What Does Anxiety Feel Like?

[Jackson Lin]

We don't know how anxiety feels like. So, how does anxiety feel like? Read on and you'll have a rough idea how anxiety feels like.

Johny, manager of an accounting firm, has started to become nervous in social settings. Though he has always been shy, lately he has had extreme difficulty in a variety of social situations. One of his responsibilities at work is to interview job applicant. he finds it difficult to look into his interviewee's eyes, and often the mere thought of the interview sends him into a panic. his heart beat races, his palms sweat, and his mouth gets dry. This panic-like feeling has spread to other social events as well, Johny often avoids parties or other social functions in which he will have to introduce himself to anyone. Johny's fear of social contact has lead him to feel anxious in even simple daily activities such as going to the grocery store. he worries that his fear of social contact might get worse and that he will never recover to lead a normal life.

Johny has an anxiety disorder. Johny suffers from a particular type of anxiety called social anxiety. Other types of anxiety include phobias such as a fear of heights, fear of open spaces, and a fear of driving.

Above mentioned are the symptoms of having anxiety.

-- Jackson --
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