Anxiety neurosis is characterized by generalized anxiety disorder (chronic anxiety disorder) and paroxysmal panic state (acute anxiety disorder). It is a kind of unfounded panic and tension or the degree of tension and panic is not commensurate with the reality. Psychological experience is generalized, fear and panic without a fixed goal, and physical symptoms accompanied by increased alertness.
According to the above definition, Xiao Li's anxiety neurosis is due to her husband not coming back from overtime work and the recent burglaries and homicides in her city.