According to the CDC's Interactive Quarterly Early Release Estimates that provide health statistics based on data from the 2019-2022 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for selected health topics, 11.1% of adults aged 18 years and over experience regular feelings of worry, nervousness, or anxiety (CDC/National Center for Health Statistics, 2023). It is not to say that there is nothing that causes worry or anxiety. With companies shifting to less staff to individuals finding themselves not making enough to buy eggs, financially and socially things have changed tremendously after the pandemic.
Social media also plays a role, as people are trying to find ways to belong, understand who they are, and feel a sense of confidence from followers and DM's. However, what every person finds is that leaning on social media accounts and followers to bring you joy, fulfilment, and purpose is a temporary high.
Anxiety is linked to fear and manifests as a future-oriented mindset and mood that consists of a complex cognitive, affective, physiological, and behavioral responses associated with preparation for the anticipated events or circumstances perceived as threatening (Chang and Marwaha, 2022). Finances, social issues, and social media are just a part of what creates the internal fear. Malparenting is an a major birthing point of anxiety.
Children who grow up with parents who vomit their mental physical issues onto a child, restrict that child through untrue statements about life and people, or subject that child to verbal, physical, or sexual abuse will more than likely grow up to be adults who battle with anxiety and other mental health issues.
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