Physical anxiety symptoms can feel terrifying, especially when anxiety and stress start showing up in your body with chest tightness, nausea, a racing heart, or panic attack symptoms that seem to come out of nowhere. So, we need to talk about how to identify and deal with anxiety symptoms.
In this episode of the Let’s Talk About Mental Health podcast, I explore what happens when anxiety stops feeling like ‘just worry’ and starts showing up physically, as well as why anxiety happens and how the body can get stuck in a feedback loop. We’ll also explore how nervous system anxiety can leave you dealing with heart palpitations anxiety, anxiety nausea, anxiety exhaustion, and other anxiety physical effects that make everyday life feel harder than it needs to. I break down anxiety vs panic attack symptoms, look at what somatic anxiety can actually feel like, and share practical mental health tips to help you respond more calmly, understand the pattern beneath your symptoms, and start finding real anxiety relief instead of feeding the fear.
This episode is for anyone dealing with anxiety symptoms, a panic attack, an anxiety attack, or the exhausting confusion of wondering whether what you’re feeling is stress, burnout, an anxiety disorder, or something more serious.
👉 Ready to understand your anxiety symptoms better and find peace? Then let’s talk!
💡 TL;DR: Think your symptoms are random? This episode breaks down physical anxiety symptoms and the link between anxiety and stress, so you can understand what your body is trying to tell you and what to do about it.
Let’s Talk About Mental Health with Jeremy Godwin is all about practical mental health advice for real life; each week I teach you how to improve your mental wellbeing with simple tips that actually work, drawing on my professional expertise as a counsellor as well as my personal experience living with anxiety and depression. Welcome to the conversation!
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⏱️ Chapters/Timestamps:
0:00 Anxiety symptoms and mental health
0:37 Physical anxiety symptoms
4:28 What anxiety does to your body
10:00 Why an anxiety loop happens
16:03 How to calm the anxiety loop
24:27 Final tips for physical anxiety symptoms
📝 Transcript & show notes: https://ltamh.com/?p=20446
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➕ Related episodes:
Fatigue and anxiety (Episode 331): https://ltamh.com/?p=20080
Emotional regulation when overwhelmed (Episode 327): https://ltamh.com/?p=19866
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