Has your anxiety increased in the last year? If so, you’re not alone. Over the past year, the social, personal, and environmental stressors of the pandemic have caused a dramatic increase in the prevalence of mental disorders—most commonly anxiety and depression. We discussed depression last week, so we know that environmental triggers can worsen or even cause episodes of depression. Perhaps even more than mood disorders, anxiety disorders are strongly impacted by social and psychological context. Anxiety disorders—which include phobias, panic disorders, and trauma disorders—are innately tied to our sense of self-preservation. Evolutionarily speaking, an attuned sense of fear and…
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