Professor Pelissolo* is a psychiatrist, head of department at the Henri-Mondor university hospitals in Créteil. He has worked for more than twenty years on anxiety and depressive disorders, particularly phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorders. His research focuses on the causes and treatments of these disorders, particularly in their severe and resistant forms.
How do you know if you are anxious or too anxious
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Anxiety is related to fear.
It is normal to be momentarily afraid in the face of a stressful situation, an attack, for example.
It is a very useful emotion that allows us to react, flee or defend ourselves.
But when this emotion continues, in an irrational manner in relation to the context, we can say that we suffer from anxiety.
In general, it is the complications of this anxiety that alert us: incessant thoughts, sleep problems, irritability, avoidance behaviors, pain, dizziness, etc.
These psychological symptoms...
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