The symptoms of anxiety and depression vary, even among different age
groups. Below are short reports on anxiety in the womb, depression
among the elderly, and anxiety from living with fear. We will report on
the symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and teenagers on our
website below.
Anxiety in the Womb
Even a fetus can detect the fear, stress, and anxiety that its mother
communicates through chemical changes in the bloodstream. "The
developing fetus feels every bit of tension the pregnant woman does,"
writes Linda Bird Francke in Growing Up Divorced. "Though the nervous
systems of the fetus and the woman are not directly connected, there is
a one-way relationship between the two that cannot be severed." This
may explain why, according to Time magazine, an estimated 30 percent of
infants 18 months and younger suffer from stress-related problems
ranging from emotional withdrawal to anxiety attacks. "Babies born to
unhappy, distressed women are often unhappy and distressed themselves,"
Francke concludes....

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