“People that have chronic anxiety, that can’t figure out how to manage over a long period of time, can start to have somatic symptoms,” Dr. Danielle Forshee, Psy.D., tells Bustle. “What that means is that, they’re starting to have physical manifestations of the anxiety. Their body is so stressed all the time, because of all the stress hormones that their brain is releasing from being anxious all the time, that their body starts to have negative effects.”
Dr. Danielle Forshee, Psy.D., says that often when people have physical symptoms of anxiety, they believe there is a physical reason for their aches, and it can be time-consuming to realize their symptoms are caused by anxiety. Recognizing symptoms early can help you identify stress and anxiety and get treatment to keep your anxiety under control.
“When people go through chronic anxiety, the brain believes that you are potentially in danger. So it releases all of these stress hormones to your brain, that puts you in survival mode,” Dr. Danielle Forshee, Psy.D., says.
These stress hormones cause the negative physical effects associated with anxiety. Here are 19 less obvious physical effects of anxiety.
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