Having a persistent, intense, and chronic fear of being watched and judged by others.

Sufferers have a chronic fear of present heart problems or the development of heart problems.

At last Jeremy's chronic fear of pursuit assumed objective form.

Issue one follows Michael as he stalks Lisa, a fifteen year-old girl with insecurities and "a chronic fear of darkness".

No longer viewed as threatening to those with a chronic fear of metal, the band somehow became amusing and even endearing to middle America.

Low fees, monumental paperwork and chronic fear of malpractice litigation now push that number down daily.

"But I live in chronic fear of that occurring."

But living with chronic fear can be both physically and emotionally debilitating.

Many suffer from the so-called flatland phobia, a chronic fear of leaving the confines of the environment in which humans evolved.

"There's nothing wrong with me," I went on, "except acute chronic fear."