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By
Nathalie Fiset
Anxiety symptoms could be quite frightening, sometimes even very delimiting.
It ranges from very light uneasiness with tinges of nervousness to severely
unpleasant symptoms that are very intrusive in normal daily affairs.
Anxiety and people reactions to it occur everyday since this is one of the
major and fundamental fight-or-flight responses of the human body. But this
advantage is only feasible when the anxiety level is still on the
appropriate intensity. However, once it breaches the inappropriate state,
anxiety could cerate various symptoms that are no longer very helpful for
the survival and coping mechanisms of a person. This is the initial stage of
anxiety disorders.
However, before an anxiety level is categorized as inappropriate, symptoms
must meet the three major components:
Psycho-physiological component which yields the anxiety symptoms that
encompass the reactions of the body such as palpitations or racing
heartbeat, sweating, breathlessness, nausea and dizziness or cold flashes.
Psychological component, on the other hand, is composed of anxiety symptoms
that manifest on the behavior of the person such as irritability, lack of
concentration, sensations of dying or of going crazy and loss of control.
Interpersonal component is the last thing to consider in order to qualify an
unnecessary attack of anxiety and its symptoms. This includes detachment of
oneself from usual behaviors that one used to enjoy, too much awareness of
other people's judgment in social situation or acts of isolation.
Anxiety symptoms root from various triggering factors such as repression of
traumatic experiences, as an outcome of a biological imbalance or as a part
of a larger group of psychological and mental disorders.
The common symptoms of anxiety are as follows:
Exaggerated nerve impulses which cause the smothering sensations, feelings
of suffocation and shortness of breath.
Increase in heart rate or slower heart beat, and palpitations
Chest pain that is caused by muscle tension
Difficulty of swallowing
Sudden loss of skin color or blanching
Too much perspiration or sweating
Shivering or shaking
Numbness in various parts of the body such as the head, neck, face and the
shoulders
Sensations of heartburn, diarrhea, indigestion and constipation
Occurrence of the symptoms of urinary tract infection which may start as
excessive urination
Sexual dysfunction
Skin rashes
Feelings of being electrocuted
Sudden weakness of certain body parts, most especially the extremities
Drying of the mouth
Insomnia
It is also possible that the person having attacks of anxiety could
experience some of these symptoms:
Fear of losing control or of going mad
Nightmares
Increased aggression
Development of suicidal tendencies
Increased depression
Flu-like symptoms such as weakening of the muscles, achy and clammy-like
feelings
Distorted hearing and vision
Headaches
Sore eyes
Hormonal imbalances
More often than not, anxiety could extend to more aggravated cases like
anxiety and panic attacks, several types of personality and psychological
disorders like Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
and specific phobias. Therefore, acquiring some secondary anxiety symptoms
that are specific to each type of disorder.
In the beginning of this article, we have mentioned that certain levels of
anxiety must be maintained in order to live normally. This means that once
the normalcy of the anxiety level is deviated, the symptoms could lead to
hampering the basic functions of the persons and his primary behaviors.
Specific disorders produce certain physical, psychological and interpersonal
symptoms of anxiety though. For example, people with agoraphobia would
develop a unique behavior of seclusion. People with Obsessive-Compulsive
disorder, on the other hand, would display erratic behaviors that are very
irrational, even if examined form all standpoints.
Because there is a wide range of anxiety symptoms that could be displayed in
a wide array of disorders, it is easy to dismiss these perhaps as simple
attacks of anxiety or the regular blue days people feel. Or it cold also be
possible that some professionals overestimate or underestimate the display
of symptoms which could then lead to misdiagnosis. All these misconceptions
and errors could further add up to the present dilemma the person feels.
Thus, when seeking out treatment it is highly advisable that the patient ask
for professional intervention once symptoms occur.
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