When you’re anxious you may:
- have a pounding or racing heart
- feel tension in the muscles of your jaw or neck, shoulders or breathing muscles
- have tingling hands and feet
- have digestive problems
- be dizzy
- tremble or shake
- be restless
- have clammy hands
- have a dry mouth
- have hot flushes or chills
- feel sick or nauseated
- have butterflies in your stomach
- breathe rapidly or hyperventilate
Anxiety related difficulties include:
- HSC and exam-related anxiety
- Performance anxiety
- Sleeping difficulties
- Age-related anxiety, for example, a fear of getting older
- Difficulties sleeping
- Alcohol and substance abuse problems
- Breathing difficulties without physical exertion
- Fear of intimacy or of commitment
- Feeling scared and panicky without good reason
- Fear of getting sick or disabled
- Fear of throwing out things