Doomsday Anxeity

Doomsday anxiety is the elusive feeling that you are missing something in life. It can also being described as feeling like the world may end. Doomsday anxiety can be intermittent or frequent. Symptoms associated with Doomsday anxiety include:
- heart palpitations
- shallow breathing
- a sudden adrenaline rush
- feeling that the world is ending
- feeling of missing out on something
- feeling of needing to be somewhere, but unsure of where
- feeling of "chasing the sunset"

Doomsday anxiety is not officially recognized. It was created by a user to describe this intermittent anxiety. There is no known cause. It is thought that perhaps the feeling has to do with a lack of fulfillment or accomplishment in one's life. Societal pressures and standards can make one feel as if though they are never doing enough.

Doomsday Anxeity
I took a nap in the middle of the day and I woke up with "Doomsday anxiety."

My project is due tomorrow and I haven't studied. I feel "doomsday anxiety" coming on.

Doomsday Anxeity by BlackOwlliterature February 17, 2019