General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is when a person is in persistent state of fear or worry.
The person may worry about things that are not rational.
A person with GAD may feel tense all day for no apparent reason.
Other symptoms may be body aches, head aches and feeling exhausted.
GAD is treatable with medications, therapy and motivation.
With GAD you excessively worry about everyday things like money or work.
Everybody has worries but do not make them extreme as they are with GAD.
Your anxious thoughts keep a steady stream throughout your mind.
Some worry is normal, like a test coming up.
The person with GAD worries much more and it disrupts their daily life.
A person with GAD may lie awake all night worrying.
People with GAD go about their business with exaggerated worries during their work and daily activities.
You may have GAD if your worries disrupt you job, social life and activities.
With GAD you cannot control your worries.
Your worries are very real and stressful to you.
You worry about anything and always expect the worst outcome.
If you have these symptoms for at least six months you may have GAD.
There are physical and psychological symptoms of general anxiety disorder.
The physical symptoms include sleeping problems, restlessness, jumpiness, digestion problems, muscular aches and tiring fast.
The psychological symptoms are feeling of impending doom, irritability, unable to control thoughts, unable to relax, difficulty concentrating and fear of being rejected and losing control.
GAD is usually treated with psychotherapy and medication.
There are things you can do on your own to reduce anxiety like exercise to get rid of that nervous energy.