{"id":2345,"date":"2018-09-05T04:50:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T10:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2023-11-29T01:46:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T07:16:17","slug":"do-i-have-anxiety-or-worry-what-is-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/do-i-have-anxiety-or-worry-what-is-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s The Difference Between Anxiety and Worry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"richsummary\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-912 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Sad-Man.png?resize=525%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Difference Between Anxiety and Worry\" width=\"525\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Sad-Man.png?w=525&amp;ssl=1 525w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Sad-Man.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Do I have anxiety or worry: What\u2019s the difference?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"abstract\">Anxiety and worry are surprisingly not the same thing, and while they may relate to one another, they have very different meanings.<\/p>\n<p>Anxiety is used to describe a spectrum of anxiety disorders that are typically only considered chronic if they cause a person persistent discomfort as well as causing them to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/keep-that-anxiety-away\/\">anxiety-provoking situations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Worry is just a component of anxiety, just like stress and fear are also components of anxiety. It is just a small part to the bigger picture.<\/p>\n<p id=\"takeawayheader\">Key Takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"takeaways\">\n<li id=\"takeaway1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/anxiety-what-it-is-what-to-do\/\">Anxiety is considered a condition<\/a> when it is so persistent that it causes an individual to avoid anxiety-provoking scenarios.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway2\">Worry is just a component of anxiety, just like fear and stress are components of it.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway3\">Having a low-level of anxiety is typical, and it is usually not a cause of concern at this point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"quote\">&#8220;So, while worry is an important part of anxiety, it is only one of the three main building blocks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"readmoretext\">Read more: <\/span><a id=\"source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/blog\/do-i-have-anxiety-or-worry-whats-the-difference-2018072314303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/blog\/do-i-have-anxiety-or-worry-whats-the-difference-2018072314303<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do I have anxiety or worry: What\u2019s the difference? Anxiety and worry are surprisingly not the same thing, and while they may relate to one another, they have very different meanings. Anxiety is used to describe a spectrum of anxiety disorders that are typically only considered chronic if they cause a person persistent discomfort as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[527],"class_list":{"0":"post-2345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-health","8":"tag-difference-between-anxiety-and-worry","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}