To help diagnose an anxiety disorder, your mental health provider may: Discuss your thoughts, feelings and behaviors when you feel anxious. Ask about other mental health problems, such as depression or alcohol or drug misuse, which can happen along with anxiety. This can make a diagnosis more challenging.
Excessive, ongoing anxiety and worry can interfere with your daily activities and may be a sign of generalized anxiety disorder, but treatment can help.
Anxiety affects you physically, along with your thoughts and actions. When you face physical danger, anxiety is designed to help you focus on the threat so you know where the danger is coming from and then respond in ways that help fight it or escape from it.
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