What Are the Symptoms of an Anxiety Attack – Pounding Heart, Shortness of Breath, Sweating, Shaking?
What are the symptoms of an anxiety attack? Everybody does not react in exactly the same way when they experience a panic attack, but some of the more common symptoms are: Your heart beating very quickly, you may even be able to hear your heart pounding in your chest and it might feel like it is about to break out of your chest cavity. It may also be accompanied by an actual pain in the chest, often mistaken for a heart attack. The feeling that you cannot catch your breath, your breathing may become shallow and rapid – hyperventilation – or you may feel like you are being smothered. This may be accompanied by feeling light headed, dizzy or unsteady on your feet. You may start to shake, this could be confined to your hands and arms, or you may feel like your whole body is shaking inside, outside or even both. You could start to sweat, sometimes just your face, quite often it will feel like your whole body is sweating. This can lead to you feeling either very hot or like you are having t
