Anxiety is a mental condition marked by feelings of excessive, irrational fear and dread. It's normal to experience some anxiety temporarily, especially when you're facing a challenge. But when anxious feelings continue unabated, anxiety can become problematic. Even if you feel just mildly anxious, living in an ongoing state of low anxiety disrupts your life. You can take steps to solve the problem once you understand what's causing you to experience anxiety.
Embarrassment
Feeling embarrassed in social settings can trigger low levels of anxiety. A 2009 study by the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine found that people who felt embarrassed in social settings also felt anxious, and sometimes that anxiety prevented them from speaking even when others expected them to join in conversations. If you often feel embarrassed about the way other people might perceive you, that embarrassment can cause nagging worries, which can also cause anxiety.
Nagging Worries
When you're facing uncertainty, you may start to worry about whether or not situations will turn out the way you hope they will. Even though worrying may feel like something that gives you more control over life, it actually does nothing to empower you---it only increases levels of anxieties, according to the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Persistent worrying can fuel a persistent sense of anxiety in your life. A 1999 study by Louisiana State University found that patients at primary care medical clinics who suffered from anxiety reported significantly more minor life events that concerned them than did others who weren't anxious. According to Helping Psychology, a website of Argosy University, people who constantly worried about losing their jobs experienced anxiety that led to health problems.
Lack of Sleep
Sleep deprivation can cause anxiety disorder, according to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. Anxiety can likewise prevent people from getting adequate amounts of sleep. The Anxiety Disorders Association of America also says that some form of sleep deprivation is present in nearly all psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, and that people who suffer from chronic insomnia are at high risk for developing an anxiety problem such as chronic low anxiety.
