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Symptoms of anxiety
When we are anxious, we tend to experience symptoms in all aspects of our being: thinking, feeling, behaviour and physiology (sensations in the body). You might be experiencing some or all of these symptoms.
Thinking
Excessive worry about the past or the future (what if….)
Catastrophic thinking (it’s all going to go terribly wrong and there will be a disaster)
I can’t cope
Other people can see how anxious I am, and they’ll think I’m weird
Going over and over past hurts and painful events
Believing that your worry is necessary to stop bad things happening
Worrying about anxiety (!)
Racing thoughts
Thinking you might be going mad
Thinking you might die
Problems with concentration
Difficulty making decisions
Feelings
Fearful
Nervous
Low confidence
Shame and embarrassment
Low mood
Feeling detached from people or your environment
Feeling like you want to run away
Irritability
Overwhelm
Despair
Exhaustion
Tense
Hopeless
Behaviour
Avoiding things that you think will be difficult
Drinking or using drugs to feel calmer
Seeking reassurance from others
Withdrawing from people
Choosing to go out when its quiet
Always needing to be alone
Always needing to be with people
Eating too much or too little
In the Body
Butterflies in your stomach
Feeling your heart beat too fast
Trembling/shaking
Blushing
Feeling hot, sweating
Tightness in your chest
Dry mouth
Feeling sick
Needing to wee
Diarrhoea
