What's the difference between anxiety and just being nervous?
whatsupduck
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Nov 19, 2015
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Being nervous is a natural reaction to something that we identify as dangerous, or harmful. Sometimes you may feel nervous in the case of an interview or exam, as you feel you are going to be judged or evaluated. This can often encourage us to 'fight' through a situation.
Anxiety however may manifest itself in a larger, more overwhelming and often irrational way that negatively impacts on a persons life, such as through social phobias or panic attacks.
sakurafox
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Nov 20, 2015
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Anxiety makes you over think everything and everything you do becomes wrong and seems never ending, being nervous is temporary you may shake, but anxiety is worse.
krazeniks
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Nov 21, 2015
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Being nervous is a state of mind which is affected by a situation with which you are unfamiliar..while anxiety is a type of nervousness and particularly a symtom.
birdyblue
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Nov 22, 2015
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Being nervous is a feeling of fear triggered by a specific event such as talking to a handsome man or presenting a project at work. Being anxious is a fear that is either not triggered by a specific event, or fear that is way too big for the actual trigger (panicking over something that is relatively minor).
SavioP
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Nov 22, 2015
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Anxiety disorders are usually based upon irrational fears and Nervousness is a normal state when you are in a situation where you have to perform a specific task that may be evaluated or judged by others.
felixthecat
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Nov 23, 2015
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Anxiety is feeling like a weight is pressing on your chest and feeling like it will never leave. Being nervous is having butterflies in your stomach but not the good kind of butterflies.
greenJOHN1971
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Nov 25, 2015
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Anxiety? nervous? It depends on who is asking and what they think the definition is of those words. Figure that out and then go from there.
HorsegirlHelp
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Nov 26, 2015
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The difference between anxiety and nervousness is that being nervous is usually just about one thing or not very long, but anxiety is a ling dreadful fear.
Anonymous
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Nov 27, 2015
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Anxiety is something that occurs on a regular basis that has constant symptoms, it also happens at a higher intensity or for longer periods of time.
dancingRiver48
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Nov 27, 2015
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Anxiety is actually more intense... Anxiety is long-term.. being nervous is short-term.. and it's not a medical condition..
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