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Anxiety suppression
Suppression of anxiety can be described as the partial to complete suppression of a person’s ability to feel anxiety, nervousness, general unease and negative feelings of psychological tension. The experience of this effect may decrease anxiety-related behaviour such as rumination, muscular tension, panic attacks, and restlessness.
This effect often occurs with the use of psychoactive drugs including depressants such as benzodiazepines and opioids.