Anxiety and Safety Behaviors: Understanding Fear of Harm, Hypervigilance, and Reassurance-Seeking Mechanisms
Anxiety is a family of psychological and physiological states characterized by threat appraisal, heightened arousal, and persistent worry about potential negative outcomes. In everyday language, it often appears as fear of not being able to guarantee someone’s safety, especially under uncertainty or perceived danger. Clinically, this pattern aligns with anxiety-related cognitive distortions, hypervigilance, and reassurance-seeking… Read More »