Anxiety can cause a variety of problems in one’s daily life and even have physical repercussions. If someone with anxiety gets nervous or stressed enough, their body might become tense, causing their muscles to spasm or jerk uncontrollably. These are what’s often called anxiety tics or, perhaps more accurately, anxiety…
Anxiety
Most of us know by now the somersaults our stomachs can turn, and the cold sweat that may bead our forehead when we start to get anxious. But when that uncomfortable tension builds, anxiety nausea—nausea caused by our physical reaction to feeling anxious—may develop. Even though anxiety arises in our…
Anxiety is a human response to stressful stimuli. In other words, it’s normal. Whether we’re late for work, have ruined our favorite shirt, or totally failed a first date, life certainly offers us a lot to be anxious about. However, when anxiety stops becoming an intermittent experience and becomes more…
Generally speaking, politics is a challenging topic to talk about. When you think about politics, what comes to mind? How do you feel? If it’s stress, fear, and worry, there’s a pretty good chance that you are suffering from political anxiety. Anxiety can cause fatigue, insomnia, harmful changes in eating habits,…
To be occasionally anxious is to be human. But wrestling with anxious thoughts every now and again is a far cry from the symptoms of clinical anxiety. Below, we explore and define the symptoms, triggers, and warning signs of common anxiety disorders, and more. Being able to recognize anxiety symptoms…