Anxiety refers to an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner conflict and subjectively unpleasant emotions of dread over anticipated events. Nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination accompanies anxiety. It is a feeling of uneasiness and worry, generally unfocused and generalized as an overreaction to a circumstance that is subjectively alarming. A mental state characterized by a poor mood and...