anxious

When Catherine Duncan’s mother-in-law was dying of pancreatic cancer years ago, she was anxious, scared and deeply sad.

Throughout, he said, he and his wife kept calling each other, anxious and scared.

In a packed waiting hall outside the doctor's consulting room, anxious parents stood in line with children sneezing, coughing or complaining of breathing difficulties.

“Combining travel on the busiest days of the year with big group events can make you frazzled or anxious,” said Manhattan psychotherapist Justena Kavanagh.

Earlier this week, a long-running survey of consumer confidence showed households were anxious about tariffs, rising inflation, a worsening jobs market, stagnant incomes and political division.