Disorders characterized by extreme feelings of anxiety and severe stress responses in the absence of an apparent precipitating stimulus are classified as

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Generalized anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive and uncontrollable worry about everyday things and events, often with no specific cause or trigger. The anxiety is persistent and disruptive, and the individual may have physical symptoms such as muscle tension, restlessness, and difficulty sleeping. Panic attacks, phobic anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders all involve specific triggers or obsessions/compulsions, whereas tachycardia is a physical symptom that may be present in these disorders but is not a disorder in itself.

Disorders Characterized by Extreme Feelings of Anxiety and Severe Stress