Insight (1995)

Polygamy (2014x42)

: 01, 2014

"You never know if the next day is going to be good or bad. It just seems to come out of nowhere." – Greta Warner This year, Insight celebrates its 10th anniversary as a discussion forum so we're marking the occasion by re-visiting some of our most memorable shows. This week it’s one of our most popular programs from 2010. Anxiety is the most common reason people seek counselling in Australia. If you have anxiety, it can dramatically reduce your ability to enjoy your life. It often leads to depression and its economic burden is huge. So why do people get an anxiety disorder? We hear from one man who was unable to leave his house for years because his social anxiety became so debilitating, and from a woman whose panic attacks control her daily movements. What exactly is it? And how can you treat it? Tonight we ask the experts whether the world is becoming a more anxious place? We also talk to psychiatrists, psychologists and researchers about treatments for anxiety sufferers and whether there is anything we can do to reduce the levels of anxiety in our society.