Symptoms of Anxiety

Do you experience apprehension about what is coming next in your life, work or studies? Do you feel worried about meeting the deadlines at your office? Do you often experience goose bums before a stage performance or a presentation? Or, you feel pressure inside your stomach just before your academic reports are to be out. These all are signs of anxiety. Precisely, every person including both adults and kids experiences anxiety for different reasons. Mostly, these feelings of anxiety come and go, lasting for shorter spans i.e. soon as the anxiety trigger is there, person will feel anxious, once that doesn’t exist anymore, the associated anxiety will also disappear.

However, for some people, this feeling of anxiety lasts only for few minutes whereas for others it could persist for some hours or even some days. In some cases, the anxiety might not go away within a week, month, or even a year. It can further get worse with time and start intervening in regular life. When this phenomenon takes place, the person is said to have an anxiety disorder.  

What are the Symptoms of Anxiety?

While the anxiety symptoms could differ from one person to the other, the general body reaction to anxiety is quite similar. When an individual feels anxious, the body moves up on high alert, looking for possible danger and activating the flight responses. Resultantly, the common anxiety signs include:

•    Being tensed, extreme restlessness and nervousness
•    Feelings of panic and danger
•    Rapid breathing or hyperventilation
•    Rapid heart rate
•    Excessive sweating
•    Being lethargic
•    Muscle twitching/trembling
•    Problems concentrating on anything other than the issue you are worried about
•    Sleeplessness or insomnia
•    Digestive problems like constipation or diarrhea
•    Intense desire to avoid things that trigger your anxiety levels
•    Indulging in some behaviors over and over again
•    Being obsessed with specific ideas; is a sign of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
•    Anxiety regarding a life event that took place in the past, is usually indicative of Post-traumatic stress disorder

What Could Cause Anxiety Disorder?

Anxiety disorder is a major form of mental illness and doesn’t occur due to character flaws or personal issues. Researchers are still conducting studies to exactly detect the causes of anxiety disorders. They suggest a blend of following factors is responsible for the disorder:

•    Vulnerability: Some people carries genetic disposition to develop anxiety disorders. Such people carries comparatively higher potential to gets affected by external factors and develop anxiety disorder. That is, some people are genetically predisposed to develop the disorder.

•    Environmental factors: Going through any trauma or any unhealed past incident could contribute as a significant factor to develop higher anxiety issues among a person.

•    Hereditary factor: Studies has found anxiety disorders running in families. This illness might run in blood and the individual could acquire anxiety disorder hereditarily.


An individual could go through one or more anxiety disorders at the same time. It might also come with other mental health conditions like depression or bipolar disorder.

When Should You Visit a psychologist or a mental health professional?

Not every time it's easy to suggest when anxiety is being a serious medical issue or if it's just a bad day at work. Without treatment, the anxiety levels could escalate and worsen over time. Taking proper medications as per the treatment at the early stage is crucial to avoid further adverse effects at the later stage. You must consider consulting a doctor in case:

•    Your worries are constantly affecting your everyday activities and interfering with your daily life including at school or at work.

•     The stress, anxiety, or worry level is distressing you a lot and it's getting hard to control.

•    The feeling of depression is increasing and you are relying too much on alcohol to cope with the same and have other mental health issues besides anxiety.

•    You constantly get a feeling that the cause of anxiety is due to an underlying mental health problem.

•    You are going through suicidal thoughts or even performing the same (if not, ensure to call 911 to seek immediate medical assistance).

Home Treatments for Anxiety

While proper medication from a psychiatrist and cognitive therapy by a therapist a could help treat anxiety, coping with it is a 24*7 task. There are some comprehensive lifestyle changes that you can adopt to help the recovery process further.

•    Scheduling daily exercise timings could help you cope with your stress levels and result in the lessening of the symptoms.

•    Alcohol and drugs contribute to increased levels of anxiety. In case you find it tough to quit, consider consulting with your specialist or a support group.

•    You can start practicing yoga and meditating to promote relaxation and reduce anxiety and stress levels.

•    Less sleep could further invite adversaries leading to increased restlessness. In case of a problem with sleep, you should consider speaking to your doctor.

Wrapping Up

A notable point here is, that there is a sharp difference between regular anxiety issues that interfere with your regular lifestyle and a random issue during a moment of tension. While the latter is common among people of all age groups, the former indicates serious symptoms and could affect quality of life. In case the symptoms are seen to put a bad reflection on the regular life, it is to be considered an anxiety disorder. There could be various signs of the same and the most common ones include extreme restlessness, profuse sweating, rapid heart rate, and so on. The symptoms could be treated and the individual could be sent back to a healthier or better living through proper medication and some accompanying healthy lifestyle changes.

I hope this guide on anxiety and the related issues like causes, signs, and home remedies are clear to you. You should never delay calling up the psychologist or a mental health professional, in case you find some severe signs emerging as it might often blend with other mental health problems like depression. A professional consultation is a must.

Note: The article is meant for the general awareness of the readers. It should not be used as an alternative to professional consultation and recommendation.

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