Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Where do you carry your anxiety in your body?

rskb3
rskb3
For me, I feel a heaviness in my chest and stomach area when I am feeling very anxious. I hate having that feeling in my body. Am I the only one who physically carries it with me? For me it is like something is really bothering me and that has created this feeling within me, if I could get to the bottom of what is bothering me than that feeling would be lifted? I would love to hear if any of you experience this weird sensation within yourselves? Thanks.
sinuessa11
sinuessa11
I feel anxiety in my body too. I think I carry it in my stomach. When I am anxious I don't feel like eating. Occasionally, I feel nauseous. I am in and out of the bathroom.
The up side of feeling anxiety (in Italy they call it somatizing) is that you know you are anxious and you can take quick steps to do something about it.
enigmaticloner
enigmaticloner
Sometimes it's a little hard to breathe and I might get pain in my chest. Also I might lose my appetite.
kathryn01
kathryn01
My anxiety adds a very heavy sense of "weight" to the bottom of my stomach. It would be so nice if this were a physical weight that I could just remove and feel unburdened.

When my anxiety gets worse, I feel a tight sensation in my chest that makes it difficult to breathe.

All these responses are so interesting...it's comforting to know other people actually feel anxiety in their bodies too.
tmacko806
tmacko806
Mine is in my chest. I feel as though someone is sitting on me and I can't get a good enough breath
erismum
erismum
You're not alone. It's been affecting every part of me. Ibe been hospitalized a few times thinking it was a heart attack. Chest pain, left side numbness, major headaches and the list goes on. It's all new to me so I can't tell you how to deal but I can say you're not alone.
flnts01
flnts01
Mine has manifested in many different areas which I then obsess over. Lately has been my rib area and back as well as weakness in arms and soreness all over. I will make myself relax and then think of it again and it starts all over. Trying to find a way to deal with it now. A recent death of a friend and my mother in law has brought it all back after not having issues for awhile. I am happy to have all of you that understand.