At what point is it considered anxiety?

Physiologically, it's when you get nervous sweats, your heart is racing to the point where it's hard to breathe or speak, you're immobilized and you feel like backing away from your task.

I feel as though anxiety is experienced by everyone. When you are nervous about a test, or driving on the highway, or public speaking, or maybe even large crowds. What is different to me is having an anxiety disorder, which to me is that feeling the very first time you got on a roller coaster, and you were scared that you were going to die, even though you were aware no one dies on roller coasters, but this is the one time it would happen and it would be to you. That is the feeling. And it is all the time, and there is no reason for it. That is the difference between experiencing anxiety and having an anxiety disorder.

Are you asking anxiety in general or anxiety disorder? Anxiety can be any time you are stuck in the brain stem or the fight or flight reflex. So if you're asking general nervousness vs the fight or flight reflex, anxiety is when you are really feeling unsafe panicky, out of your comfort zone and may have trouble breathing or start having chest pains. general nervousness is a more mild sensation and isn't all consuming and doesn't feel like emending doom. Anxiety feels like a tightness or pressure on your chest, where nervousness does not.

It can be considered anxiety at any pint, if you feel you have anxiety disorder you should visit your GP! They can help you,

I'm not a doctor so I can only give you my personal symptoms with it. I get clammy hands, sweat a lot, feel dizzy/faint, sick, can't breath properly etc....Really though you should consult you're own doctor just to be sure.

Perhaps you should ask a medical professional after describing your thoughts and feelings, to establish if you do have anxiety or just some symptoms :)

This is a good question. Many people believe they struggle with anxiety, when it may only be a common stressed out feeling. I think once it starts to interfere with your daily life, if you have panic attacks, or when you can't control it, that's when you know you may need to talk to someone, go see a counselor, or potentially take medication if it affects your life in a significant way.

Anxiety has different realms, you could have seasonal anxiety, which depends on the seasons of the year, or performance anxiety, like performing or taking a test, or just general/chronic anxiety which is year-round. Year round anxiety depends on the severity but at the end of the day, if you have the physical representations of anxiety, you have it. It can be very simple, fixed with meditation and deep breathing, or chronic to the point of medication. There is always a way to get help and/or manage anxiety.

People can be scared at times, but it's considered anxiety when it really takes over your life. It's good to know that when a fear takes over your life, you should get help. You're not alone.

Anything from the smallest things to the biggest things like can't do gardening because Your to scared to go outside to have a full blown attack stand in McDonalds