Overcoming Anxiety with Peace

Overcoming Anxiety with Peace

By: Dr. David Jeremiah

Anxiety is one of the defining symptoms of our times.

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders affect forty million adults in the United States, or just over 18 percent of the population. It’s a major factor affecting our general health; people with anxiety disorders go to doctors three to five times more than the general population.

Some anxiety disorders are clinical in origin, springing from genetics, brain chemistry, or both; others are the result of life events and conditions. Whatever their cause, we know rates are rising among all ages, including children and teens. Younger and younger children are being diagnosed with anxiety, while colleges say rates of anxiety are higher than ever among their students.