When does anxiety become a problem? - a podcast by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

Anxiety has been described as the defining mental health issue of our decade, even before the onset of COVID-19 lockdowns.

But it grew ever larger during the past two years, with record numbers of Australians reporting moderate to severe mental distress during COVID-19 restrictions.In its most basic form, anxiety is a very normal human emotion and one which we all feel from time to time. 

Today on Please Explain, senior writer Wendy Tuohy joins Bianca Hall to talk about anxiety and how to tell when the normal emotion tips over the edge into full-blown anxiety disorder.Subscribe to The Age&SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/

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