symptoms of anxiety
Physical Symptoms
Behavioral Symptoms
Physical Symptoms
- Difficulty sleeping
- Sweating
- Trembling hands
- Rapid heart rate
- Chest pain
- Dizziness, lightheaded
- Feeling like you can’t take a deep breath
- Feeling thirsty
- Stomachaches, diarrhea, urgency
- Headaches
- Restlessness
- Muscle tension, pain
- Fatigue
Mental Symptoms
Behavioral Symptoms
Physical Symptoms
- Constant worry about things that might happen
- Rumination about things that have already happened
- Overly concerned about issues related to safety & danger
- Trouble concentrating
- Overly focused on the potential for humiliation & embarrassment
- Anticipating negative outcomes
- Catastrophizing/blowing things out of proportion
- "What if" thinking
- Pessi
- Constant worry about things that might happen
- Rumination about things that have already happened
- Overly concerned about issues related to safety & danger
- Trouble concentrating
- Overly focused on the potential for humiliation & embarrassment
- Anticipating negative outcomes
- Catastrophizing/blowing things out of proportion
- "What if" thinking
- Pessimism; expecting the worst case scenario
- Over-exaggerating the negatives
- Rigid and inflexible thoughts
- Perfectionistic and overly self-critical
Behavioral Symptoms
Behavioral Symptoms
Behavioral Symptoms
- Avoiding or dreading various situations or objects
- Withdrawal from activities
- Social isolation
- Nail biting, fidgeting, pacing
- Freezing
- Tantrums, crying
- Yelling, aggression, irritability, conflict
- Excessively clingy
- Reassurance seeking (e.g., asking a lot of questions as a means of reducing anxiety associated with the unknown):
Safety behavior
- Avoiding or dreading various situations or objects
- Withdrawal from activities
- Social isolation
- Nail biting, fidgeting, pacing
- Freezing
- Tantrums, crying
- Yelling, aggression, irritability, conflict
- Excessively clingy
- Reassurance seeking (e.g., asking a lot of questions as a means of reducing anxiety associated with the unknown):
Safety behaviors:
- Not attending an event without a parent/trusted friend
- Refusing to leave home without a cell phone
- Always having anti-anxiety medications on hand ‘just in case’
- Always keeping a bottle of water in the car