DO YOU KNOW YOUR PHYSICAL STRESS SIGNALS?

Stress and the anxiety it causes may be experienced in many different ways. Although often people describe their anxiety as feeling “stressed out”, “down in the dumps” or just “so anxious”, there are a large number of symptoms of stress and anxiety. These symptoms can be experienced physically, mentally, emotionally and behaviorally.

Often, the first stress signals that people experience are physical symptoms. It is unlikely that you will experience all of them. Check to see if you have any of these physical responses to stress.

SLEEP PROBLEMS

FATIGUE

HEADACHES

HEART PALPITATIONS

DIZZINESS AND LIGHT-HEADEDNESS

SHORTNESS OF BREATH

WEAKNESS IN LEGS

LUMPS IN THE THROAT OR DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING

SKIN FLAIR-UPS

HOT OR COLD FLASHES AND CHILLS

MUSCLE TENSION

CHANGES IN APPETITE

Most of these symptoms are perfectly normal when understood as the body’s response to a perceived threat. To learn more about these physical stress signals and find tools for relieving them, check out my book, THE ANXIETY TOOLBOX, available on Amazon in eBook and paperback and free on Kindle Unlimited.