No fear is so ruinous and uncontrollable as panic fear. For other fears are groundless, but this fear is witless.
Anxiety is always combined with a sense of vulnerability.
Susan would rather go hungry than go into a restaurant alone. She was afraid everyone would stare at her. Burt lost a promotion at work because he refused an important client's invitation to join a charter fishing cruise. Lloyd pretended to enjoy the extra hour a day he spent driving to work on the old highway. Actually, he avoided the quicker route because the freeway traffic could trigger an anxiety attack.