Worrying if you might be suffering from anxiety? Well today in this article I am going to give you a quick checklist of the most common anxiety disorder symptom so that you can make up your mind for yourself.
As you go over this list just remember everyone feels sad or anxious over their bills, job, and family once in a while.
This does not mean that you are suffering from an anxiety disorder - everyone feels this way once in a while.
The most common symptoms are.
Dwelling on unhappy and dismal thoughts - The thoughts of an anxious person will be extremely negative.
They will think things like, I'm going to look stupid when I make that speech, I never know what to say at parties, this plane will probably crash".
Thoughts influence the way you feel and depressed anxious thoughts will have a detrimental effect on your life.
Apprehensive and depressed behavior - If you were close friends with an anxious and depressed person you would soon notice strange behaviors caused by their emotional turmoil.
This is because bad emotions on the inside affect what people do on the outside.
An anxious person will avoid socializing and may talk in a trembling voice; they may pace around when worried.
They may have shaking hands and sweaty palms.
The more of these symptoms you have the greater your chance of having an anxiety disorder.
Social problems - If feel anxious and depressed you will probably not want to spend very much time with other people.
This in fact could be the source of all your problems remember - people need people and by cutting yourself of from others you are just making your problems worse.
Ask yourself if any of the following apply to you.
I get nervous when I meet new people, I feel uptight in crowds, I don't feel like being with anybody, I don't feel like to talking to people.
The above are some of the most common anxiety disorder symptom.
You may have one or a combination of them just remember if you have these symptoms it does not necessarily mean you have an anxiety disorder it could just be everyday blues and worries.