Everybody experiences anxiety sometimes. Often people feel anxious, nervous or worried when faced with a problem or when considering an important decision.

But anxiety disorders are of an entirely other magnitude. These can include generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, post traumatic stress disorder, phobias, and obsessive compulsive disorder. These various expressions of anxiety can interfere with one's ability to lead a normal life.

Signs of anxiety can include feelings of panic, fear and uneasiness, nightmares, obsessive behaviors such as counting and repeated hand washing, flashbacks of traumatic experiences, uncontrollable repetitive thoughts, difficulty sleeping, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, muscle tension and more. In the grips of anxiety, life is difficult and uncomfortable.

Many people who suffer from anxiety do not wish to use pharmaceutical drugs for treatment,