Panic Anxiety
Dimension 309 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Panic Anxiety measures the tendency for expressions to convey fearfulness, nervous apprehension, and episodes of panicky arousal, including generalized worry and sudden surges of alarm. It encompasses both ongoing anxious sensitivity and acute panic-like feelings.
evidence final name · Anxiety activation
Minimal Panic Anxiety
Expressions activating this band show only faint, situational, or indirect references to worry, fear, or vigilance, often embedded in broader practical or mixed content. Anxiety-related content appears as a limited concern rather than a clear state of panicky arousal.
Mild Panic Anxiety
Expressions activating this band convey noticeable nervousness, apprehension, unease, or worry that is readily triggered by stressors or bodily sensations. The anxiety is present as a felt emotional state but remains mostly generalized rather than overtly panicky.
Moderate Panic Anxiety
Expressions activating this band describe broad anxious reactivity, including frequent worry, easy stress, fearfulness, and emerging panic-like experiences. Anxiety appears as a recurring pattern that affects confidence, composure, or response to new situations.
High Panic Anxiety
Expressions activating this band center on pronounced panic-proneness, with feeling scared, threatened, or panicky even without a clear reason. The anxiety is experienced as intense alarm that is easily activated in important or uncertain situations.
Severe Panic Anxiety
Expressions activating this band depict acute panic states marked by sudden feelings of panic and abrupt surges of overwhelming fear. The experience is immediate, intense, and strongly centered on panic itself.
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Minimal Anxiety activation: Anxiety activation is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse anxiety activation.
Emerging Anxiety activation: Anxiety activation is experienced here as physiological and somatic distress, reflecting embodied arousal and clinical-grade symptom intensity. Unlike the band below, where anxiety activation was characterized by the clinical form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect physiological and embodied anxiety activation.
Elevated Anxiety activation: Anxiety activation is experienced here as physiological and somatic distress, reflecting embodied arousal and clinical-grade symptom intensity. Compared to the band below, anxiety activation is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect physiological and embodied anxiety activation.
Severe Anxiety activation: Anxiety activation is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Unlike the band below, where anxiety activation was characterized by the somatic and physiological form, the proxy here has shifted in character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect anxiety activation at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.