| Having a clear list of anxiety symptoms in one's mind is | | | | The list of anxiety symptoms below includes the most |
| truly the first step to taking control of anxiety and | | | | common reactions to an anxiety or panic attack. You |
| panic attacks. Being able to recognize these | | | | may have your own to add to the list or you may only |
| symptoms as soon as they appear will help to | | | | experience a few. You do not need to experience all |
| eliminate the feelings of confusion brought on by these | | | | of them to be suffering with anxiety problems. |
| sudden physical changes. Knowing what to expect, | | | | A List of Anxiety Symptoms |
| and understanding why these reactions happen, can | | | | - Intensely Nervous or Stressed |
| allow you to look at an anxiety attack in a new way. | | | | - Sweating or Shaking |
| A way in which you have more control. | | | | - Racing Heartbeat |
| First, it is important to think about the fact that during | | | | - Feeling as Though You Can't Get Enough Air/ |
| an anxiety or panic attack, you are not actually in | | | | Difficulty Breathing |
| physical danger. Even though your body is reacting as | | | | - Terror that Feels Almost Paralyzing |
| though it is. Reassuring oneself that these are | | | | - Feelings of Intense Dread |
| misplaced physical reactions can help immensely. This | | | | - Dizziness or Lightheaded |
| is the key to many techniques offered to eliminate | | | | - Nausea |
| these attacks. Controlling ones own thoughts. A | | | | - Choking or Chest Pains |
| person having anxiety attacks holds the key to there | | | | - Different Levels of Fear or Anxiousness/ Fear that |
| own recovery. | | | | You May Go Crazy or are About to Die |
| Being able to set aside fear of these physical | | | | - Hot Flashes or Sudden Chills |
| reactions allows a person to move on to the next | | | | - Tingling in Fingers or Toes |
| step: Understanding what puts them in these severe | | | | Realize that all of these scary symptoms are |
| states of anxiety in the first place. If you are able to | | | | considered completely normal reactions to severe |
| identify the situations, triggers or thoughts that create | | | | anxiety and stress. We all need these feelings as |
| this anxiety, then you can learn to control them. | | | | warnings in extremely stressful situations. It is our |
| What triggers an anxiety or panic attack in one person | | | | natural protection. Your body truly thinks it is reacting |
| may not in another. One person may have a gradual | | | | appropriately. Looking at these physical symptoms as |
| building of severe anxiety that results in an attack. | | | | separate from your thoughts can be very helpful. |
| Another might have sudden attacks that are triggered | | | | Learning to reassure your body, with a clear mind, that |
| by memories of a traumatic event or childhood | | | | these reactions are unneeded is a big step to |
| experience. Many people live in fear of their anxiety | | | | controlling them. |
| creating even more. | | | | |