jumpiness

noun jumpiness

• anxiety — Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
• nervousness — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
• nerves — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
• jitteriness — extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
• agitation — If someone is in a state of agitation, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.