He is suffering from anxiety/anxiety disorders.

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thehammer

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What's the difference?

1- He is suffering from anxiety.
2- He is suffering from anxiety disorders.
 

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For me, 1 is good and 2 is not.

I would argue that one doesn't suffer from a disorder, strictly speaking. A disorder is really a medical description, or a diagnosis of a problem. The cause of the problem itself, the cause of the suffering, is the anxiety, not the disorder.

If you change the preposition, you change the meaning:

He suffers with anxiety disorders.

I don't have any issue with that.
 
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