Anxious

n. Anxious excitement before a journey.... more

n. The art of reading others' moods and intentions.... more

n. The fear of major life changes, even ones you've been anticipating for years.... more

n. The fear that learning the name of something will ruin its mystery.... more

n. The fear that you're no longer able to change.... more

n. The fear that the role you once occupied in someone's life could be refilled without a second thought.... more

n. The anxiety of not knowing "the real you".... more

n. The fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty shallow.... more

adj. Anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing, only to cringe when flaws become apparent.... more

n. The fear of irrevocable actions and irreversible processes.... more

n. Fear of the prospect of not existing one day.... more

n. The awareness that someone you've known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life.... more

n. The irrational fear that someone you know is angry at you, leading to a frenzy of outrage.... more

n. The anxiety of never knowing how much time you have left.... more

n. The fear of being powerless to change the world around you.... more

adj. Nervously aware of untested assumptions about yourself that form your self-image.... more

n. The poignant humanness beneath the spectacle of society.... more

n. The fear that everyone around the world is essentially the same, limiting opportunities for reinvention or seeking a better society elsewhere.... more

n. The anxiety of being an individual.... more

adj. Anxious to imagine how many times you must've barely avoided catastrophe.... more

adj. Longing to disappear completely and become invisible in a crowd.... more

n. The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.... more

n. The fear of speaking off the cuff or from the heart.... more

n. The fear that you've lived an ordinary life.... more

n. The fear that your connections with people will diminish as you age.... more

n. The fear of being shaped by circumstances and stimuli rather than by conscious choice.... more

n. A disconcerting cluster of simultaneous endings.... more

n. The post-distraction effort to recall the reason for heightened emotions.... more

n. The quiet poignance of your own responsibility for someone, with a mix of pride and fear and love and humility.... more

n. The fear that emotions are biologically driven rather than philosophical.... more

n. The act of deliberately refusing to learn scientific explanations to preserve the magic.... more

n. The fear that society is breaking apart into factions with nothing in common.... more

n. Fear experienced while leaving a loved one, uncertain if it will be the last time you see them.... more

n. The fear that originality is no longer possible.... more

n. The fear that your partner is changing in ways you don't understand, even though they might be changes for the better.... more

n. The fear that this is as good as your life will ever get.... more

pl n. Bamboo slivers from nervous guest on cane chair.... more

adj. Indecisive about disposing dud lightbulb.... more