{"id":173594,"date":"2026-06-12T15:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=173594"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:06:11","slug":"generalized-anxiety-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/generalized-anxiety-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Living on Constant Alert: What Science Says About Generalized Anxiety Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Myriam Vidal Valero<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 31, 2025, Miguel \u00c1ngel S\u00e1nchez experienced a panic attack that sent him to the hospital. The morning had started like any other until he was suddenly overcome by a feeling of nervousness. He tried to push it aside, but the sensation returned, causing his hands to curl and his face to go numb while his girlfriend called emergency services. He thought he was dying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring severe episodes of anxiety, such as a panic attack, it genuinely feels like we’re dying,<\/strong>\u201d Miguel \u00c1ngel says in an interview for TecScience and the Historias para Mentes Curiosas podcast episode about anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the beginning of the year, he had experienced similar symptoms, including shortness of breath, nervousness, dizziness, and vertigo. Yet no doctor could identify the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That day, he finally received a diagnosis: generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)<\/strong>. He was referred to a psychiatrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt very vulnerable,\u201d he says. For most of his life, he had believed that willpower alone was enough to overcome life’s challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI used to think psychotherapy<\/a>, and especially psychiatric treatment, was something for weak people,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was about to begin a treatment process that would force him to rethink everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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