When I was first growing my awareness of my anxiety cycles, gut pain was my first signal. It was horrific. As my awareness has grown, the signals have changed to allow me to notice earlier and earlier in my cycle.

A few decades later, loss of appetite is my current first reliable sign, but some times I can catch it even earlier with the first ragged breath. Regulating my breath and addressing the anxiety at this stage saves me the drama of a very long and psychotic daisy-chain. Over the course of that very long journey, I have come to believe that anxiety affects most all of my body parts and processes, whether I am aware of it, or not.

I have been having anxiety for so long that I think I have experienced every bodily symptom that there is. Mostly for me me I have the heart palpations, lump in the throat and loss of appetite. There are times that I feel as though I have to make myself breath. It all depends on how bad the anxiety attacks are my symptoms can be mild or severe. I sometimes get anxiety symptoms even when I didn't know I was having anxiety.

I clench my jaw...breathe shallowly, pull my shoulders up to my ears...sometimes I get hot or cold flashes. Sometimes jittery...i shake my legs or feet...get nauseous...and feel like I'm getting the flu....i can usually figure it out by how many times I check my front door when I leave!!

I manage to keep my anxiety under control during the day, with just the occasional sort of heart palpitations and butterflies in my tummy.
But what I do notice when I'm going through a phase of anxiety happens at night while I'm sleeping, because I don't wake up when I should and I wet the bed more frequently.

i get like really really really fidgety and can’t sit still. sitting still makes me feel like my skin is crawling

Anxiety is my normal state, so it feels weird when I'm trying to relax...sadly.

Anxiety can affect the whole body in different ways. Each person who suffers with anxiety can be affected differently. For me my heart races and I get extreme chills. Sometimes new symptoms can arise. I do some techniques to help my body calm down and see if the symptoms persist. If they do for a week or so, I will contact my doctor to let them know. This is one technique that works for me called EFT (Emotional Freedom Tapping). By the time I get through the sequence. I am usually feeling better. A lot has to do with my mind not being focused on the anxiety and how my body feeling, but instead being focused on going through the steps of EFT. Look up EFT on google and you will see many explanations on how to do EFT. The best one is a pdf by EFT International. PM me if you need the link. I will be praying for you and know you are not alone we are here for you and understand. Hugs and God bless

When my anxiety is high, I go under the covers. I have to take my anti anxiety med, which helps me. I also get that tingling thing, and my heart will race. I will look up your suggestion! Thank you

My anxiety tends to make me freeze. I get overwhelmed, then tightness starts in my chest and neck and I feel so heavy I can't move. I also feel my heart beating out of my chest and my stomach does flips. It's not very pleasant lol. Usually, the first symptom I notice is that flipping sensation in my stomach. Then, I know I need to take steps to calm myself down.

How are you doing? I have been praying for you. Hugs

My symptoms are as follows:
1. Sick to my stomach
2. Heavy breathing.
3. Not wanting to eat.
4. Scared--especially when I wake-up.
5. Headaches
6. Nausea
7. Feel cold
8. Don't want to try anything new or different.
9. Time accelerates.
10. Irritation.
11. Hard to concentrate.

Plus other things. Some may be due to depression too. Sometimes it is hard to separate.

I hope this helps. Peace be with you.

For me it depends on the type of anxiety I'm experiencing. There's what I think of as my everyday anxiety which is a feeling of mild hypervigilance and a slight dread that I feel in the base of my stomach. If I'm under a lot of stress I usually get heart palpitations, irritability and/or headache. If anxiety is associated with fear I can experience dissociation, stomach pain, loss of appetite.

When it’s like zero to a 100 anxiety, a rush of heat moves from my chest to my neck and then my face. Happens super quick. It’s not a panic attack, just a quick rush of heat. I assume it’s just blood vessels tensing up during that fight or flight moment. Then it’s the body tension, what feels like shortness of breath, knot in my stomach, loss of appetite, agitation, etc.

If it’s just what I call low grade anxiety, just sort of simmering underneath, it’s kind of like I want to jump out of my skin, almost like static in my body, and there’s a bit of that sense of dread.

For me if I remove myself from where ever I am, even just moving to another room, it can help me sort of reset.

Thank you everyone for your comments.

It's really weird to think about how anxiety affects our bodies in different ways or how it presents itself. I think for me it hits more at night or when I am alone, but I'm still working around it. I've been under a lot of stress lately and yesterday was another breaking point.

In my apartment complex.. I've had wasps coming into my room via my AC unit (I'm like 95% sure because idk how else they could be getting in) and so maintenance in my building has been very good at coming in to spray, but they just keep coming back. So last night.. I made the decision to sleep on the couch, but I was very upset because I've been under a lot of stress due to school, internship, not seeing my family in a long time since the semester started, and just generally wanting to get graduation over with already.

But yeah, for me its the numbness of finger, heart palpitations, irritability, body tension, and sometimes loss of appetite. I haven't experienced the nausea again.

I've talked to people around me about the way I've been feeling and most of the seen to say the same thing "you're feeling this way because of school and once it's over it'll calm down." Yeah it will, but like.... I am a person with anxiety that comes and goes no matter what type of thing I'm living through, but it comes more often when I am under a lot of stress. (A.k.a School time),

I've tried looking up therapists and trying to find one in my area at home once I graduate, so that I can begin the process again of dealing with my anxiety, but it's been hard because some are not accepting new clients, and I'm not entirely sure if I need a referral from my doctor.

Anyways, thank you all for your comments. I found new ways of perhaps helping me through panic attacks or general anxiety that I will try out and see if it works out.

Hey there. Over the last 2 years my occasional nervousness became anxiety and now I have been diagnosed with rolling panic attacks. They never end. Nothing helps. I constantly feel terror. It's beyond anything I could have imagined. I'm so scared of everything, it's completely illogical but I can't stop these feelings. Nausea, a horrible feeling of dread, insomnia.....awful.