Recognizing the signs: how to know if you have anxiety

If you’re wrestling with anxiety, you may appear competent and composed, but on the inside you’re churning with fears of criticism or disapproval. Others see you juggling many responsibilities, but inside you feel tense, stressed, uptight, and on edge. Your smile may hide a racing heart, a lump in your throat, or rubbery legs.

In this post, you can examine your experience in three categories: anxious thoughts, anxious feelings, and anxious physical symptoms.

Thoughts

• You often feel nervous, worried, or fearful.
• You feel more sensitive and easily irritable, even in situations that didn’t used to bother you.
• You feel that things around you are strange, unreal, or foggy.
• You feel detached from your body.

Feelings

• You fixate on things that didn’t go as planned.
• You’re often afraid of criticism or disapproval.
• Your thoughts race and your mind jumps from one thing to another.
• You often have difficulty concentrating.

Physical symptoms

• Tense muscles
• Headaches
• Skipping or racing heart
• Feeling tired, weak, or easily exhausted

What to do next

Did you resonate with these symptoms? You don’t need to be alone in your wrestle with anxiety. I’m here to support you in exploring what triggers are pushing you into a state of high alert, and to help you build tools that restore a sense of calm confidence.

Reach out anytime. I’d love to hear about your current experience, and we can explore how we might work together.