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What is anxiety, and how to manage it?

What is anxiety?

The Marvelous Mind
4 min readJan 29, 2022

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The American Psychological Association (APA) defines anxiety as “an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, thoughts of worry, and physical changes such as increased blood pressure.” It is normal and natural to feel anxiety because it is an adaptive state necessary for the proper functioning of the human being. However, when it is experienced excessively…

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The Marvelous Mind

My name is Maria and I am a Clinical Psychologist. I enjoy reading, drawing and of course writing about various topics related to psychology and a few others.