anxiety attack
Overwhelming fear episode
An anxiety attack is a sudden episode of intense fear or panic, typically involving physical symptoms like rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, sweating, and a sense of impending doom.
The term overlaps with panic attack, though anxiety attack often describes symptoms that build gradually in response to a stressor rather than striking without warning: I had an anxiety attack before my presentation.
- deep breathingDeliberate slow inhalation practice
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- racing heartAbnormally rapid heartbeat
- hyperventilationAbnormally rapid respiration
- can't breatheUnable to inhale
dread · trembling · stress · catastrophizing · dizziness · unease · helplessness · chest pain · trauma · sweating · fear · depersonalization · worry · fight or flight · nervous breakdown · phobias · mental health · nausea
- panicalarm, terror, fright, hysteria, freak out
- flare-upsflare-up, exacerbation, relapse, outbreak, episode
- mind tropesmad scientist, mental breakdown, mind control, multiple personality, nervous breakdown
- stress symptomsstress headache, tension headache, tension headaches, nervous stomach, stress response
- mental crisesnervous breakdown, mental breakdown, mental collapse, mental break, emotional collapse
- psychological phrasesinner child, defense mechanism, cognitive dissonance, id, ego
anxiety attackserenity
Undisturbed mental quietude
tranquility · calm · peace of mind · inner peace · equanimity
anxiety attackrelaxation response
Body's stress-reversing state
deep relaxation · nervous system regulation · rest and digest · meditative state · muscle relaxation
anxiety attackemotional wellbeing
State of mental flourishing
groundedness · mental clarity · peace of mind · emotional security · psychological resilience
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