Types of Anxiety and Coping Mechanisms

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A discussion on different types of anxiety, including performance and social anxiety, and the fear of uncertainty. The chapter also explores how health-related uncertainty can lead to OCD-like symptoms and the safety behaviors people adopt to alleviate anxiety.

Anxiety is an essential human emotion—it kicks in to protect us from threats—but sometimes those threats are only perceived. When worries start to become overwhelming, approximately 25 per cent of us experience clinical anxiety. But it is highly treatable. A ten-year-old girl and a 30-year-old man share their anxious thoughts and their strategies to manage them.