What's the difference between anxiety and just being nervous?

feeling nervous is a normal human emotion that many many people feel on a day to day basis, anxiety is a mental illness

Anxiety is when a person feels nervous all the time. It usually is irrational and might be caused from over-thinking. Anxiety is feeling nervous about everyday situations. Just being nervous is when the person feels nervous because of a specific reason and is not long-lasting. It is perfectly normal.

Anxiety is a disorder that affects people that cannot stop worrying about every little thing (example: my friend didn't text me back; she must hate me. What did I do?) when you are nervous you usually have reasoning for feeling like this, and you are not worried for an extended amount of time. (example: I am worried about the math test coming up so I am going to study *test passes* I am now fine). As someone with a severe anxiety disorder this is the best explanation that I could come up with, hope this helped!

Well for me personally, when I feel nervous my stomach might feel weird and I may feel fidgety. With anxiety though, I'll just feel unsafe sometimes even though I know there isn't any danger around. Headaches will come and they feel like they are in different parts of my head; one moment in the back and then a couple minutes later on the left side. My stomach will start to hurt as well sometimes. And my heart will feel like it'll beat out of my chest; but (this may sound crazy) it'll feel like it's getting slower and slower and slower sometimes, to the point where it'll just stop beating, and I feel like I'm fading out of existence, not dying, but like I'm not real and that I'll disappear. And it can be scary.

Anxiety is an overwhelming feeling that makes you feel panicked, often can lead to a panic attack. It's a feeling of constant worry and panic, and can prevent you from doing daily activities whereas nervousness is a temporary feeling that doesn't usually effect your daily life.

Anxiety and nervousness are related in that they both make you feel the same way. The key difference between anxiety and nervousness (or fear) is this: fear is when you are scared in the presence of an immediate threat. For example, you are afraid of an upcoming concert performance. On the other hand, anxiety is where you experience that same feeling when you are not in any danger or there is no threat. For example, you have that same terrified feeling of the upcoming concert performance when you are sitting home on the couch and there is no concert coming up.

Being nervous is often a one time situation where you can calm down easily. Nervousness is also usually just situational. Anxiety is all of those feelings, the inability to calm down, and is more than just situational.

Well everyone is nervous once in a while. Sometimes it's a big project you have to do or a test. But if you encounter this nervousness often or in simple situations and constantly find yourself second guessing it is anxiety

The difference between anxiety and being nervous is anxiety is sheer terror and panic. Anxiety cripples you and makes you sweat. If changed your dreams. Anxiety keeps you up at night, and can make you sick. Being nervous is slight fear before a certain event. It is usually much more mild.

Being nervous is like having butterflies. Having anxiety is feeling like you have lost total control