Anxiety: An Introduction Anxiety in the News Anxiety in Government Initiatives Anxiety in Online Information A Working Definition Anxiety is the worrying feeling that tends to take us away from the present reality, to a hypothetical future and entraps us there. By moving us from being engaged in the moment to being future-minded, anxiety tends to disengage and paralyse us. ‘Something important to us is at risk and we can’t do much about it!’ HomeNext