It is the end of the quarter of your basketball game with 0 seconds left on the clock, your team is down by only one point, and you got fouled. It is up to you to make either the first free throw to tie it, and the second to win. The pressure is on, and a screaming crowd doesn't make it easier. You start to feel your heart race, you're shaking, and your out of breath, drops of sweat beat down your flushed face and you begin to become very distressed.
             Everyone has felt anxious before at least once in their lives, whether it had been at a game, before an interview, or even an important test. It is normal for people to become worried and anxious at times, but sometimes people who let their anxiousness interfere with their lives can be diagnosed with a psychological disorder know as anxiety.
             But what exactly is anxiety? The word is derived from the Latin, angere, which means to choke or strangle. Anxiety is a subjective sense of worry, apprehension, fear, and distress. Remember it is normal to have these sensations on occasion, but until they start interfering in your daily life, is when it could become a problem. Symptoms of anxiety result in fidgeting, muscle tension, sleeping problems, and headaches. Higher levels of anxiety may produce such symptoms as rapid heartbeat, sweating, increased blood pressure, nausea, and dizziness.
             Now you know what anxiety is, what causes it? Most anxiety disorders do not have a particular cause. They appear to have come from a combination of biological, psychological, and social factors. Psychologists have proposed a variety of models to explain anxiety. Sigmund Freud suggested that anxiety results from internal, unconscious conflicts. He believed that a person's mind represses wishes and fantasies about which the person feels uncomfortable. This restraint results in anxiety disorders, which Freud called neuroses. Other studies
             suggest that anxiety disorders run in families. So, c...