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title: anxiety
date: 2023-07-24T15:01:00-04:00
author: Grace Koch
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# anxiety

Anxiety is a set of emotional and physical reactions to frightening thoughts and situations. It can be helpful to us in small doses, but chronic anxiety can cause a host of physical and psychological problems.

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