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Generalized anxiety disorder involves persistent, excessive worry across several areas of life that is difficult to control and interferes with functioning. Associated changes can include restlessness, tension, fatigue, sleep difficulty or problems concentrating.^[ref]

The breadth and persistence of worry distinguish it from an isolated moment of stress. Similar physical arousal can occur in other conditions, so an individual symptom such as a racing heart does not by itself identify the disorder.