Manche Menschen bekommen nach einer durchzechten Nacht starke Hangangst, andere nicht. Menschen, die zu Angstzuständen oder Niedergeschlagenheit neigen oder zur Stressbewältigung trinken, leiden stärker unter Hangangst. Hangxiety trifft auch stärker zu, wenn sich Menschen im betrunkenen Zustand untypisch verhalten, was am nächsten Tag zu Peinlichkeiten führt.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.70052

From the linked article:

Why do **some people get bad ‘hangxiety’ after a night of drinking and others don’t**?

You wake up after a night out. Your head’s pounding and a wave of unease hits before you’ve even looked at your phone. Restlessness, self-doubt and flashes of regret creep in as last night’s conversations start to replay.

“Hangxiety” is not a clinical term but the anxious, uneasy feeling that follows drinking is widely recognised. Most people expect a headache, but the emotional comedown can hit just as hard.

Certain traits make hangxiety hit harder

**People prone to anxiety or low mood, or those who drink to cope with stress, experience hangxiety more intensely** – not because hangovers create new problems, but because alcohol temporarily dulls negative emotions.

When the effects wear off, those feelings return in sharper focus, which can amplify stress and worry.

**Hangxiety also hits harder when people act out of character while drunk. Saying or doing things that clash with personal values can trigger embarrassment or shame the next day**, fuelling harsh self-criticism and intensifying emotional distress.

People who struggle with emotional regulation – recognising and managing your emotions in healthy ways – face particular challenges.

Good emotional regulation might mean noticing stress and choosing to go for run or call a friend, rather than reaching straight for a drink. It’s pausing to ask “what do I actually need right now?”

Without these skills, people get stuck in cycles of self-blame, amplifying the emotional rebound.

Hangxiety is a significant reason I got sober. Waking up with panic attacks of having severe anxiety the next day is miserable.

I feel like the article misses a point though. People with anxiety may drink to alleviate anxious symptoms much like someone would take a benzo or something. The anxiety sufferer may naturally has too low of whatever which inhibits anxious feelings or causes them. In a simple model it may be GABA and cortisol. When they’re drinking GABA is increased. When they drink excessively and the alcohol has worn off they are now in a gaba deficit. They are at a lower gaba level then if they were sober because of the abuse which causes increased anxiety.

Seems like the article infers its poor behaviors that cause hangxiety when other models suggest otherwise

In Ireland we call it „beer fears“.

This is 100% me. I don’t get headaches and have never puked, but low mood, anxiety, and brain fog can last for days. Makes it pretty easy not to drink, actually.

Thanks bot, this was posted a few days ago.

Oddly, as a person who struggled with severe anxiety and in my late thirties, I have never experienced this. If anything, I felt less anxious the day after. Now I just feel sleepy on the following day.

Is hangxiety something different from regretting one’s behavior while drunk? I’m taking a break right now because I’m cutting and I tend to snack while drunk, so even if I budget the calories for the cocktails I will end up screwing my numbers. Plus I’m just less productive the next day and I don’t have time to spare like that.

But those things just feel like regular consequences.