| Panic Attacks and Anxiety put the body under a lot of | | | | Lump in Throat and Difficulty swallowing - This |
| physical and mental stress that manifests under the | | | | symptom is caused by the contraction of the muscles |
| form of bodily sensations and imaginary experiences. | | | | in the throat. High levels of stress and anxiety make |
| Those sensations are more commonly referred to as | | | | the muscles in the throat contract and it feels like you |
| anxiety symptoms. | | | | cannot swallow anything. This symptom is very |
| This article will try to present you the most common | | | | unpleasant but totally harmless. It will not prevent you |
| symptoms of anxiety and panic attacks that people | | | | from drinking or eating. Try not to give it any credibility |
| most often experience. However, the nature of | | | | and the symptom will ease with time. |
| anxiety disorders is very unique and there is the | | | | When Skin Loses Color - This symptom is caused by |
| possibility that you may experience symptoms that are | | | | the automatic response of the body to panic attacks. |
| not listed here. | | | | When the flight or fight response kicks in, the body |
| Symptoms | | | | automatically causes the veins in the skin to divert |
| Smothering sensations and shortness of breath - | | | | blood to the most important organs of the body and to |
| These are very common anxiety symptoms. They | | | | the muscles. Since blood illuminates the skin when |
| can feel like if your chest can not expand in order to | | | | diverted it looses its pinkish color. This symptom is |
| accommodate the air the body needs. It can also feel | | | | totally harmless and once the panic attack passes |
| like as if somebody is pushing a pillow against your | | | | away the skin will return to its normal color. |
| face. What is important to know about these | | | | Sweating - During the flight or fight response the body |
| symptoms is that they are only sensations and do not | | | | also automatically starts to produce sweat since it is |
| have any real physical manifestation. The occurrence | | | | expecting the body to either fight or flee. Both require |
| of these symptoms is due to overstressed nerve | | | | physical exertion and since it has already produced the |
| impulses. Remember that the more time you spend | | | | required energy to physically function at its strongest it |
| concentrating on these symptoms the more credibility | | | | starts to produce sweat in advance to keep the body |
| you give them. Rest assured, there is no way these | | | | cool. The human body is much less tolerant to heat |
| sensations will make you suffocate or stop breathing. | | | | than it is to cold. Sweating is a completely normal |
| Rapid Heart Beat, Slow Heart Beat, Heart Palpitations - | | | | bodily reaction and once anxiety levels subside |
| Rapid heart beat and heart palpitations occur due to | | | | sweating will go down to normal. |
| the adrenaline that is released into the body. As | | | | Uncontrollable Shaking - As blood is diverted from the |
| explained before in the article "Panic Attacks - What | | | | skin the body automatically responds to that by making |
| Happens Inside Your Body", adrenaline is a stimulant | | | | the body shake. When sweating and shaking occur at |
| that makes the heart race and it can feel like it is | | | | the same time you may think that things are out of |
| skipping beats and it absolutely does not mean that | | | | control. This is not true. The human body has evolved |
| your heart will stop. These symptoms are completely | | | | for millions of years and know what it is doing. Once |
| natural for a body full of adrenaline. Do not give any | | | | stress levels go back to normal shaking will stop. |
| credibility to those symptoms and with time they will | | | | Numbness in Face - The neck and shoulders contain a |
| stop bothering you. Slow heart beat is a very common | | | | lot of neurons that are rooted to the face. During |
| feature of anxiety, and again the same as before, do | | | | anxiety and panic attacks those are one of the first |
| not give it any thought. | | | | places to go tense. The prolonged tension in the neck |
| Chest Pain - Chest pain is caused from muscle strain. | | | | and shoulders affects how the neurons pass |
| Panic Attacks often cause people to over expand | | | | information which manifests in a feeling of numbness. |
| their chest when taking deep heavy breaths. This | | | | Tense shoulders can also result in shoulder and neck |
| strains and damages the muscles in several areas on | | | | pain and headaches. Massaging these areas will |
| the chest. You can feel pain in the middle of your | | | | relieve the symptoms. If you can afford it visit a |
| chest, also on the edges of your breast muscles in | | | | masseur. |
| high and low points. Muscle strain takes a lot of time to | | | | Indigestion and Constipation - This is a very |
| heal and you can feel pain for up to 3 months or | | | | uncomfortable side effect of anxiety and it is caused |
| longer. The length for recovery depends on if you | | | | by the automatic shutdown of the digestive system |
| constantly damage your muscles due to over | | | | during a panic attack. During the flight or fight response |
| expansion of the chest. It is important to know the | | | | the body shuts down digestion in order to provide the |
| cause for this symptom since it is one of the most | | | | body with more energy. The best way to deal with |
| scaring ones. If this symptoms is the cause for your | | | | this symptom is to avoid medication and do a lot of |
| panic attacks, go to your doctor to check your | | | | exercise. |
| condition so that you can feel at ease. | | | | |