A sudden, overwhelming feeling of anxiety or terror is called:

A. Empathy: Empathy is the ability to understand and share another person's feelings—not a form of anxiety. B. Panic: Panic is characterized by an acute onset of intense fear or terror, often accompanied by physiological symptoms like palpitations or shortness of breath. C. Trauma: Trauma refers to a deeply distressing or disturbing experience and may result in lasting effects, not necessarily a sudden feeling. D. Crisis: A crisis is a state of psychological disequilibrium, but panic is more immediate and physiologic in presentation.