Causes of Anxiety - Understanding the Factors that Contribute to Anxiety Disorders

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CAUSES OF ANXIETY
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Anxiety can be referred as the general term for the several types of disorders that result in
development of nervousness. Apprehensions, fear as well as worrying. These disorders are
mainly seen to affect the ways about which individuals feels and behave and even have the
ability to cause different types of physical symptoms. Researchers have described this disorder as
the emotion that is characterized by feelings of tension as well as worried thoughts and different
physical changes like increased blood pressure and others (Baebler et al., 2017). A large number
of reasons are associated with the occurrence of the anxiety and these causes would be discussed
in the assignment.
Genetic as well as biological factors sometimes become the main cause of the occurrence
of anxiety. Deregulation of the chemical sin the brain is contributed to be one of the reasons for
occurrence of anxiety. Brain chemistry imbalances are stated to be one of the likely causes that
affect individuals and researches have shown that anxiety issues may occur due to deregulation
of the neurotransmitters that are actually the (brain chemicals) that include norepinephrine, and
also that like the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as well as the serotonin. Many of the
studies are also seen to state that Serotonin, norepinephrine, and GABA are also responsible for
playing important function like that for the sleep, mood as well as emotional stability and all
these can be seen to be severely affecting experiences that in turn may lead to anxiety disorders
(Zhang & Walton, 2018). Moreover, besides the cause of the deregulation of the brain chemicals,
also other biological explanations are discussed that result in anxiety. Studies of brain imaging
have shown individuals who have brain activities that are entirely different from that of the brain
activities of the normal people. It is seen that people suffering from the anxiety disorders ,might
possess anomalies in the blood flow as well as various issues in the metabolism in the brain.
There are also genetic factors that remain associated with the occurrence of anxiety. Studies

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show that some people are genetically more prone to anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders are
also believed to be passed down from parents and immediate family to their respective children
and this is front in the cases of the panic disorders (McCaffrey & Ferguson, 2018). Again, many
of the researchers are of the opinion that children, who see their parents to panic, also learn the
same behaviors among the children.
Medical factors are also seen to play important role resulting in the increase in the
anxiety level of the individuals. This might take place when certain disorders or illness can result
in the affecting of the brain that in turn causes disruption in the chemistry in the brain. Therefore,
in such situations, the professionals are advised to treat the underlying condition to make the
clients relieve from anxiety. However, environmental causes are the most discussed causal
factors that result in development of anxiety. Traumatic life events are responsible for the
causing of the anxiety disorders. However, simple life stress can also be stated as one of the most
common of the various depicted reasons that cause anxiety. Long-term stress that one might
experience in the job that they dislike or that affect resulting from the the relationship which is
emotionally disturbing become some of the contributing factors that cause anxiety (Asik et al.,
2015). Researchers have however put forward some of the possible reasons by which stress can
include anxiety. Stress may also be seen to be weakening the part of the brain that helps in
coping as well as anxiety controlling. Moreover, stress is also seen to affect the balancing of the
hormones as well as nutrition and the neurotransmitters. Stress may be also seen to overwhelm
and affect the mind that makes it harder to push away anxiety.
Many of the researchers are of the idea that life of every individual is a compilation of
millions of experiences and each of these experiences can promote or prevent the development of
anxiety in the individuals. An individual can learn anxiety form their parents by watching of the