Time anxiety can take several forms
Time anxiety can take several forms:
- Current time anxiety: the daily feeling of being rushed that makes us feel overwhelmed and panicky.
- Future time anxiety: thoughts about what may or may not happen in the future, which are the cause of worry and “what if” types of internal questions.
- Existential time anxiety: the sense of lost time slipping away and never to return, which many people experience in a more acute way when thinking about death.
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