Anxiety Symptoms

The Link Between Night Sweats and Anxiety

It is uncomfortable and embarrassing to suffer from night sweats. Night sweats is a condition in which a person perspires excessively while they are asleep. A person experiencing night sweats may feel their body temperature rise during the night or may wake up in a ‘pool of sweat’.  Night sweats can occur for many different reasons, but many who suffer from night sweats also suffer from some form of anxiety.

Anxiety is a condition that can cause many different kinds of symptoms. One of the more apparent and uncomfortable symptoms of anxiety is a rash. Rashes caused by anxiety are often referred to as ‘stress rashes’ because they emerge as a reaction to stress. While typically harmless, a stress rash can be very upsetting for a person with anxiety, as it causes embarrassment and increased anxiety. Stress rashes can come in many different forms: they can be hives or blotches, and can feel itchy, tingly or can feel like they are burning.

There are many symptoms people experience when they are anxious. Sometimes people may experience physiological reactions, which is your body’s reaction to stress. One of the most common physiological reactions to stress is anxiety tremors.

Do you have a persistent tickling in your throat that makes you cough to clear it, but it either stays or comes back? Is your cough non-productive, hacking? Does it get worse when you’re anxious or stressed and get better when you relax?

If this is you, the cough you have is an anxiety cough.

This kind of cough has tremendous variability. It can come and go, happen often, or even stay all the time. It can come with episodes of anxiety or on its own. An anxiety cough can be severe or mild, can come almost in waves, and can vary from day to day or even more frequently.

Anxiety is among the most common of emotional disorders. At any given time, around 12 percent of the people in the general population experience one of the anxiety disorders. Two times as many women as men suffer from anxiety.

Any connection between anxiety and blood pressure has been the subject of debate among researchers and clinicians for quite some time. Is there a connection, what is it, and does it last?

Everyone experiences anxiety sometimes. Whether it is in anticipation for something scary or exciting, apprehension about a difficult situation, or being nervous about performing, everyone has a trigger for anxious feelings. Anxiety can affect people in many different ways. There are mental, emotional, and physical symptoms for anxiety. One of the most common physical symptoms for anxiety is experiencing stomach pain.

Anxiety is a powerful feeling that causes many different kinds of mental, emotional and physical symptoms. One major way people can feel affected by anxiety is experiencing dizzy spells. Dizzy spells are a commonly experienced symptom of anxiety that is uncomfortable and sometimes alarming. Dizzy spells can feel like a lightheaded feeling, a loss of balance, or a slight pressure in the face and head. Dizzy spells are sometimes scary, but are mainly harmless and do not leave a long lasting impact on the affected person.

There are many physical symptoms that a person can experience when they suffer from anxiety. One symptom that is common in people who suffer from more chronic and severe cases of anxiety is chest pains. Chest pains can create several different types of sensations in the chest, upper back, and sometimes the shoulders, like:

Anxiety causes many different sensations throughout the body. It manifests in different ways and feels different between affected individuals. Sometimes people are unaware of how anxiety can create uncomfortable sensations through the body, but it is possible for an anxious mental state to create physical symptoms of anxiety. It is important to not only understand physical symptoms, how they arise, and how they affect you, but also how to cope with the sensations to prevent pain and discomfort.

People can feel anxious at any time, and for many different reasons. People often suffer from prolonged anxiety, which can affect many different areas of life. One major way you can be affected by anxiety is in your quality of sleep. People with anxiety often have negatively affected sleeping habits. Some may not be able to fall asleep, others may not be able to stay asleep, and many even may wake up feeling anxious. Having your anxiety affect your quality of sleep is tough to cope with, but there are things you can do if you tend to wake up feeling anxious.