Anxiety- Anxiety is a generalized feeling of fear and apprehension that may be related to a particular situation or object and is often accompanied by increased physiological arousal. Karen Horney described anxiety as the central factor in both normal and abnormal behavior. She considered it a motivating force, a signal of distress, and it underlies many forms of maladjustments. She believed maladjustment occurred when too many defenses against anxiety pervade the personality. However, Freud thought of anxiety as the result of constant conflict among the id, ego, and superego, which were forms of behavior associated with anxiety neurotic. There are a wide range of symptoms of anxiety, such as fear, apprehension, inattention, heart palpitations, respiratory distress, and dizziness. Free floating anxiety is used to describe persistent anxiety not clearly related to any specific object or situation and accompanied by a sense of impending doom, but is not part of current terminology. Feelings of not being able to control a situation are common to both children's and adult's anxiety. There are different types of anxiety disorders that appear in the DSM, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which are generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by persistent anxiety occurring on more days than not for at least 6 months, sometimes with increased activity of the autonomic nervous system, apprehension, excessive muscle tension, and difficulty in concentrating. They also shoe impairment in at least 3 of 6 areas of functioning, which are restlessness or feeling "on edge," difficulty in concentrating, irritability or impatience, easily fatigued, sleep difficulties or disturbances, and muscle tension. A person must show persistent anxiety that is not specific to one situation to be diagnosed with generalized anxiety diso...