Essays on Anxiety

I’ve suffered from depression and anxiety for as long as I can remember. It’s not something I have control over, it’s not something I chose. My life could be going perfect and yet I could feel like nothing right. It’s more than just feeling sad or being down. It’s not being able to get out...

is a feeling one gets of feeling worried and nervous, usually about an event or something to do with an outcome. There are four types of anxiety disorders of which people may go through. The first type of disorder is a generalized anxiety disorder, which is when one is continual nervous, tense, and uneasy. The...

Is there a correlation between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, which is also known as ADHD and Anxiety? Well, first let’s take a look at what ADHD and Anxiety are. ADHD is a chronic condition that affects millions of children, as young as seven years old, often continuing into their adulthood. There are three main types...

Abstract The purpose of this study was to see if there is a relationship between birth order and anxiety. I hypothesized that firstborns would have higher levels of anxiety on the DASS anxiety scale compared to later borns. Participants of the study were male and female undergraduate students in the PSYC 203 class at Queen’s...

Anxiety decreasing with exercise agrees with a plethora of research (e.g. Goodwin, 2003; Petruzzello et al., 1991). One study suggests exercise frequency, instead of previous history is most important to reduce anxiety and that the more anxious exercisers benefit most (Wilson et al., 1981). Impressively, exercise has similar effectiveness to traditional anxiety management approaches (Ryan...

Anxiety is the body’s natural response to stress, you can experience it at a new job, a new school, or any new or uncomfortable setting. Though anxiety is a natural part of life and it comes and goes, some people experience it daily and with a stronger force that renders them “useless” or unable to...

The beginning of literature on anxiety began similar to that of depression based on learned helplessness. Rats were placed in mazes and subjected to experimental neurosis, a stimulus that induces an anxiety-like response (in this case unpredictable electric shocks), and their behavior was assessed. Those rats exposed to experimental neurosis had extreme levels of agitation...

Josef Pieper was a German philosopher, who is known for his book Leisure The Basis of Culture. The main theme of his book is to find the true meaning of what leisure or free time is. Throughout the entirety of his book, Pieper provides the reader with examples of how you can find leisure in...

Abstract The research question is to see the connection between anxiety cognitive failures, the research question is “Is there a correlation between trait anxiety and cognitive failures?” This research is planned to evaluate a potential correlation between trait anxiety and cognitive failures. The hypothesis states that there is a connection between trait anxiety and cognitive...

Various cognitive and affective investigation have studied the nature of anxiety, however, little has been researched regarding the motivational aspect around anxiety, even with the progress of prominent motivational theories (Gray, 1982). A crutial aspect of motivation is personal goals, this is because they normally give a sense of purpose, meaning and allows people to...