These weird restless ecstatic states that I sometimes get are fascinating. I feel good but also kind of annoyed that I'm too jittery to sit down and do something remotely coherent. My mind is just sort of going all over the place I wonder whether this is an expression of anxiety
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interest & excitement constitute an emotion separate from anxiety/fear
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lots of variation in individual genetics and experiences
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Also must note that separation-anxiety & panic has distinct neuroanatomy and neurochemistry from fear. I know less about fear vs panic than I do about interest & excitement.
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Reading a section in Affective Neuroscience discussing distinctions bettwen fear and separation-distress, here's my take away: Fear as anticipatory anxiety. Panic as separation distress.
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