Hi ((( Dubz )))

Anxiety and stress are closely related.

Anxiety - In it's basic form is FEAR. Coming from the body/mind flight or fight mechanism. An analogy would be a baby rabbit in a field, sees a fox. It's got to run or fight. The body prepares for this- sweaty hands, feel sick, need to go!

Continued FEAR or anxiety leads to stress affecting mind/body. For example, the baby rabbit gets caught by the fox. Was unable to run or fight......but did survive. Everytime she sees a fox now, she gets the same stress reaction.

In my opinion stress features in most mental health problems.ie distress

Hope this helps.