Assistant Professor (Education), Uttarakhand Open University, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India, Email id: klakhera@uou.ac.in
Online published on 7 March, 2019.
Anxiety is a state of mind characterised by uneasiness and apprehension in terms of future uncertainties. In some people, anxiety is a kind of fear resulting from the anticipation of a realistic or an imaginary event or task which causes considerable mental and physical problems. Normal people can suffer anxiety in various occasions. However, if not controlled well enough, it can become a permanent fixture in one's life and aggravate problems. Anxiety disorder is an umbrella term that includes different conditions. As someone suffers from panic attack he may sweat, have chest pain and feel palpitation (usually strong or irregular heartbeats). Anxiety disorders involve the temporary worry or fear may be mild or severe. Everyone has feeling of anxiety at some point of their life.
Bewilderment, Apprehension, Manifestation, Anticipation, Psychosomatic