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  2. Worry - Wikipedia

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    Worry is a category of perseverative cognition, i.e. a continuous thinking about negative events in the past or in the future. [2] As an emotion "worry" is experienced from anxiety or concern about a real or imagined issue, often personal issues such as health or finances, or external broader issues such as environmental pollution, social ...

  3. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The word nikoli, when stressed on the second syllable, means "never", when stressed on the first it is the locative case of Nikola, i.e. Nicholas; Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly"). Its most common use is in response to an affirmative statement, for example "I saw Mrs. Smith ...

  4. Anxiety - Wikipedia

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    Anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness. There are a number of anxiety disorders: including generalized anxiety disorder , specific phobia , social anxiety disorder , separation anxiety disorder , agoraphobia , panic ...

  5. Generalized anxiety disorder - Wikipedia

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    Generalized anxiety disorder ( GAD) is a mental and behavioral disorder, [5] specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities. [6] Worry often interferes with daily functioning, and individuals with GAD are often overly concerned about everyday matters such as ...

  6. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    Below is an extensive, if incomplete, list of plants containing one or more poisonous parts that pose a serious risk of illness, injury, or death to humans or domestic animals. There is significant overlap between plants considered poisonous and those with psychotropic properties , some of which are toxic enough to present serious health risks ...

  7. Emotion classification - Wikipedia

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    e. Emotion classification, the means by which one may distinguish or contrast one emotion from another, is a contested issue in emotion research and in affective science. Researchers have approached the classification of emotions from one of two fundamental viewpoints: [citation needed]

  8. Anxiety disorder - Wikipedia

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    Generalized anxiety disorder is "characterized by chronic excessive worry accompanied by three or more of the following symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration problems, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep disturbance". Generalized anxiety disorder is the most common anxiety disorder to affect older adults.

  9. Worry stone - Wikipedia

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    Worry stones are smooth, polished gemstones, usually in the shape of an oval with a thumb-sized indentation, used for relaxation or anxiety relief. Worry stones are typically around 3 centimetres (1 in) in size. They are used by holding the stone between the index finger and thumb and gently moving one's thumb back and forth across the stone.