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Daphné B. (Belgium)
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  1. anxiety disorder
    a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
    However, when your anxiety is so serious that it interferes with your work, leads you to avoid certain situations or keeps you from enjoying life, you may be suffering from a form of the most common type of mental disorder, an anxiety disorder.
  2. immobilize
    to hold fast or prevent from moving
    Or, you may experience occasional instances of anxiety that are so terrifying and intense that you may be immobilized with fear.
  3. willpower
    the trait of firmly controlling your own behavior
    You can’t overcome an anxiety disorder just through willpower, nor can the symptoms be ignored or wished away.
  4. mental disorder
    a psychological disorder of thought or emotion
    However, when your anxiety is so serious that it interferes with your work, leads you to avoid certain situations or keeps you from enjoying life, you may be suffering from a form of the most common type of mental disorder, an anxiety disorder.
  5. disabling
    crippling or incapacitating
    Although these conditions can be very frightening and disabling, they are also very treatable.
  6. disorder
    a condition in which things are not in their expected places
    However, when your anxiety is so serious that it interferes with your work, leads you to avoid certain situations or keeps you from enjoying life, you may be suffering from a form of the most common type of mental disorder, an anxiety disorder.
  7. symptom
    a sensation associated with a particular disease
    You can’t overcome an anxiety disorder just through willpower, nor can the symptoms be ignored or wished away.
  8. anxiety
    a vague unpleasant emotion in anticipation of a misfortune
    Some anxiety helps to keep you focused on the job at hand.
  9. frightening
    causing fear or dread or terror
    Although these conditions can be very frightening and disabling, they are also very treatable.
  10. shaky
    vibrating slightly and irregularly
    Your first day on a new job, planning for a long trip, going to the dentist....your palms sweat, you feel shaky, your heart pounds.
  11. terrifying
    causing extreme fear
    Or, you may experience occasional instances of anxiety that are so terrifying and intense that you may be immobilized with fear.
  12. focus on
    center upon
    Some anxiety helps to keep you focused on the job at hand.
  13. frighten
    cause fear in
    Although these conditions can be very frightening and disabling, they are also very treatable.
  14. sweat
    salty fluid secreted by glands in the skin
    Your first day on a new job, planning for a long trip, going to the dentist....your palms sweat, you feel shaky, your heart pounds.
  15. uncomfortable
    providing or experiencing physical unease
    These disorders cause you to feel anxious most of the time, making some everyday situations so uncomfortable that you may avoid them entirely.
  16. pound
    16 ounces avoirdupois
    Your first day on a new job, planning for a long trip, going to the dentist....your palms sweat, you feel shaky, your heart pounds.
  17. nerve
    a bundle of fibers running to organs and tissues of the body
    Anxiety disorders are not just a case of "nerves."
  18. uneasy
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
    Everyone feels anxious or uneasy from time to time.
  19. interfere
    get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action
    However, when your anxiety is so serious that it interferes with your work, leads you to avoid certain situations or keeps you from enjoying life, you may be suffering from a form of the most common type of mental disorder, an anxiety disorder.
  20. occasional
    occurring from time to time
    Or, you may experience occasional instances of anxiety that are so terrifying and intense that you may be immobilized with fear.
  21. anxious
    causing or fraught with or showing nervousness
    Everyone feels anxious or uneasy from time to time.
  22. overcome
    win a victory over
    You can’t overcome an anxiety disorder just through willpower, nor can the symptoms be ignored or wished away.
  23. intense
    possessing a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
    Or, you may experience occasional instances of anxiety that are so terrifying and intense that you may be immobilized with fear.
Created on Fri Oct 14 04:53:49 EDT 2011

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