What Is Anxiety?

Majid Ali, M.D.

I have lived a blessed life so far. I have had only one serious attack of anxiety. That episode gave me this insight about the anxiety state: If one experiences such discomfort that one cannot find suitable words to express it in a way that one accepts as appropriate, one suffers from an anxiety state.

Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety

Following is a list of signs and symptoms that are generally experienced in acute and chronic anxiety state:

The physical effects include any combination of the following:

* Pallor, sweating

* Rapid heart rate with palpitations or tachycardia (rate above 100 per minute),

* Muscle tension and tightness

* Trembling, enlarging of pupils

* Sweating

* Sense of dread or panic.

* Fatigue, Nausea,

* Chest discomfort, tightness, or shortness of breath,

* Stomach discomfort, heartburn, or fullness

* Headache

* Rise in blood pressure,

* Immune suppression (effects of chronic anxiety)

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