Calming Anxiety With Your Body’s Built-in Anti-Anxiety Response 11/30

• Severe stressors: These include financial ruin due to job loss or losing a loved one on whom you heavily depended.
• Certain personality types: These include Type A personalities and perfectionists.
• Gender: Women are twice as likely to have generalized anxiety disorder as men.
• Underlying medical conditions: These include chronic pain, respiratory conditions, gastrointestinal disorders and heart disease.
• Everyday stressors: These include more minor stressors like a hectic schedule or dealing with an unruly child. Such factors can build up without proper self-care.

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