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Entries relating to anxiety.
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A familiar, thirty-second wave of dread synchronised precisely to a xylophone melody most Britons know by heart.
Read full entry →A brazen, entirely unconvincing dental falsehood told while sat in a chair with a light directly in your mouth.
Read full entry →A brief, deafening moment of pure joy achieved for a total investment of roughly one pound fifty.
Read full entry →A collective, unexplained group silence that leaves the original sender wondering what exactly they did wrong.
Read full entry →A vast, purposeless block of calendar time booked under the misleading guise of a 'quick chat'.
Read full entry →The unshakable, nationwide inability of anyone at a wedding reception to clap along to music in correct rhythm.
Read full entry →A recurring, entirely unwanted cold call disguised as market research, always somehow named Dave.
Read full entry →A catastrophic, tone-deaf text response typed on autopilot before actually reading the full message.
Read full entry →A single, unexplained syllable of concern that instantly guarantees an expensive, unwelcome follow-up appointment.
Read full entry →An unwelcome, mid-meal disruption in which diners are asked to gather their coats for absolutely no clear reason.
Read full entry →The immediate collective anxiety triggered by corporate euphemism ahead of an unwelcome company announcement.
Read full entry →The reliable, malicious tendency of office equipment to fail spectacularly only under time pressure.
Read full entry →The public humiliation of a payment failure witnessed by an entire line of increasingly frustrated onlookers.
Read full entry →A slow, excruciating video-call ritual in which each person's total lack of general knowledge is broadcast individually.
Read full entry →A frantic, joyful national instinct to spot and photograph a rainbow the very moment conditions allow.
Read full entry →A pointless, drawn-out internal deliberation over a seasonal pleasantry that no one else is thinking about at all.
Read full entry →A daily, high-stakes ritual of redialling repeatedly in a desperate bid to secure one of three available appointments.
Read full entry →A sudden, catastrophising spiral triggered by six innocuous words from the human resources department.
Read full entry →A last-minute, poorly timed work request delivered exclusively at the precise moment of departure.
Read full entry →A creeping dread of total navigational blindness triggered by a battery percentage in the single digits.
Read full entry →A dangerous, entirely irrational full-vehicle meltdown triggered by a single insect and total loss of driving focus.
Read full entry →A public, echoing summons that instantly makes every other customer stop and stare at you with vague suspicion.
Read full entry →A brutal, real-time text-based heartbreak delivered in a small scrolling ticker at the bottom of the screen.
Read full entry →The devastating, slow disappearance of hope as a vehicle you needed to catch drives irrevocably out of earshot.
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