Symptoms of Anxiety
Anxiety can present itself in different ways to different people. Some common mental and physical symptoms include –
- Feeling tense, nervous or ‘on edge’
- Finding it difficult to relax
- Feeling a sense of dread
- Feeling as if you can’t stop worrying
- Having fears or worries out of proportion to the situation
- Thinking about a situation over and over again
- Loss of concentration
- Irritability
- Loss of self -esteem
- Panic attacks
- Shaking or trembling
- Sweating
- Feeling sick
- Tiredness
- Dizziness
- A fast, hard or irregular heartbeat
- Faster breathing
- Muscular aches and pains
- Headaches
- Pins and needles
- Finding it hard to get to or stay asleep
- Changes in sex drive
