For me when I remember anxiety becoming a problem was during my first divorce. I felt as if I had everything and then the rug got jerked out from beneath me. My physical/mental reactions were quite involuntary. I remember telling my boss that I felt like I had "lost it". I didn't know anything about anxiety disorders at the time but 8 years later during a second divorce I sought counseling do to suggestion from my then boss. I was diagnosed with mod. Depression and Severe GAD. I also have HTN and ITP ( idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura).

My second husband has an anger management problem and OCD. Do to his childhood abuse he has a volatile temper and yells and throws things, as well as , road rage. I have a general anxiety that permeates every facet of my life. Its debilitating. Previous employers have accused me of being on drugs related to symptoms of GAD.