Anxiety You deserve a good life, starting today.   Behavioral Definitions:   Excessive and persistent daily worry about several life circumstances that has no factual or logic basis. Autonomic hyperactivity, hypervigilance and irritability. Long-Term Goal:   Reduce overall level, frequency, and intensity of the anxiety.  Stabilize anxiety level while increasing ability to function on a daily basis. Resolve the core conflict that is the source of anxiety.