Everyone has felt anxiety. But what exactly is it, and when is it something to, well, be anxious about? Anxiety is a feeling of dread, fear and uneasiness, according to the National Library of ...

Living with anxiety isn't just about feeling nervous before a big presentation or worrying about life's challenges. For millions of people, anxiety runs deeper, casting a shadow over daily life in ...

Sometimes it can feel like whatever is stressing you out - that deadline, a big meeting, the news cycle - is showing up first thing in the morning. You may wake up with a pit already forming in your ...

During acute periods of anxiety or panic, many people report feeling like their heads might explode, they might have a heart attack, or they’ll lose control of their bodies. They may even have very ...

In 2014, psychologist Larissa Rainey published a groundbreaking paper identifying purpose anxiety, a phenomenon affecting up to 91% of people at some point in their lives. Purpose anxiety is the ...

Anxiety and air hunger can become cyclical: You feel anxious, so you experience air hunger, and then struggling to breathe triggers more anxiety. You may then become anxious about, well, feeling ...

“If you don’t have anxiety,” stand-up comedian Aparna Nancherla riffs onstage, “the way I would describe it is there’s, like, an edgy improv group in your brain and it just needs a one-word suggestion ...