I found this recently while looking into the reference made in the Gospel of Luke that mentioned that our Lord sweat blood in the garden.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2810702/
This part floored me:
>Acute fear and intense mental contemplation are the most frequent causes, as reported in six cases in men ""condemned to execution,"" a case occurring during the London blitz, a case involving fear of being raped, a case of fear of a storm while sailing, etc.