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Extreme anxiety can be very detrimental to youAnxiety is a part of everyday life...we are anxious about many things. However, anxiety disorders can affect our life[1] in many ways that most need to learn how to cope with to get better from them. There are medications to ease anxiety and seeing a professional is always a good idea.
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- 1Become more aware of your physical being. Your body is usually the 'first one to know' when you are suffering from anxiety.
- 2Learn to recognize the physical symptoms. Some of them are:[1]
- Problems sleeping
- Cold or sweaty hands and/or feet
- Shortness of breath
- Palpitations
- An inability to be still and calm
- Dry mouth
- Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet
- Nausea
- Muscle tension (one way this presents itself is making you feel like you are shivering when you aren't cold)
- Dizziness
- You don't have to be exhibiting all of the symptoms to be having an anxiety attack. Everyone is different.
- Be aware that you could also have symptoms that are specific to you and not on a list somewhere.
- 3Try to see if there is some kind of cycle to the symptoms.
- 4See a professional. This is not something that you can get over by yourself.
- 5Know that an attack doesn't always last a short time. Anxiety to any trigger can last over a period of days or weeks.
- 6Look around the Internet. The Internet is a great source of information and much of it is good information. Be sure that you are looking at legitimate sites and not someone out to get some money. About.Com has a quiz that could help you identify your emotional being.
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