Why Do I Have Anxiety?

Questioning why you have anxiety is not an abnormal thing to do. Lots of people have anxiety and it can all be for different reasons, or it could be for no reason at all. Around 15 million people suffer from anxiety. Anxiety can be caused by lack of neurotransmitters to the brain, or too many neurotransmitters going in throughout your brain. Anxiety can also be caused by stress and goes hand in hand with social media. Social media can lead people to have social anxiety.

With one high school student I interviewed, she opened up and told us how seeing models and gorgeous, rich, and famous people on instagram made her feel bad about herself and nervous to meet new people because she felt as if people would not like her if she was not like those other influential people on social media.