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Your body's natural response to stress is anxiety. It's a sense of dread or anxiety over what's to come. Most individuals are afraid and frightened on the first day of school, going to a job interview, or making a speech. However, you may have an anxiety disorder if your anxiety is severe, lasts more than six months, and interferes with your life. So, what exactly are anxiety disorders? Anxiety disorders are far more than simply feeling uneasy or fearful. These are serious mental illnesses that can significantly change the way you think, feel, and behave. Anxiety disorders are the most common of mental illnesses, affecting approximately 40 million adults, or 18.1% of the Canada population in any given year. Women are twice as likely to have anxiety disorders than men. What makes people anxious? Anxiety is the fear of fear, so people with anxiety will respond to slight cues of danger or threat with an overwhelming sense of anxiety. Many anxiety disorders stem from a deep fea...