In The Concept of Anxiety ( also known as The Concept of Dread, depending on the translation ), Kierkegaard used the word Angest ( in common Danish, angst, meaning " dread " or " anxiety ") to describe a profound and deep-seated spiritual condition of insecurity and fear in the free human being.

Anxiety or fear that interferes with normal functioning may be classified as an anxiety disorder.

:# The anxiety, panic attack, or phobic avoidance associated with the specific object or situation are not better accounted for by another mental disorder, such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ( e. g., fear of dirt in someone with an obsession about contamination ), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ( e. g., avoidance of stimuli associated with a severe stressor ), Separation Anxiety Disorder ( e. g., avoidance of school ), Social Phobia ( e. g., avoidance of social situations because of fear of embarrassment ), Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia, or Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder.

Anxiety disorder is a blanket term covering several different forms of a type of common psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive rumination, worrying, uneasiness, apprehension and fear about future uncertainties either based on real or imagined events, which may affect both physical and psychological health.

Anxiety, fear and anger are also absent, and her work is harmonic and integrative.

:* Anxiety disorder, different forms of abnormal and pathological fear and anxiety

" Anxiety " is the anticipation or fear of being cut off from the attachment figure.

Anxiety, fear, illness and fatigue will cause a child to increase attachment behaviours.

* Anxiety or fear

Anxiety takes several forms: phobia, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and post-traumatic stress.

* Social Phobia / Social Anxiety Association Non-profit organization, education about social anxiety disorder ( social phobia ).

* Social Anxiety Anonymous / Social Phobics Anonymous-International network of 12 Step support groups for people suffering from shyness problems and / or social anxiety disorder / social phobia

However, some have questioned the placement of SAD within the sexual dysfunction category of the DSM and have called for its placement within the Specific phobia grouping as an Anxiety Disorder.

Arachnophobia or arachnephobia ( from the, aráchnē, " spider " and, phóbos, " fear ") is a specific phobia, the fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions.

In some cases, this forms permanent fear responses such as post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ) or a phobia.

A phobia ( from the, Phóbos, meaning " fear " or " morbid fear ") is, when used in the context of clinical psychology, a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational.

As briefly mentioned above, a specific phobia is a marked and persistent fear of an object or situation which brings about an excessive or unreasonable fear when in the presence of, or anticipating, a specific object ; furthermore, the specific phobias may also include concerns with losing control, panicking, and fainting which is the direct result of an encounter with the phobia.

The above direct conditioning model, though very influential in the theory of fear acquisition, should not suggest the only way to acquire a phobia.

In reality most phobias are irrational, in that the subconscious association causes far more fear than is warranted based on the actual danger of the stimulus ; a person with a phobia of water may admit that their physiological arousal is irrational and over-reactive, but this alone does not cure the phobia.

Mainly used to treat Post-traumatic stress disorder, EMDR has been demonstrated as effective in easing phobia symptoms following a specific trauma, such as a fear of dogs following a dog bite.

Prolonged exposure is used in psychotherapy when the person with the phobia is exposed to the object of their fear over a long period of time.

The word phobia may also signify conditions other than fear.

Usually these kinds of " phobias " are described as fear, dislike, disapproval, prejudice, hatred, discrimination, or hostility towards the object of the " phobia ".

The common fear of public speaking is called glossophobia ( or, informally, " stage fright "), although many people simply confuse normal nerves and anxiety with a genuine phobia.

Triskaidekaphobia ( from Greek tris meaning " 3 ", kai meaning " and ", deka meaning " 10 " and phobia meaning " fear " or " morbid fear ") is fear of the number ; it is a superstition and related to a specific fear of Friday the 13th, called paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia.

A large study demonstrated significant reduction in " alertness " and " fear " in patients with social phobia as well as improvement in their quality of life.

Social anxiety disorder ( SAD ; also known as social phobia ) describes an intense fear and avoidance of negative public scrutiny, public embarrassment, humiliation, or social interaction.

The origin of the word motte is German ( meaning moth ) and phobia is Greek ( meaning fear ).