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anxiety

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Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

Eager desire.

A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.

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ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton on how to cope with Election Day anxiety. Source: Internet

A Bolt cub driver Daniel Adoli says fear and anxiety looms large among operators using the mobile application. Source: Internet

A bunch more can’t stand technology: It escalates their anxiety in what are already anxious times. Source: Internet

Acknowledge feelings of fear and anxiety, and that it’s ok to feel these emotions during a time of major changes, especially in an environment where verbal abuse, lies, and constant arguments are rife. Source: Internet

Accordingly, the claim being bandied about by some Democrat senators that “annexation” would destroy bipartisan support for Israel exacerbates an already neuralgic anxiety. Source: Internet

According to Tillich, the last of these three types of existential anxiety, i.e. spiritual anxiety, is predominant in modern times while the others were predominant in earlier periods. Source: Internet

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