anxieties
Persistent uneasy feelings
Anxieties is the plural of anxiety—states of worry, unease, or nervous apprehension about uncertain outcomes.
The word often appears when someone has multiple distinct worries: Her anxieties about money and health kept her awake.
In clinical contexts, anxieties may refer to specific anxiety disorders or recurring patterns of excessive worry.
The plural emphasizes that concerns come from different sources rather than forming one general feeling.
Persistent irrational dread
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
fright · apprehension · trepidation · paranoia · nightmare · foreboding · disquiet · jitters
Lack of firm belief
- indecisionFailure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- unknownNot yet discovered
unpredictability · ambiguity · instability · risk · anticipation · what-ifs · worst-case · second-guessing
Loss of muscle function
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- suffocatingDepriving of air
engulfed · swamped · consumed · overburdened · crushed · inundated · debilitated · overcome
Acute fear episodes
- agoraphobiaFear of public spaces
- obsessive-compulsiveDriven by intrusive urges
- post-traumatic stressLasting distress after trauma
- phobiasIrrational intense fears
therapy · counseling · psychiatry · psychotherapy · cognitive-behavioral · medication · antidepressants · diagnosis
phobia
Persistent irrational dread
horror · fright · apprehension · trepidation · paranoia · nightmare · foreboding · disquiet · jitters · alarm
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- indecisionFailure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
unknown · unpredictability · ambiguity · instability · risk · anticipation · what-ifs · worst-case · second-guessing · future
paralysis
Loss of muscle function
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
suffocating · engulfed · swamped · consumed · overburdened · crushed · inundated · debilitated · overcome · flooded
panic attacks
Acute fear episodes
- agoraphobiaFear of public spaces
- obsessive-compulsiveDriven by intrusive urges
- post-traumatic stressLasting distress after trauma
phobias · therapy · counseling · psychiatry · psychotherapy · cognitive-behavioral · medication · antidepressants · diagnosis · symptoms
tension
Stretched or strained state
- pressureForce upon contact
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
exhaustion · insomnia · irritability · strain · distress · cortisol · headache · overwork · deadline · responsibility
- worriesworry, concern, fear, apprehension, stress
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
- inner lifeidentity, feelings, memory, thoughts, self-discovery
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
anxietiescalms
Reduces agitation
peacefulness · composure · ease · peace of mind · equanimity
anxietiesconfidences
Private disclosures to another
assurances · certainties · self-assurance · convictions · poise
anxietiesindifference
Lack of interest
unconcern · nonchalance · insouciance · disregards · carelessness
- social anxietiesFears about interpersonal situations
- separation anxietiesFear of parting from attachments
- performance anxietiesFear of public execution
anxiety, anxious, anxiously, anxiousness, overanxious, anxiolytic