What are some common symptoms of anxiety disorders?
The symptoms of anxiety can be quite frightening, and may include: chest pain racing pulse dizziness shortness of breath sweating trembling shaking nausea tingling in hands or feet hot flashes or chills choking feeling sense of unreality, or dreamlike sensations What is the neurochemistry of anxiety? The brain and body are helping you deal with a perceived threat. In broad terms, you are preparing for “fight or flight.” Blood pressure, heart rate, blood flow to the muscles, and sweating increase as immune and digestive system functions decrease, enhancing physical performance for short bursts of time. The hormone adrenaline, released from the adrenal glands in times of threat or emergency, plays a central role in the short-term stress reaction. This is the biochemical that enables us to lift a car off of a trapped child, or race away from a tiger on the loose. The problem with the anxious client is that he cannot distinguish between a major threat (a tiger on the loose) and a minor thr
