anxiety, anxiousness

a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders

• castration anxiety — (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principal apply to women
• hypochondria, hypochondriasis — chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
• overanxiety — excessive anxiety
• panic, scare — sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• psychological state, mental state — (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic