Your nerves are supersensitive. Being stressed or in a constant state of tension puts you "on edge". Fearing those feelings can make it worse. You could be tense without even realizing it.

Shaking is anxiety too. It will pass. Try to relax (easy to say and hard to do, right?). Knowing that your nerves are just sensitive from being stressed or having tension will help you. Any feelings you get are just feelings that will pass. Let them come and pass-let your thoughts just pass and do not ruminate on them. Keep doing whatever you were doing when the feelings started. Never let a situation or a place be associated with fear.

Positive thinking, meditation, appreciating nature, thinking of things that make you happy or grateful, helping someone else - will all help.

Yes, what you described is really common for people with anxiety. Even if you were having thoughts of hurting or doing something terrible to somebody else, its still caused by anxiety.

I am guessing that you have been through a rough patch in the last few months or some big changes have gone on in your life lately. That is when symptoms like this usually rear their heads.

If that is the case, you are just overly sensitized right now due to repeated, chronic stress in your life that has gone untreated. By untreated, I mean, you haven't been taking care of yourself by doing relaxation exercises every day, and speaking to yourself in a positive way on a consistent basis.

When we are overly sensitized, we become sort of "hyper-alert". We become more aware of everything that goes on around us and in our heads. Everything that happens in our lives is about 50 times more dramatic than it would be to anybody else, including our thoughts, our emotions and our reactions. It is sort of like walking around for 4 days without having any sleep. You are kind of jumping at your own shadow, and scared of the sound of your own voice.....basically just over reacting and worrying over normal day to day things.

For instance, most of us have thought or said at one time or another "I wish you were dead.." about somebody we were really mad at. We don't mean it, of course, we just childishly said it or thought it our of anger. A "regular" person would think this thought and then calm down and forget all about it. But an overly sensitized person will think that thought and then think "Oh my God....why did i think that?" "Is there something wrong with me?" "I can't believe I said I wanted her to die." "I wonder if that means I really DO want her to die." "What if I do something to hurt her?" "I must be crazy for thinking these thoughts." "There really IS something wrong with me."

The overly sensitized person is so mentally exhausted they are having a hard time keeping their feet grounded in reality, much as the person without sleep would do. But the good news is, that with relaxation exercises and positive thinking and getting enough sleep, you can refresh your mind and your brain and get your feet planted firmly back on the ground again.

I am not saying you have the thoughts or worries that I described above......but I wanted to give you an example of what being tired and stressed out can do to certain people who are predisposed to having anxiety issues. It is a very common anxiety symptom, actually, so you are definitely not alone.

Remember these are thoughts and fears.....not urges. Nobody has EVER hurt somebody because they were scared of hurting them. See how that doesn't even make sense?

And the urge to move or you feel like you will flip out is extremely common as well. I have felt this so many times, it is kind of like an old friend. lol Well, maybe an old "friend" from school that I never really liked. :) It is just our adrenaline levels rising due to our worry. The biological purpose of adrenaline is to motivate us to move and run, so it sounds like your system is working just fine! :)

Anyway, sorry for my rambling....I tend to do that. You are fine. Have a great night!

Lilygirl is 100% correct--so is kacc. I have felt many of the things they mentioned and many of the things you are going through. Don't be afraid. Don't think you are going crazy or will actually hurt someone. This is your anxiety doing this to you. It does get much better with treatment so make sure you are getting help in how to manage it. Good luck.