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What is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and worry?

In the anxiety family, there are several different types of anxiety, all of which have in common that they associate a certain area as dangerous. In GAD, the danger is a variety of future areas. The person overthinks and tries to find solutions in their mind, although they do not find the solutions there. On the contrary, the anxiety limits life and the person becomes tense and feels bad about constantly walking around and being in fight or flight mode. The person lets their thoughts take up more and more space and often thinks they need to think and be on guard to be prepared if something dangerous happens. The worry is positively reinforced, i.e. increased by the fact that what you are worried about rarely happens. The brain then concludes that it did not happen because of the worry and that the worry is therefore functional, which is a false notion. Read more here: https://sveapsykologerna.se/generaliserad-ngestoro-gad/