AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Generalized anxiety disorder is a mental health disorder that produces fear, worry, and a constant feeling of being overwhelmed. It is characterized by excessive, persistent, and unrealistic worry about everyday things.

Detailed explanation-2: -However, people with anxiety disorders frequently have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. Often, anxiety disorders involve repeated episodes of sudden feelings of intense anxiety and fear or terror that reach a peak within minutes (panic attacks).

Detailed explanation-3: -Generalized Anxiety Disorder, GAD, is an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic anxiety, exaggerated worry and tension, even when there is little or nothing to provoke it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many people with anxiety have severe problems with anxious and irrational thinking-thoughts that many know are irrational, and yet they struggle to convince themselves of the more logical and reasoned response. These unhelpful thoughts may have contributed to the development of anxiety.