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The feeling of unease experienced by a person, when faced with a perceived threat. (akin to nervousness and/or fear.) Anxiety encompasses a complex range of symptoms and triggers; ranging from a useful tool to protect the self or another, to the emotionally crippling effects of pathological anxiety.

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