Anxiety
What is anxiety?
Anxiety is one of our most common modern feelings. Fear evolved to help us survive so that we could respond quickly if in danger. The fight or flight response was intended to prepare an individual in a dangerous situation to fight or run away. Modern life has unprecedented dangers, but they’re usually not the sort you can hit on the nose or run away from. So our anxiety accumulates and our bodies are powerless to resist its pernicious effects.