Anxiety has one main definition; a feeling of worry, nervousness or discomfort. Although it has a unique definition, each person diagnosed with anxiety has different symptoms. With that, some have cases that are more severe than the actual diagnosis. Anxiety has been noted to have an increase in teenagers recently. Over the past 30 years, anxiety statistics between the ages of fifteen and sixteen have doubled for both girls and boys (“Increased levels of anxiety…” 1). It is said that "in social moments such as the one we find ourselves in... it often seems that ours is the age of anxiety" (Henig 1). Anxiety affects teenagers abundantly because a teenager's emotions are more vulnerable than those of an adult. A teenager's brain is not fully developed, and the stress they are put under to start getting their life together impacts their emotions. Life and daily activities are interfered with by anxiety when the amount of stress placed on a teenager becomes unbearable. Unfortunately, the effects of anxiety become so intense that it ultimately takes its toll on your mental health. So many different aspects of life contribute to anxiety and cannot be prevented. It is said that the teenage years are the most difficult of all. The typical high school student has one weight after another on their shoulders, from parents to friends to romantic relationships to school work to figuring out the course of their future life. Most of these factors that contribute to stress are unavoidable, no matter how much you try to avoid them. Emotional disconnection from oneself and others has been found to contribute to stress and anxiety. Many teens think that separating themselves from everyone around them is easier than letting someone in and helping them with stress and/or... middle of paper... sensitive and awkward. There are three main types of symptoms that affect people of all ages who suffer from anxiety: emotional, physical, and behavioral. In general, anxiety has an effect on emotions. People of all ages who suffer from anxiety have common symptoms because anxiety affects the same parts of the brain. Although “bad mood” is a popular emotion that people experience frequently, when it occurs repeatedly it can be called a symptom of anxiety. Along with “bad mood”, a routine of irritability is another symptom that has been recorded for anxiety. Anxiety also occurs when you are unable to relax, feel overwhelmed, have a sense of loneliness and depression. Although depression is a symptom of anxiety, it can also be the end result of a critical case of anxiety. Along with emotional symptoms, physical symptoms also come to the attention of those who diagnose anxiety.