How to Use anxiety disorder in a Sentence

anxiety disorder

noun
Definition of anxiety disordernext
  • The next day Slinky, a sickly dog with an anxiety disorder, tried to attack her again.
    — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2021
  • These fears are the same ones folks with social anxiety disorder have.
    — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2021
  • But for people with anxiety disorders, the sense of fear and dread can be crippling and constant.
    — Caroline Foran, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2019
  • But for many, experts say there may be a smidge of social anxiety disorder (SAD) at play as well.
    — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2021
  • The teen’s mother told the paper her son has an anxiety disorder.
    — Fox News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • This one is about a high school boy with social anxiety disorder.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Ahead, learn more about the symptoms of anxiety, the different kinds of anxiety disorders, and how to help your child at home.
    — Marisa Cohen, Parents, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Moms that have a hard time connecting to the baby, may or may not have a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder.
    — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 20 Oct. 2020
  • An 11-year-old with social anxiety disorder finds comfort in a mutt named Dude.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Chew went on to seek the help of a therapist, and was later diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.
    — Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 17 July 2024
  • Heat waves raise the risk of mental health issues like mood and anxiety disorders, and are well known to increase aggression.
    — WIRED, 15 Sep. 2023
  • One in every four adults in the United States will suffer from an anxiety disorder in the course of his or her lifetime, and suicide rates for men and women have risen since 2000.
    — Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
  • That could mean relief for the up to 13.3 percent of the people estimated to have anxiety disorders.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, 10 June 2019
  • What does science tell us about how to treat OCD and other anxiety disorders and what strategies can be used to help your child meet their goals and enjoy their childhood?
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Taylor, who is autistic and has an anxiety disorder, deals with her feelings for Jamie.
    — Emily Ables, Seventeen, 31 May 2018
  • Greinke has a social anxiety disorder, so there’s nothing funny about any of this.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The vet suggested wearing him out to help with his anxiety disorder.
    — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2021
  • In other words, these people were almost four times more likely to be diagnosed with a new anxiety disorder, the study said.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Throughout all of this, a latent anxiety disorder sprouted, and then bloomed.
    — Sarah Watts /, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2018
  • In the show, a woman with an anxiety disorder seeks treatment that includes breathing exercises and lying on the snow in a bathing suit.
    — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The good news, Rope explained, is that all perinatal mood and anxiety disorders are treatable, and there are very effective treatments for all of them.
    — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 11 May 2018
  • The first of these is the absence of the standardized screening; i.e., there is no agreed upon definition of anxiety disorder.
    — WSJ, 4 Oct. 2022
  • One in 11 American children has an anxiety disorder, and that figure has been growing steadily for the past two decades.
    — Virginia Hughes Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Someone who has an anxiety disorder is more likely to be depressed, and vice versa.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Causes of Anxiety in Kids A global pandemic isn't the only thing that can lead to anxiety disorders in kids.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • About a quarter of men and about 40 percent of women in the United States face an anxiety disorder in their lifetimes, according to the task force, though much of the data is outdated.
    — Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2022
  • It will be based on the award-winning play of the same name, which follows a high school senior, who suffers from social anxiety disorder, on his journey to self-discovery.
    — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 12 Sep. 2021
  • That’s a lot of suffering, and then add to that the people struggling with anxiety disorder, which is being diagnosed in record numbers.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 21 May 2018
  • This is why panic and anxiety disorders, common causes of the sense of impending doom, are closely linked to depression.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 19 Sep. 2024
  • But not every introvert has social anxiety disorder, or social phobia.
    — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024

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