Anxiety disorders affect nearly 20% of adults in North America. That’s about 40 million people! Many researchers estimate that this number is actually closer to 30% since there are many people who suffer undiagnosed anxiety symptoms or aren’t even aware they have anxiety at all. Sometimes, it feels like anxiety has become a part of modern-day life, and it’s something many of us just have to deal with. So, how do you deal with the anxiety? Some of our guilty pleasures may be agitating our anxiety instead of reducing it.

We've made this video to help you be more aware of these everyday habits that may be stressing you out more than you know.

If you relate to this video and want to learn more about anxiety, we have a video on the signs of hidden anxiety here: https://youtu.be/woJFvy5Jp1Y

Writer: Alex Nunez

Script Editor: Morgan Franz

Script Manager: Kelly Soong

Music & Sound Design: Urban Goose Studios

VO: AirahTea

Animator: Naphia

YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

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References:

“Exercise for Stress and Anxiety.” Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ADAA, adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/managing-anxiety/exercise-stress-and-anxiety#.

Goldstein, A. N., et al. “Tired and Apprehensive: Anxiety Amplifies the Impact of Sleep Loss on Aversive Brain Anticipation.” Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 33, no. 26, 2013, pp. 10607–10615., doi:10.1523/jneurosci.5578-12.2013.

Stanton, Sarah C. E., and Lorne Campbell. “Perceived Social Support Moderates the Link between Attachment Anxiety and Health Outcomes.”

PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 4, 2014, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095358.

Zemdegs, Juliane, et al. “High‐Fat Diet‐Induced Metabolic Disorders Impairs 5‐HT Function and Anxiety‐like Behavior in Mice.” British Journal of Pharmacology, Wiley/Blackwell (10.1111), 9 Dec. 2015, bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bph.13343.

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