Excessive, uncontrollable worry over events and activities and potential negative outcomes.
- Excessive anxiety and worry about a variety of events or activities, even when nothing is wrong or when the worry is disproportionate to actual risk.
- The worry is difficult to control
- The worry is associated with at least three (adults) or one (children) of the following physical or cognitive symptoms:
- Restlessness
- Fatigue
- Impaired concentration or feeling that mind is going blank
- Irritability
- Increased muscle aches or soreness
- Difficulty sleeping (trouble falling asleep or staying asleep)
- Sometimes associated with other physical symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea
- The anxiety and worry causes significant distress or interfere with the individual’s daily life, occupational, academic, or social functioning.