#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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