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#### <s class="topic-title">[[anxiety]]</s>
a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome ^fc54c3
Your body's natural response to stress. It's a feeling of fear or apprehension about what's to come. The first day of school, going to a job interview, or giving a speech may cause most people to feel fearful and nervous.
![[Cognitive Anxiety]]
![[Physiologic Anxiety]]
**See**:: [[mental health]], [[mental illness]], [[self]], [[mindfulness]], [[consciousness|conscious]]
#### Related
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- [[Anxiety prevents us from living in the present]]
- [[Anxiety should be a tool at your disposal not an impedance to your life]]
- [[Anxiety stems from a lack of confidence for the future]]
- [[Anxiety tries to make us assume the worst]]
- [[Attachment fuels anxiety]]
- [[Confidence comes when you are more capable of handling diverse outcomes]]
- [[Confidence is a feedback loop]]
- [[Increases in scrutiny lead to increases in anxiety]]
- [[Insecure material conditions increase cognitive load and reduce outcomes]]
- [[Most anxiety isn't irrational it's just overcompensation]]
- [[The advent of farming lead to increased prevalence of anxiety]]
- [[You don't want to jump off the cliff you're just afraid of falling]]
- [[Your anxiety is telling you everything that could go wrong, not what will go wrong]]
- [[Your anxiety knows your insecurities better than you do]]