Generalized Anxiety DisorderI believe I am more prone to Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or better known as GAD. People with GAD worry about almost everything. I'm the type of person who always has to worry about something. If I have nothing to worry about, I tend to worry about the fact that I have nothing to worry about, thinking I'm forgetting something important to do. GAD is common in Western society, and approximately 3 percent of the U.S. population experiences symptoms of this disorder. Women also receive more GAD diagnoses than men. According to Freud, children exposed to high levels of realistic, neurotic, or moral anxiety and lacking an adequate defense mechanism are more likely to develop generalized anxiety disorder (Comer). While I was growing up, my parents were firm believers in authoritarian parenting. style. When I did something wrong, my parents never explained to me why it was wrong or how to fix the problem, I was always just punished. The way my parents said my name or looked at me worried me, making me think that maybe I had done something wrong again. My maladaptive assumptions also led me to believe that I may have generalized anxiety disorder. According to Ellis, people with GAD often have basic irrational assumptions (Comer). Which in my case is true since I always mention how catastrophic things are when they don't end the way I want them to. Current and Past Symptoms I currently have some symptoms related to generalized anxiety disorder. For example, I always feel tense and upset. Whenever I constantly worry about things, I also tend to feel exhausted. Concentration has become a problem for me, especially when it comes to school. I find myself...... middle of paper ......o becoming a hypochondriac. Works Cited Borkovec, Thomas D., Newman, Michelle G. and Castonguay, Louis G. (2003). Cognitive behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder with integration of interpersonal and experiential therapies. The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, 2(3), 392-399. Goodwin, Renee D. and Gorman, Jack M. (2002). Psychopharmacological treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and risk of major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry. 159(11), 1935-1937. Wells, Adrian. (2002). GAD, metacognition and mindfulness: an analysis of information processing. Clinical psychology: science and practice. 9(1), 95-102.What medications are used to treat anxiety disorder?. Accessed November 10, 2011, from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/mental-health-medications/what-medicaments-are-used-to-treat-anxiety-disorders.shtml