anxiety
INTRODUCTION
Modern time is characterized by an era of tension, anxiety, frustration owing to cut throat competition and increasing consumerism. In this era explosion of population and changing dimensions have brought a rapid change in socio-economic scenario of human life. The mutual relationship, principles of co-existence and tolerance have got a major setback in the days. These short-coming infused isolation and feeling of insecurity, direct or indirect lack of reliable warmth overprotection, lack of real guidance, disparaging attitude, injustice, discrimination, un-kept promise and so on. The above situations increase tension and conflict. Extreme of these two' leads to ego problems. Due to this, personality of an individual is distorted
Today man is facing problems related with fast changing social structure, communal and racial prejudices, the dangers of war, economic hardships, ecological imbalance etc. which are becoming complex day by day .All this has led to stress, anxiety and unknown fear in the human mind. Therefore, the present century has been rightly referred to as the *Century of Fear" or the "Age of Anxiety" by thinkers like Albert Carnas and W.H. Auden (Singh, 2004).
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints and rumination. It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over something unlikely to happen, such as the feeling of imminent death. Anxiety is not the same as fear, which is felt about something realistically intimidating or dangerous and is an appropriate response to a perceived threat; anxiety is a feeling of fear, worry, and uneasiness, usually generalized and unfocused as an overreaction to a situation that is only subjectively seen as menacing. It is often accompanied by restlessness, fatigue, problems in concentration, and muscular tension. Anxiety is not considered to be a normal reaction to a perceived stressor although many
Modern time is characterized by an era of tension, anxiety, frustration owing to cut throat competition and increasing consumerism. In this era explosion of population and changing dimensions have brought a rapid change in socio-economic scenario of human life. The mutual relationship, principles of co-existence and tolerance have got a major setback in the days. These short-coming infused isolation and feeling of insecurity, direct or indirect lack of reliable warmth overprotection, lack of real guidance, disparaging attitude, injustice, discrimination, un-kept promise and so on. The above situations increase tension and conflict. Extreme of these two' leads to ego problems. Due to this, personality of an individual is distorted
Today man is facing problems related with fast changing social structure, communal and racial prejudices, the dangers of war, economic hardships, ecological imbalance etc. which are becoming complex day by day .All this has led to stress, anxiety and unknown fear in the human mind. Therefore, the present century has been rightly referred to as the *Century of Fear" or the "Age of Anxiety" by thinkers like Albert Carnas and W.H. Auden (Singh, 2004).
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints and rumination. It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over something unlikely to happen, such as the feeling of imminent death. Anxiety is not the same as fear, which is felt about something realistically intimidating or dangerous and is an appropriate response to a perceived threat; anxiety is a feeling of fear, worry, and uneasiness, usually generalized and unfocused as an overreaction to a situation that is only subjectively seen as menacing. It is often accompanied by restlessness, fatigue, problems in concentration, and muscular tension. Anxiety is not considered to be a normal reaction to a perceived stressor although many