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Physical Symptoms Of Anxiety And Stress ? The 7 Signs To Be Watchful For

Most people don’t know this but the majority of today’s health problems occur as the result of the physical symptoms of anxiety and stress. The physical symptoms of anxiety and stress can be observed in almost all age groups and walks of life. Most often these symptoms are ignored or at best overlooked by most individuals. Regardless, if the symptoms continue to be disregarded or ignored some serious medical problems can very quickly develop. We will now take a look at the physical symptoms of anxiety and stress.

Stress

Just about everyone has suffered from stress at one or more times in their lifetime. It is a part of life and, if left uncontrolled, it can very rapidly lead to severe anxiety disorder or even in extreme cases a full blown panic attack. Most stress related symptoms can be similar to and even co-inside with the symptoms of anxiety.

One of the most common symptoms of stress is a headache and/or migraine. They can create a lot of suffering and problems in life and the continuous pounding suffered with headaches will disturb anybody’s normal daily routine and may result in anxiety.
Bloating, indigestion, abdominal discomfort and diarrhea can all be caused by stress. Stress affects many organs in the body and the digestive system is usually the first one, for most people, to react to stress.
Stress can also be responsible for insomnia or sleeplessness which in turn can cause extreme fatigue and lack of energy.

Anxiety

Anxiety has sometimes been stated to be the body’s response to an excess amount of stress and is responsible for almost all anxiety disorders. Anxiety can manifest as a feeling of abnormality in the mind which can create an unreasoning fear or unease in a person. Some estimates claim that approximately 18% of the population suffers with some form of anxiety disorder. Here are some of the physical symptoms of anxiety:

Trembling or shaking can be a result of biochemical imbalance in the body brought on by stress; it sometimes causes problems with the body losing its balance.
Sweating, hot flashes or chills are other commonly observed physical symptoms. They are a physiological response to nervousness, embarrassment, fear, or anger.
Pain or pressure in your chest, a tight feeling in your chest that sometimes may feel like a heart attack. Also sometimes there will be pain in the neck, shoulders and the hands accompanying the chest pain.
Difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath, and dizzy spells are also frequently reported during periods of anxiety. It may feel that no matter how hard you try you cannot seem to get enough air in your lungs.

The physical symptoms of anxiety and stress can have a long lasting effect on the body; they have been known to affect many different body systems. Usually changes in lifestyle and mental attitude will help to reduce the effects.  A change in lifestyle to reduce stress is probably one of the most effective things you can do, although it is probably impossible to completely remove stress from our lives. A change in mental attitude is probably, by far, your best resource in preventing the physical symptoms of anxiety and stress.

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