By Dr. Wendy Suzuki for Psychology Today
One of our biggest collective mental health challenges today is anxiety, which is defined as “a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.” Before the pandemic, it was estimated that 18% of Americans, or about 40 million people, suffered from clinical levels of anxiety, and by all accounts that percentage has increased significantly. Even more, telling is that an estimated 90% of the population now report feeling some level of anxiety in their everyday lives.