Have a read about each typer in detail and see if you can slot your own pains into the different groups and don’t be surprised if each group is applicable. Knowing your own pain is key to managing and suppressing it because methods differ from type to type. The more you know, the better.

Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a type of anxiety disorder that causes a consistent state of anxiousness and worry, even when there is no direct or clear cause for it. Around 1 in 25-28 people in UK have GAD, with likely many more showing one or more symptoms, and in the US around 3% of the adult population have GAD also. But before we go into detail about GAD, what is Anxiety?