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In my experience, I have seen more times than not that everyone has an anxiety disorder in some type of way. Some people are not as extreme as other people may be, but its there. Anxiety disorder is disorders characterized by excessive worrying, fear of losing control, nervousness, and inability to relax (Rathus 2019 pg 310). Anxiety disorders can impact a life in various different ways and also depends on the severity. In some cases it may cause server sweating, racing heart and elevated blood pressure. Aniexty disorder is also inhibits with things such as phobias, panic disorder, and social anxiety. When the anxiety is not related to symptoms like these than its referred as generalized anxiety disorder. (Rathus 2019) Generalized anxiety disorder is persistent anxiety that cannot be attributed to a phobic object, situation, or activity. Rather, it seems to be free floating (Rathus 2019 page 311).  Anxiety also prevents us from doing somethings that we may need to do such as doctors appointment (Rathus 2019 pg 310). I have personally seen this with a family member. They had been to so many doctors to try and figure out what what going on with them and no-one knew. They kept prescribing medicine and one made her very sick. This made her so scared to take another medication because she didn't want to feel the way that she felt before. This also lead to some PTSD or PostTraumatic Stress Disorder. When I thought of PTSD I think war or major car accident, when in reality it can be something as simple as a doctors visit. PTSD is a disorder that follows a distressing event outside the range of normal human experience and that is characterized by features such as intense fear, avoidance (Rathus 2019 page 314). Much like anxiety PTSD can effect people differently based on the severity. Some things that people often have is sleep problems, irritable outbursts, difficulty concentrating, extreme vigilance, and an intensified "startle" response (Rathus 2019 pg 314). There are other disorders that are very much like PTSD such as acute stress disorder. Most people that have these symptoms or that are diagnosed often seek treatment. Some of these treatments include psychotherapy, client centered theapy, behavior therapy, humanistic therapy, medications, and in some cases hospitalization (Rathus 2019). I have personally gone and talked to someone for anxiety and I didn't realize how many different options there was for treatment. All they recommended was medication and didn't bring up any other options. It all boils down to what you have and that is going to ultimately decide which of those treatments are going to give you the best results.