Anxiety
Anxiety is generally the experience of excessive worry or fear that impacts significantly on your life such that you are not able to do things as you normally would.
Symptoms
The following are symptoms that you may experience if you are suffering significant anxiety:
- Heart - racing or rapid heart beat; heart palpitations; 'missed' heart beats; pounding heart
- Digestive problems - nausea and/or vomiting; churning / burning stomach; indigestion
- Breathing symptoms - breathing difficulties; hyperventilation; tightening of the throat; choking sensation
- Tension - chest pain; headaches; lower back pain; sciatica; muscle pain.
- Dissociative symptoms - feeling detached from the body; feeling as if you and/or surroundings are not real; feel as if looking through a white or grey mist; sensitivity to light and sound; stationary objects appear to move; sensations of falling into a 'void'; dizziness
- Major fears - fear of dying / having a heart attack; fear of going insane / losing control; fear of embarrassment / of making a fool of yourself.
If you are concerned about anxiety further impacting on your life then make an appointment to see a counsellor at Student Services.
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