Learn to Recognize Anxiety Symptoms
Just as there are many types of anxiety disorders there are numerous anxiety symptoms. The list of symptoms is extensive, but does include the following:
· pain or a feeling of discomfort in the chest
· a feeling that you cannot breathe and are going to choke
· dizziness
· feeling as if you have a lump in your throat
· flushes or chills
· unable to relax
· head or neck pain
· feelings of nausea
· sweating
· heart palpitations
Each person experiences anxiety in different ways and the symptoms, even for the same person, may be different depending on what triggers the anxiety. It is quite normal to feel worried and anxious over every day events and anxiety if the body’s natural reaction to stress. Through these feelings, the body is able to cope with stressful and traumatic events.
For some people, the anxiety symptoms are not related to actual events, but threats that they perceive will or may happen. When you are worried about something, you can make the situation worse in your mind than it actually is when you start thinking of the worst case scenarios in order to prepare for the worst. The body is not able to distinguish between what is real and what is imagined when it comes to being worried and anxious and therefore it reacts as if the threat is a real one.
Anxiety symptoms usually subside after a short period of time and are gone completely when the situation works itself out. Even if the situation does not have a satisfactory conclusion and your fears become reality, when it no longer exists, then the stress relief can occur. Stress brings on the feelings of anxiety and the longer this stress lasts, the more symptoms appear and the greater they affect an individual.
It is quite common to have slight anxiety symptoms of feeling as if you have butterflies in your stomach before an event, such as speaking in public or taking a test, for example. Sometimes, thinking about the issue can make the symptoms worse because of a fear of failure.
Complications of these symptoms can become debilitating for some people leading to depression and other psychological disorders that affect overall health and wellness. They know that their fears are irrational, but they are helpless in being able to do anything about them.
When you learn to recognize your anxiety symptoms, you can identify the triggers. This will help you learn to control the symptoms, but this is easier said than done in a lot of cases. An anxiety attack is often called a panic attack, which is a sudden bout of intense anxiety.
There may or may not be any actual triggers for the symptoms to appear, but they are the result of the body increasing the blood pressure and heart rate, as well as producing more hormones to enable the body to deal with and fight off the perceived threat. Some who experience an anxiety attack of this magnitude for the first time may even visit the emergency room thinking they are suffering from a heart attack.
If your anxiety symptoms are causing problems in your life, you should visit your doctor to ensure that there are no medical reasons for the symptoms. Thyroid problems and anemia can cause these symptoms and once they are treated, the symptoms no longer appear.
You also have to look at your life in general to try to reduce the stress that can cause you anxiety and thus reduce the occurrence of the symptoms. At the same time, there are many types of treatments available for anxiety and disorders that can result from it.
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June 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
This is a very informative post. This can help them learn about the simple symptoms of anxiety and could prevent from getting worst.
December 8th, 2009 at 2:37 am
We understand that sometimes panic attack is only mind over matter(mild case). When you are in good health surely you can handle with it, but for someone having panic attacks since birth I thought the treatment should be specific at different case.