You pride yourself on your productivity and are vigilant about meeting work deadlines. You always show up for your friends at social gatherings, and even keep up with hobbies. On the outside you appear organized and successful, while on the inside you are feeling overly worried and stressed. Experts call this high-functioning anxiety—when the constant hustle masks symptoms of generalized anxiety.
While not an official diagnosis under the DSM-5, the classification of mental health disorders, high-functioning anxiety refers to a more subtle and less obvious form of anxiety. You may have heard the phrase used to describe people who function at a high level despite having anxiety symptoms.
