Anxiety and Age Relationship
Anxiety as a normal emotional response is common to all age groups. Yes, it is often wrongly perceived as a concern only in the adult population. A number of anxiety disorders have a preference of occurrence in different age groups, depending upon the developmental psychology of human nature. The phobic and separation-anxiety types have a predisposition for young children. Teens and adults suffer more with panic attacks and social anxiety etc. Elderly people may be more concerned with the health-related anxiety.