history than it is more likely
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