All people experience some amount of occasional anxiety, which is normal.  However, when someone suffers from persistent worry and tension, experiencing chronic (long lasting) states of anxiety, professional intervention is warranted.

A person knows that professional assistance is needed when the level of worry becomes such that is it hard to control and interferes with one’s daily life.  Often the worry may center on a number of subject matters including health, money or finances, family, and work related concerns.  When worry becomes excessive, individuals go through the day with feelings of exaggerated worry and tension when little has occurred in their lives to produce such a result.  Often the person has difficulty relaxing, startle easily, and have difficulty concentrating. 

Physical symptoms may include fatigue, headaches, muscle tension/aches, irritability, trembling, twitching, sweating, light headedness, feeling out of breath, and hot flashes.