Generalized anxiety disorder causes excessive and uncontrollable worrying about everyday life that interferes with normal functioning. The worrying is often not related to specific triggers and causes tension and anxiety daily. People with GAD worry severely enough that it impacts their ability to live as they normally would. While the exact causes are unknown, GAD is thought to involve genetic, environmental, developmental, and psychological factors.

2. Generalized anxiety disorder causes exaggerated worrying and anxiety about everyday life. Everyone worries at times, but people with Generalized anxiety disorder mostly cannot relax, and usually anticipating the worst. The intensity and pervasiveness of their worry interferes with normal functioning at school, work, and in their relationships. The worrying is often not related to anything specific, and each day provokes tension and anxiety. People with GAD worry so severely that it interferes with their ability to live their lives. In some cases the anxiety can also progress to the point where people being to"worry about worrying." GAD usually starts in childhood or adolescence, but can also start in early adulthood. The exact cause of GAD is unknown. Researchers believe it is caused by a combination of genetic, environmental, developmental, and psychological factors.

3. Yes, children learn anxiety from their parents by seeing and observing what their parents are anxious about and what they may avoid because of anxiety. But if you try to prevent this you by avoiding what makes you nervous, it can also lead to greater anxiety, and the development of anxiety disorders still occurs.

4. If You have a family history of an anxiety disorder, You about three times at greater risk for developing an anxiety disorder. This does not mean that you will 100% have an anxiety disorder, but research does show you are at a greater risk.

5. Scientists, testing genetic variations in rhesus macaque monkeys, have found some genetic variations of serotonin. This negatively impacted the social behavior of the test subjects. Rhesus macaques and humans share this very particular genetic trait. The monkeys that had the shorter version of the gene experienced a higher incidence of social anxiety.

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