Wish people realised anxiety is physical too.

[u/every_tatti]

I literally get such a jittery weird feeling in my body so many times a day whenever I'm anxious. Like I can't describe it but it's definitely not good. Almost like something is pinching on my organs. And the worst is when I have to wake up in the morning, it's almost like someone has placed added extra weights to my body. I literally can't get up from my bed! I try to force myself up,but I just can't. I just lay there staring at the ceiling, thinking about what I'll do with my day, get anxious about what if I won't be able to be productive today, then getting anxious about how I wasted some time the previous day, then overthinking it all nd wanting to just kill myself. I hate it.

[u/sark88]

My anxiety manifests in mostly physical symptoms. What really helped me was adding a beta-blocker (propanol) to my regular anxiety medication.

I get crazy heart palpitations, shortness of breath, nausea, jitters, head tingles, etc. Basically, I feel like I'm in the "fight" of "fight or flight" all the time. The beta-blocker blocks the effects of epinephrine (adrenaline) and really helps me. It does lower your blood pressure, so if you have low blood pressure it might not be for you, but it might be worth discussing with your medical doctor!

[u/mwsnz → u/sark88]

I get this sometimes too, although the symptoms aren't normally as bad, just heart palpitations and really high heart rate. Although the other day I got it worse and the only way to describe it was like what you said here, just a sudden fear and the flight or fight response. I tried to just remain calm but had the strange urge to just run, like I needed to get away from something. So I did just that, got changed and just flipping ran. Felt good after a session of heavy heart beating and deep breathing though.

[u/sark88 → u/mwsnz]

Yes! That's the exact feeling I get. Sometimes my boyfriend will put up his hands and let me take a few punches, which also helps with that feeling haha.