Anxiety is an emotion everyone experiences from time to time.  For some people, it can be more persistent and overwhelming.  The marker that differentiates anxiety as an emotion from anxiety as a disorder is the degree to which it interferes with daily life.  Here are some of the top symptoms of anxiety as a disorder.

  • Trouble concentrating or making decisions
  • Feeling irritable, tense or restless
  • Experiencing nausea or abdominal distress frequently or constantly
  • Heart palpitations
  • Sweating, trembling or shaking
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Having a sense of impending danger, panic or doom

Anxiety is very treatable with or without medications. There are skills for managing anxiety breakouts and approaches to understanding the cognitive elements that are contributing to destructive anxiety. If you want freedom from anxiety that may be crippling your life, call today to learn more.