Imagine that you are standing on the road and a semi truck is heading directly to you. And you cannot move. You are paralyzed. You know what is going to happen but you can do NOTHING.
Now imagine that you experience this every day, several times a day.
You can’t escape this. It happens without warning. It is intense. It is crippling.
The fear is irrational and the person experiencing it knows that it is. But knowing it and being able to stop it are two different things.
Anxiety affects the way that people feel and how they behave. There are varying degrees as well. A mild anxiety may leave a person feeling vague and unsettled while a more severe anxiety can be debilitating.
