Anxiety in Teens

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An individual that has strives to live with anxiety or an anxiety disorder faces many struggles daily because of the feelings the conditions stimulate. There are an infinite amount of symptoms, causes, and consequences, but an equal amount of treatment options and ways to handle anxiety. Anxiety disorders can be viewed as general or extremely specific, but all in all each one affects the life of a person living with one or knowing someone who struggles with it. In regards to teenagers specifically, between three and five percent children and adolescents in the United States have some sort of anxiety disorder (Foa and Andrews 2). With the many challenges teenagers already face because of pressure based on school, athletics, social interaction, anxiety and anxiety disorders can create even more unnecessary stress. Caused by innumerable and miscellaneous factors, anxiety and anxiety disorders affect the lives of teenagers frequently with negative consequences.

A questionable aspect dealing with anxiety is what is considered normal versus excessive. There is a difference between the everyday anxiety on experiences and having an anxiety disorder. Anxiety is a natural reaction involving the human mind and body that is triggered when danger or threat is felt; but is different from fear in that it is anticipatory (D’Arcy Lyness). An anxiety disorder is anxiety that a person feels excessively and overwhelmingly, which is not only a mental health condition, but one of the most common (D’Arcy Lyness). Teenagers are not the only group subject to the challenges of anxiety. Anxiety disorders do not discriminate based on age, gender, or personality types. Various kinds of people experience different categories of anxiety disorders and symp...

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Works Cited

AACAP. "Your Adolescent - Anxiety and Avoidant Disorders." Your Adolescent - Anxiety and Avoidant Disorders. American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.

D'Arcy Lyness, P. D.. N.p.. Web. 12 Feb 2014.

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Foa, Edna B., Ph.D, and Linda W. Andrews. "If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents." Google Books. Oxford University Press Inc., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. .

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