what physical feelings of anxiety do you get?

[annabay]

hey there, what physical symptoms of anxiety do you experience?

I often feel very alone in my experience of having physical chest (what I think are heart) spasms and was wanting to create a space for everyone to list their physical feelings that come hand in hand with anxiety so we can all feel less alone.

hope everyone is well.

[Learn to Fly]

My physical symptoms include tightening of my chest, my heart is trying to jump out of the chest, shallow breath, at times difficulty breathing, clenched stomach, and visiting bathroom as if I had a gastro bug. I can’t think straight and am reduced to agreeing to everything, including taking blame for anything and nothing. My self-esteem and self-confidence during that time are equal to none. 
What helps me is trying to take deep, calming breaths. Preferably outside on fresh air. If I can, I do exercise as my elevated heart rate becomes the e.h.r. due to exercise, rather than anxiety verging on a panic. 
All slows down when I manage to gain back my confidence, by talking to others, and often normalising the situation with others help, just to hear that they are going through the same when facing a similar situation.

[njanehel1]

I’ve been experiencing a tight chest, butterflies in my stomach & diahhroea for the past week - I’ve recently stopped pain & nerve medication and perhaps this is a side affect of coming off them. 
I currently still take medication - (PND 16 years ago) - wondering if anyone else has experienced these when coming off meds? 

[Eagle2022]

Racing heart, crushing feeling in my chest, can’t breathe, churning stomach,

[undisagnosedinsanity]

hey, when my anxiety flares up the physical symptoms i usually experience are blurry eyesight, light headedness, dizziness, shallow breathing, shaking, upset stomach and stuttering. absolutely hate it

[MentalHealthWarrior11]

I feel a large range of physical symptoms, at least one or two all the time but sometimes all of them for weeks at a time

• Heart palpitations
• Sweaty and shaking hands
• Nausea/vomiting and upset stomach
• lump in my throat and feeling like crying.
• Dry mouth/thirsty
• Headache
• More tired than usual

[Freya1973]

When trying to sleep I get palpations and panic comes over me. Also trying to lose weight to feel better, I hope?

[Pixie15]

When I am trying to relax to go to sleep I am struggling with shallow breathing and tension in my arms and hands. 

[Freya1973]

I get dizzy spells which are very unsettling and with that comes the tightness and the rapid beats even in my throat. I hope I am not alone in this.

[criss]

Hi Annabey 

My physical symptoms are shortness of breath, feeling frozen mentally unable to to get unstuck from thoughts which are obsessive, recurring and debilitating. Looking for a sense of control and unable to see past it and let go or relax. Sleeplessness.

[Macadelic]

Hi Annabay, I hope you're well. 

My physical symptoms typically include extreme nausea and what I believe to be anxiety tics? When I get what I think to be these tics, I blink extra hard and kinda scrunch my face up a lot (I think for some reason my face just begins to feel uncomfortable and I can't control it and when I realise its happening or someone points it out it makes it worse). I also shake a little bit