acute anxiety
Intense sudden worry
Acute anxiety is intense, sudden anxiety—the kind that spikes rather than simmers.
Unlike chronic anxiety, which persists over time, acute anxiety refers to episodes of overwhelming worry or panic that come on sharply: She experienced acute anxiety before the surgery.
The term appears in both clinical and everyday contexts.
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- panic attackSudden intense fear episode
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- heart-poundingCausing intense physical excitement
racing heart · sweating · cold sweat · trembling · fear · nervous · nervous wreck · worst case scenario · can't breathe · hyperventilating · overwhelmed · spiraling · fight-or-flight · cortisol · pit in stomach · insomnia · nausea · restless
- panicpanic attack, alarm, terror, fright, hysteria
- mental crisesnervous breakdown, mental breakdown, mental collapse, mental break, emotional collapse
acute anxietyinner peace
Mental and emotional tranquility
equanimity · relaxation · composure · peace of mind · contentment
acute anxietydeep relaxation
Thorough mental and bodily ease
serenity · equanimity · composure · placidity · unflappability
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