When Anxiety Attacks: 4 Bizarre Body Signals That Reveal Your Mental Stress 💥🚨🫁
Struggling with anxiety? 🤯🌪️ It’s not just about feeling nervous. Anxiety can cause unusual physical symptoms that might not seem related to your mental state at first. Here’s what to watch for:
1️⃣ A Sore or Tight Throat: 🗣️🔒 Feeling a lump in your throat during stress? It’s a common anxiety response, with throat muscles tightening as part of the body’s stress reaction.
2️⃣ Disrupted Breathing: 🌬️😤 Suddenly breathing too fast, or unable to take a deep breath? Anxiety could be a factor, often leading to panic as disrupted breathing feels alarming.
3️⃣ Numbness, Dizziness, or Tingling: 🥴✨ These scary sensations usually stem from overbreathing (hyperventilation) during anxiety episodes.
4️⃣ Depersonalization or Derealization: 🌍👤 Ever feel detached from yourself or your surroundings? This isn’t sci-fi — it’s a real anxiety symptom known as depersonalization or derealization, making you feel disconnected from your body or that the world isn’t real.
To manage these symptoms, try:
Breathing Exercises: 🧘♂️🌬️ Use slow, controlled breathing to regulate your breath and heart rate.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation: 💪🔄 Tense and then relax different muscle groups to ease the physical tension anxiety causes.
Grounding Techniques: 🌱👣 Engage in sensory experiences (like touching something cold or tasting something) to refocus on the present and reduce overwhelming feelings.
About Kelly Prehn
Kelly moved to Japan at 17 years old and has spent significant periods of her career in Asia, including Japan, Korea, China and Singapore. Her work as an acclaimed fashion model is blended with her impact as a columnist and author. During her modelling career, Kelly fled from being internationally human trafficked. To transform from this, she focused on Asian healing modalities. With 1.4 million transformed women and tens of millions more women helped by GENKI SYSTEM™, she is a multi dimensional women.
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