#anxiety_disorder__anxietydisorder a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom supertype: #mental_disorder__mental_disturbance__disturbance__psychological_disorder__psychologicaldisorder__folie (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness subtype: #generalized_anxiety_disorder__generalizedanxietydisorder__GAD__anxiety_reaction__anxietyreaction an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months subtype: #panic_disorder__panicdisorder an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks; the attacks are usually severe but brief subtype: #phobia__phobic_disorder__phobic_neurosis an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias" subtype: #agoraphobia a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) subtype: #simple_phobia any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli subtype: #acrophobia a morbid fear of great heights subtype: #algophobia a morbid fear of pain subtype: #aquaphobia a morbid fear of drowning subtype: #astraphobia a morbid fear of thunder and lightning subtype: #claustrophobia a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space subtype: #cryophobia a morbid fear of freezing subtype: #hydrophobia a fear of drinking liquids because swallowing is so painful (as with persons having rabies) subtype: #hypnophobia a morbid fear of falling asleep subtype: #mysophobia a morbid fear of dirt or contamination subtype: #neophobia a morbid fear of novelty subtype: #nyctophobia a morbid fear of night or darkness subtype: #phobophobia a morbid fear of developing a phobia subtype: #photophobia a morbid fear of light subtype: #pyrophobia a morbid fear of fire subtype: #taphephobia a morbid fear of being buried alive subtype: #thanatophobia a morbid fear of death subtype: #triskaidekaphobia a morbid fear of the number 13 subtype: #zoophobia a morbid fear of animals subtype: #acarophobia a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms subtype: #ailurophobia a morbid fear of cats subtype: #cynophobia a morbid fear of dogs subtype: #entomophobia a morbid fear of insects subtype: #lepidophobia a morbid fear of snakes subtype: #musophobia a morbid fear of mice subtype: #social_phobia any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc) subtype: #androphobia a morbid fear of men subtype: #gynophobia a morbid fear of women subtype: #satanophobia an abnormal fear of Satan subtype: #school_phobia a child's sudden fear of attending school subtype: #traumatophobia a morbid fear of battle or physical injury subtype: #xenophobia an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers subtype: #posttraumatic_stress_disorder__PTSD an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images subtype: #battle_fatigue__combat_fatigue__combat_neurosis__shell_shock__shellshock a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
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