Although most people who deal with anxiety will share a similar experience when it comes to the physical and mental symptoms, there are a number of different types of anxiety which may cause a variation in experience.

These different types of anxiety largely depend on the focus of your anxiety, from eco-anxiety (anxiety about the climate and global warming), health anxiety (anxiety about your or someone you are close to’s health) and social media anxiety to the more specific Sunday night anxiety (anxiety caused by a dread of Monday morning) and night-time anxiety (anxiety typically experienced when trying to get to sleep.

In general, however, it’s important to remember that anxiety may be triggered by a number of different factors – especially during the coronavirus pandemic, when we’ve got a million and one things to worry about.

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