Anxiety Facts

People who get help with mental health tend to get better faster and stay better longer.

When people are anxious they may:

Feel apprehensive
Feel powerless
Have a sense of impending danger, panic, or doom
Have an increased heart rate
Breathe rapidly
Sweat
Tremble
Feel stressed
Feel weak or tired
Feel like worry is interfering with school, sports, relationships, or other parts of life
Feel depressed
Have trouble with alcohol or drug use, or have other mental health concerns
Be anxious about other physical health problems
Have suicidal thoughts or behaviors (seek emergency treatment immediately)

Source: Mayo ClinicTable 5

People who get help when they are anxious tend to get better faster and stay better longer.