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Physical symptoms of anxiety ?

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Hopingforblueskies · 08/10/2023 14:18

When I’m feeling really anxious and my mind is in a ruminating spin I often feel like my limbs are heavy, I felt fatigued but on high alert and I can go from hot to cold I can be almost dizzy and trembly and I often get a bit hoarse ! As my main anxiety is the form of OCD relating to harming someone unintentionally these physical anxious symptoms get me in a head spin of what of lts covid and I’m spreading germs etc which leads to the obsessive overthinking then the compulsion of needing to do a test for reassurance even when my cbt strategies have told me I’m being irrational. There’s no basis to test so I’m trying to restrain but just wish that in the first place the anxious physical symptoms didn’t raise their ugly head
anyone else feel the same ?

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Eyesopenwideawake · 08/10/2023 15:49

Have a look at this video on what happens when you're stressed/anxious. Just knowing what's actually going on in your body can help deal with the symptoms;

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Sympathetic Nervous System: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #14

Hank tries not to stress you out too much as he delves into the functions and terminology of your sympathetic nervous system.Pssst... we made flashcards to h...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=99s&v=0IDgBlCHVsA

Hopingforblueskies · 08/10/2023 18:00

@Eyesopenwideawake thank you

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