What is General Anxiety Disorder?

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General anxiety disorder is when your girlfriend is pregnant, your wife just found out you have a girlfriend, your parents just found out you have a wife, your boss is your wife’s dad and your girlfriend is your wife’s mom.

General anxiety disorders are clearly the most extreme form of anxiety disorders, and should taken seriously. Less extreme forms, such as colonel anxiety disorder, and lieutenant anxiety disorder, are more common and more easily treatable, but if you have general anxiety disorder you’re in real trouble.
That may just be the most absurd thing I’ve ever written, but I can joke about general anxiety disorders because I have one. While it’s always good to be able to laugh at your misfortunes, general anxiety disorders can be very hard to live with if you don’t seek treatment. A lot of people with general anxiety disorders are either unaware of it, or ashamed to seek help for it. This can often lead to dangerous and unhealthy self-medication habits. Even if it doesn’t, general anxiety disorders don’t usually go away on their own, and often get worse with age.
Fortunately, there are a lot of things you can do to reduce the symptoms of a general anxiety disorder.

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