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

anxiety is being always worried about things you can't control all the time and affecting you in how you feel all the time and being nervous that is normal like when you go for a job interview sweaty palms and butterflies in tummy not remembering what to say where anxiety is new level again

Personally, I find them very different. When I'm nervous, I go to the toilet a lot and you get that butterfly feeling in your stomach. When I'm nervous, I can be sick from nerves. When I'm anxious, I get an anxiety rash and get a hot flush almost, with rapid heart rate and feeling of discomfort, but don't get the butterfly feeling/ go to the toilet often.

Anxiety is more of a disorder caused by stress or distress. Nervousness is a general reaction. Modt teenagers experience it. As well as some adults.

Anxiety can attack you at any time, you believe everyone is watching you and getting closer and closer before you can longer breathe. being nervous is based on adrenaline and can only be experienced in certain moments, anxiety strikes at any time.

Anxiety is a feeling of fear/doom that never goes away; nervousness is generally justified and can usually go away pretty easily.

Being nervous is like going up fron to do a presentaion. You go up and do it, once youve done it or even when you start talking the nervous seem to disappera. With anxiety its always there, constanly. Its mostly about feelings, you yourself will know when your having anxiety versus just plain nerves.

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. Activities such as delivering a speech, attending a job interview or performing before a crowd of people may prompt "nerves." This reaction can actually be useful, but when your nervousness becomes irrational and overpowering, preventing you from participating in everyday life situations, you may be experiencing anxiety.

Being nervous is a feeling that is temporary; you may feel nervous before public speaking, but it goes away after. Anxiety as a disorder means that that feeling of "being nervous" is ongoing and affects daily life. Sometimes it is triggered by certain aspects, or it can come on randomly. People will anxiety also commonly suffer from panic attacks, something less commonly associated with a normal amount of nervousness.

Nervousness lasts for a few moments before an event takes place while anxiety lasts longer sometimes months or years.

Lots of people are nervous before certain events or when they have to do something difficult. It's a temporary feeling. Anxiety is an apparently irrational feeling that is just there for long periods of time. It can be very overpowering and disabling to function in daily life.