Anxiety (불안감)

Everyone occasionally experiences anxiety: a feeling of fear, nervousness, or dread accompanied by restlessness or tension. Its main symptoms―heart palpitations, shortness of breath, stomachaches, or headaches―are largely due to the body's involuntarily preparations to deal with a threat with a fight-or-flight response. Visible signs of anxiety may include pale skin, sweating, and trembling.

 

불안은 우리에게 위험을 알려주거나 일을 끝내기 위한 힘을 주는데 유용할 수 있다. 스트레스가 많은 증상은 일반적으로 감지된 위혐이 사라지고 난후 빠르게 소실된다―당신이 어두컴컴한 복도 끝에 다다르거나 혹은 당신이 걱정했던 시험을 결국 끝냈을 때. 많은 사람들에게는 그러나 시간이 지나도 변하지 않는 불안은 불안 장애로 알려진 여러가지 심각한 정신 질환 중 하나로 변할 수 있다.

 

There are several forms of anxiety disorders. With generalized anxiety disorder, a person may worry constantly and disproportionately about something innocuous, such as the well-being of a perfectly healthy child. Shorter, repetitive, and more extreme episodes of anxiety may be classfied as panic disorder―a tendency toward panic attacks that usually last about 5 to 30 minutes and may include dizziness, chest tightness, and the fear that you're going crazy or are about to die.

 

다른 형태의 불안 장애들은 특정한 물건들이나 사건들에 극심하고 비이성적인 공포들(포비아); 되풀이되는 원치 않는 생각과 반복적인 행동들(강박장애); 과거의 번거로운 사건으로 인한 공황 발작(외상후 스트레스 장애)를 포함한다. 이러한 질환은 화학적 불균형 또는 무의식적인 기억에 의해 유발될 수 있으며 실제 위협이 없을 때 실수로 유발된 뇌의 오작동 경보로 생각할 수 있다. 치료는 약물치료, 대화요법, 호흡 및 이완운동을 포함할 수 있다.

 

 

 

"Test anxiety" is a specific type of apprehension felt by students―of any age―who have a fear of failing and being evaluated negatively by teachers, superiors, and peers. Sweating, dizziness, headaches, racing heartbeat, nausea, fidgeting, and finger drumming are all common symptoms of test anxiety. In 2006, approximately 49 percent of high school students reportedly experienced this condition.

 

In small children, the fear of strangers is a protective develomental response toward those who are not parents or family members. Anxiety when interacting with unknown people can also be a common phase in young people. For others, it may persist into adulthood and become social anxiety or social phobia.

 

The "father of existentialism," Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855 ), used the Danish word angest (meaning "anxiety" or "dread") in 1844 to describe a spiritual condition of insecurity and despair among free human beings in constant fear of failing in their responsibilities to God, to their own principles, and to others. The modern word angst is also commonly used to describe teenage frustration and melancholy.