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How bad can anxiety get?
Just wondering how bad can stress and anxiety get? Like I know of racing heart, dizziness, shortness of breath, aches and pains but where else is there?
Whay have you experienced?
Whay have you experienced?
How bad can anxiety get?
It can get VERY, VERY bad! The symptoms you've listed are among the many that define anxiety/panic disorders. A FEW of the others are:
1) An overwhelming sense of doom
2) A certainty that you are going to die
3) Numbness in your extremities and around your mouth
4) Derealization (a sense of not being in reality)
5) Sweating or being very cold
6) Heart palpatations
7) Chest pains
8) Racing thoughts (which are NEVER good thoughts)
9) An intense desire to run, to get away (the "fight or fight" reaction)
There are many, many more, and if you spend some time reading the posts here, you will see that all of us can add yet another horrid effect of anxiety/panic to the list.
Why do you ask? Are you thinking you may have an anxiety problem? If so, I would urge you to see your doctor to rule out an underlying physical cause if you are, indeed, having any of these symptoms. You can "nip this in the bud" if you get help before it gets out of control and that can best be accomplished with the help of your doctor and a good therapist.
Peace
Greenlydia
It can get VERY, VERY bad! The symptoms you've listed are among the many that define anxiety/panic disorders. A FEW of the others are:
1) An overwhelming sense of doom
2) A certainty that you are going to die
3) Numbness in your extremities and around your mouth
4) Derealization (a sense of not being in reality)
5) Sweating or being very cold
6) Heart palpatations
7) Chest pains
8) Racing thoughts (which are NEVER good thoughts)
9) An intense desire to run, to get away (the "fight or fight" reaction)
There are many, many more, and if you spend some time reading the posts here, you will see that all of us can add yet another horrid effect of anxiety/panic to the list.
Why do you ask? Are you thinking you may have an anxiety problem? If so, I would urge you to see your doctor to rule out an underlying physical cause if you are, indeed, having any of these symptoms. You can "nip this in the bud" if you get help before it gets out of control and that can best be accomplished with the help of your doctor and a good therapist.
Peace
Greenlydia
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