Extreme anxiety can cause disabling panic attacks, an intense fear that something bad is going to happen. The physical symptoms -- chest pain, dizziness, palpitations and a sense of doom -- can be mistaken for those of a heart attack.
"These are terribly frightening things," said Dr. Martin Buxton, chief of psychiatry at Tucker Pavilion at Chippenham Hospital.
"On the other end of the spectrum, you have things like generalized anxiety disorder, which I call the walking wounded," he said. "These are people who cannot relax and be in the moment. They are constantly worrying . . . What's been shown is these anxiety disorders untreated really can negatively impact peoples' overall health."
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