Dr Jody Loeinger explores the concept of anxiety, its transition into a disorder, and the factors contributing to its prevalence in the younger generation due to the technologically driven environment.
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.