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'''Anxiety''' is medically recognized as the experience of negative feelings of apprehension, worry, and general unease.<ref name="DSM5GlossaryAnxiety">{{cite journal|title=Glossary of Technical Terms|journal=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.)|year=2013|pages=189-190|doi=10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.GlossaryofTechnicalTerms}}</ref> These feelings can range from subtle and ignorable to intense and overwhelming enough to trigger panic attacks or feelings of impending doom. Anxiety is often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as restlessness, difficulty concentrating, irritability, and muscular tension.<ref name="DSM5AnxietyDisorders">{{cite journal|title=Anxiety Disorders|journal=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.)|year=2013|pages=818|doi=10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.dsm05}}</ref> | '''Anxiety''' is medically recognized as the experience of negative feelings of apprehension, worry, and general unease.<ref name="DSM5GlossaryAnxiety">{{cite journal|title=Glossary of Technical Terms|journal=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.)|year=2013|pages=189-190|doi=10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.GlossaryofTechnicalTerms}}</ref> These feelings can range from subtle and ignorable to intense and overwhelming enough to trigger panic attacks or feelings of impending doom. Anxiety is often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as [[effect::stimulation]], restlessness, difficulty concentrating, [[effect::irritability]], and muscular tension.<ref name="DSM5AnxietyDisorders">{{cite journal|title=Anxiety Disorders|journal=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.)|year=2013|pages=818|doi=10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.dsm05}}</ref> | ||
''Fear'' is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat, whereas ''anxiety'' is anticipation of future threat. Obviously, these two states overlap, but they also differ, with fear more often associated with surges of autonomic arousal necessary for fight or flight, thoughts of immediate danger, and escape behaviors, and anxiety more often associated with muscle tension and vigilance in preparation for future danger and cautious or avoidant behaviors.<ref name="DSM5AnxietyDisorders" /><ref name="BarkusMcHugh2010">{{cite journal|last1=Barkus|first1=Christopher|last2=McHugh|first2=Stephen B.|last3=Sprengel|first3=Rolf|last4=Seeburg|first4=Peter H.|last5=Rawlins|first5=J. Nicholas P.|last6=Bannerman|first6=David M.|title=Hippocampal NMDA receptors and anxiety: At the interface between cognition and emotion|journal=European Journal of Pharmacology|volume=626|issue=1|year=2010|pages=49–56|issn=00142999|doi=10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.10.014}}</ref> This focus of anticipated danger may be internally or externally derived.<ref name="DSM5GlossaryAnxiety" /> | ''Fear'' is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat, whereas ''anxiety'' is anticipation of future threat. Obviously, these two states overlap, but they also differ, with fear more often associated with surges of autonomic arousal necessary for fight or flight, thoughts of immediate danger, and escape behaviors, and anxiety more often associated with muscle tension and vigilance in preparation for future danger and cautious or avoidant behaviors.<ref name="DSM5AnxietyDisorders" /><ref name="BarkusMcHugh2010">{{cite journal|last1=Barkus|first1=Christopher|last2=McHugh|first2=Stephen B.|last3=Sprengel|first3=Rolf|last4=Seeburg|first4=Peter H.|last5=Rawlins|first5=J. Nicholas P.|last6=Bannerman|first6=David M.|title=Hippocampal NMDA receptors and anxiety: At the interface between cognition and emotion|journal=European Journal of Pharmacology|volume=626|issue=1|year=2010|pages=49–56|issn=00142999|doi=10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.10.014}}</ref> This focus of anticipated danger may be internally or externally derived.<ref name="DSM5GlossaryAnxiety" /> | ||