By Jayson Blair, Certified Life Coach It’s a jungle out there. And one of the hard est forests to untangle your way through is the differences between stress and anxiety, and the differences between the many anxiety disorders. It’s enough to make you anxious. But no worries, we’ve put together a little guide. Anxiety disorders have one of the longest differential diagnosis lists of all psychiatric disorders. One of the biggest problems is that clients with anxiety disorders also have anxiety about their disorders, and anxiety about treatment, making self-reports and diagnosis a difficult thing to work your way through. No worries, though. It might take time, but a careful clinician can often differentiate for you, and help improve your quality of life. The importance of these differences is a key to selecting the most effective therapeutic and medical treatments. One of the most important issues is the difference between anxiety and plan old stress. Stres...