What is the difference between Neurosis and an Anxiety Disorder?

I have been going to therapy with my family doctor for what was prescribed as an anxiety disorder. I have never felt fully comfortable talking to her about it because I feel crazy. I know it is her job but I mean, I have known her forever. Anyways I am wondering if Neurosis and AD can be mixed up, and what is some key differences?

Neurosis is a more old fashioned term that is no longer used in mainstream psychiatric dialogue (in the US anyway). It refers to a group of mental disorders in which general behavior is within societal norms, and there are no hallucinations or distortions of that type, but the patient experiences distress from a particular stimulus, or, in the case of generalized anxiety disorder, no stimulus at all. So “neurosis” is an umbrella term for a variety of nervous/stress disorders such as anxiety, OCD, hysteria, hypochondria etc.

If you are interested, Jung’s theory of neurosis is very interesting and can be found at the link below.

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