It's invisible, it is a feeling and it can debilitate the thinking and emotions of even the most positive person.
Research suggests that some anxiety and even depression may have genetic causes but there are also other factors like environment, childhood experiences, personal loss, changes in circumstances, ongoing and relenting challenges and pressures
like stress, bad relationships, personal grief and financial worry. There are also chemical causes that come from the use of certain drugs.
Actually, even caffeine which is found in coffee can cause mild anxiety in many people and sufferers are often advised not to drink coffee and other foods that are unhelpful to their condition.
Under normal everyday circumstances anxiety can be a healthy response to conditions that may threaten our perceptions of survival. The process is a natural one that helps us to avoid danger or to deal with unusual or challenging situations and circumstances.
As the symptoms grow and continue within a person's circumstances their perception of themselves and/or their life can become unbearable and intolerably bleak.
Anxiety is probably one of the most natural and yet much misunderstood challenges within our society today with doctors and other health professionals increasingly finding themselves dealing with ever growing cases of anxiety and depression within the general population.