However, for the 1 in 14 people worldwide who suffer from clinical anxiety, it isn't so easy. For them, the feeling of anxiety can become so persistent and intrusive that it takes over everything else, making life very hard indeed. But for people for whom anxiety is a real problem, these effects can overwhelm everything else and become the "status quo". When none of these conditions are present, but anxiety is persistent and impacting, we call the condition generalised anxiety disorder or GAD. It can be hard to recognise anxiety in yourself, but may be first noticed by someone around you.

Source: Stuff September 30, 2019 15:56 UTC