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Anxiety is an emotional and intense situtation which leads to lack of psychological and natural balance. Nowadays, anxiety considered to be responsible for the greatet part of human illnesses and for that reason many scientists are trying to address it. Work anxiety is significantly important for employee's performance but also for their own health. Specifically, teaching is one of the most stressful jobs out there due to its complexity in addition with the increased demands. Many teachers are sick due to their prolonged anxiety and scientists are looking for techniques and ways to deal with it. In this paper we tried to study the workplace anxiety of primary school teachers, as well as the sources that cause it. The survey was conducted with questionnaires completed by teachers working in public primary schools of the Municipality of Pella in order to identify the factors that affect teachers in their work. The results of the research showed that teachers feel stressed a few times a month. Also, they reach their limits a few times a year and more often women. In addition, lack of teaching materials, students learning problems and behavior are the greatest sources of stress.