General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Social Anxiety Disorder, and Panic Attack are all caused by stress over time. There are a family trait and the environmental factors involved in anxiety. There are ways to reduce the symptoms for anxiety and panic attacks, such as deep breathing, mindfulness activities, focusing on a pleasant memory from past can be helpful but many times prescription drugs might be the answer because the person needs to be calm first to be able to do helpful steps to release the stress.