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Entries relating to anxiety.
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A lost British ritual of standing perfectly still, watching a hatch, hoping today is not the day it comes back 'out of stock'.
Read full entry →A pre-programmed, panic-induced echo response fired before the brain has time to process that it makes no sense whatsoever.
Read full entry →A public humiliation device installed in every supermarket designed to summon a single, visibly annoyed member of staff.
Read full entry →The Pavlovian sense of impending doom triggered by four descending drum beats, always arriving exactly when a character least needs it.
Read full entry →The sudden, sickening fear that you left the front door wide open, the hob on, and the iron plugged in, ruining your entire journey.
Read full entry →An automatic, defensive falsehood deployed to repel eager retail workers, even when you actually need help finding a size.
Read full entry →A terrifying, split-second loss of object permanence that makes you think you've lost an £800 piece of glass you are literally staring at.
Read full entry →A high-speed, panic-stricken dash to relocate a retching animal before they permanently stain the expensive rug.
Read full entry →A frantic, adrenaline-fueled five-minute scramble to hide dirty dishes, laundry, and shame before opening the front door.
Read full entry →An ominous hissing sound designed purely to emotionally break the homeowner before presenting a wildly inflated invoice.
Read full entry →A disastrous logistical failure at the till, resulting in bread being crushed beneath six pints of milk and a melon.
Read full entry →A tragically flawed mating ritual where you attempt 'banter' but accidentally attack their deepest insecurity.
Read full entry →The agonizing internal debate over whether to aggressively highlight that you only ate a side salad, or just eat the £80 loss to avoid looking cheap.
Read full entry →A traumatic auditory hallucination induced by corporate burnout, causing you to flinch when no computer is even in the room.
Read full entry →The chaotic, overlapping chorus of colleagues aggressively informing a boomer that their microphone is turned off.
Read full entry →A sudden, paralyzing dread induced by an incoming corporate message just as you are putting your coat on to leave.
Read full entry →A panicked, disorganized clawing of personal items from the counter to avoid holding up the queue of glaring shoppers behind you.
Read full entry →The grim anticipation of a freezing house and a decimated bank account upon discovering a fault in the central heating mid-January.
Read full entry →The panic-inducing failure to put the refuse out, resulting in a sprint down the driveway in your boxers.
Read full entry →A weapon of mass destruction delivered via SMS, frantically making you review every mistake you've made in the last decade.
Read full entry →The psychological torment of anticipating standing in a stranger's armpit on the Central line for the next five days.
Read full entry →A violent, panic-inducing assault on a restroom lock by a stranger who lacks the patience to wait or look at the 'engaged' sign.
Read full entry →The intense regret of initiating a polite gesture too early, trapping yourself in an awkward stance for twenty seconds.
Read full entry →The horrifying realization at the front of a queue that the establishment is engaged in tax evasion and you only have Apple Pay.
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