Anxiety is a rather common problem that, until recently, was often misdiagnosed. Thus, treatment was often ineffective or inappropriate. For instance, sometimes people who suffered from anxiety were diagnosed with more severe mental disorders such as psychosis, and were subjected to the institutionalization and harsh therapies of the day. Luckily for everybody, modern psychology's insights into this problem have since yielded better therapies to control this symptom. These therapies are far less invasive to the mind and body than the therapies of the past.

Anxiety seems to be on the rise in this day and age of rapid living and …