Anxiety disorders don’t discriminate. The condition can affect anyone who has at some point experienced overwhelming amounts of trauma or stress build-up after prolonged exposure. Anxiety disorders can also be linked to your genetic code. Meaning it could run in the family. Certain personality types are also more prone to the development of anxiety disorders and so are people who frequently misuse drugs or alcohol, which only worsens the anxiety disorder.
The journal brain & behaviour published results pertaining to anxiety disorders in an attempt to understand and shed more light on anxiety disorders as a condition. The University of Cambridge analysed the results of 48 prior studies and the results show a very different picture. They discovered that anxiety disorders are far more commonly found in females than in males. Furthermore, other groups at risk include adults under the age group of 35 as well as people with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. The loss of a loved one, work stress or ongoing financial worry can also all be contributing factors to anxiety disorder.
