| A | B |
|---|
| agoraphobia | fear of being in a place from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing |
| anticipatory anxiety | anxiety that is experienced for some time prior to an event or happening |
| automatic relief behaviors | subtle, unconscious behaviors that are aimed at relieving anxiety |
| compulsion | uncontrolled impulse to perform an action or ritual repeatedly to decrease anxiety |
| cued | panic attack in which an identified trigger can be associated with the event |
| emotional numbing | expression of little or no emotion soon after an event as an attempt to prevent future mental pain |
| free-floating anxiety | occurs when a person is unable to connect the anxiety to a stimulus |
| generalized anxiety | person experiences an increased level of anxiety & worry about various situations on most days over a period of at least 6 months |
| obsession | reoccurrence of persistent unwanted thoughts or images that cause a person intense anxiety |
| panic attack | intense feeling of fear or tremor that occurs suddenly and intermittently without warning |
| social phobia | excessive & persistent irrational fear of specific objects or situations that actually pose little threat of danger |
| specific phobia | characterized by an excessive and persistent irrational fear of specific objects or situations that actually pose little threat of danger |
| uncued | panic attach in which the person is unable to connect an particular stimulus with the panic attack |
