General Flashcards
1
Q
What is anxiety
A
Persistent worry
2
Q
What do you worry about with anxiety
A
Potential future dangers, threats to safety, or upsetting events.
3
Q
Everyone has some anxiety, but how do you know when it is a disorder:
A
If it causes people to act in a maladaptive way (Inability to function day to day)
4
Q
The goal of treating anxiety disorders
A
It is not to eliminate it, instead to restore a pattern where anxiety is helpful and not hurtful
