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Are these symptoms of Anxiety Attacks?

Hey, For a while now I have been constantly getting pain in the middle of my chest (back towards spine) and Ive been feeling sick to my stomach and this has made me really depressed and in pain. Is this a severe form of anxiety attack? Dunno what todo I am not feeling well.

Social anxiety disorder can have emotional, behavioral and physical signs and symptoms.
Emotional and behavioral signs and symptoms of social anxiety disorder include:
Intense fear of being in situations in which you don’t know people
Fear of situations in which you may be judged
Worrying about embarrassing or humiliating yourself
Fear that others will notice that you look anxious
Anxiety that disrupts your daily routine, work, school or other activities
Avoiding doing things or speaking to people out of fear of embarrassment
Avoiding situations where you might be the center of attention
Physical signs and symptoms of social anxiety disorder include:
Blushing
Profuse sweating
Trembling or shaking
Nausea
Stomach upset
Difficulty talking
Shaky voice
Muscle tension
Confusion
Palpitations
Diarrhea
Cold, clammy hands
Difficulty making eye contact
Associated characteristics include:
Low self-esteem
Trouble being assertive
Negative self-talk
Hypersensitivity to criticism
Poor social skills
Worrying about having symptoms
When you have social anxiety disorder, you realize that your anxiety or fear is out of proportion to the situation. Yet you’re so worried about developing social anxiety disorder symptoms that you avoid situations that may trigger them. And indeed, just worrying about having any symptoms can cause them or make them worse.

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3 Responses to “Are these symptoms of Anxiety Attacks?”

  1. bananafish6726 Says:
    July 30th, 2009 at 11:57 am

    These are possible anxiety symptoms. Chest pain, "butterflies in the stomach," leading to depression are classic anxiety symptoms. See your doctor if they continur to bother you.
    References :
    Anxiety sufferer

  2. Kitty_Kat Says:
    July 30th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    It could be a mild anxiety attack, not severe. Severe attacks are completely debilitating, here are a few symptoms:

    Sweaty palms
    Unable to breathe
    Whole body shaking
    Sense of impending doom/fear
    Stomach aches
    Diarrhoea
    Headaches
    Tingly palms, cheeks
    Chest pain
    Crying for no reason
    Cannot sit still

    Many more

    What you may be having is an anxiety attack yes, especially if it is accompanied by all these other symptoms as well. Anxiety attacks are different for each individual though so you very well may be having them. Is there something on your life that is stressing you out? Have you been experiencing this for a while now, or only a few days? I would definately go see a doctor to figure out of you are indeed having anxiety attacks or if there’s some other medical condition under the surface. Hope you get it all figured out, anxiety attacks are no fun.
    References :
    Have Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and have been suffering from anxiety attacks for 22 years

  3. lordreith Says:
    July 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    Social anxiety disorder can have emotional, behavioral and physical signs and symptoms.
    Emotional and behavioral signs and symptoms of social anxiety disorder include:
    Intense fear of being in situations in which you don’t know people
    Fear of situations in which you may be judged
    Worrying about embarrassing or humiliating yourself
    Fear that others will notice that you look anxious
    Anxiety that disrupts your daily routine, work, school or other activities
    Avoiding doing things or speaking to people out of fear of embarrassment
    Avoiding situations where you might be the center of attention
    Physical signs and symptoms of social anxiety disorder include:
    Blushing
    Profuse sweating
    Trembling or shaking
    Nausea
    Stomach upset
    Difficulty talking
    Shaky voice
    Muscle tension
    Confusion
    Palpitations
    Diarrhea
    Cold, clammy hands
    Difficulty making eye contact
    Associated characteristics include:
    Low self-esteem
    Trouble being assertive
    Negative self-talk
    Hypersensitivity to criticism
    Poor social skills
    Worrying about having symptoms
    When you have social anxiety disorder, you realize that your anxiety or fear is out of proportion to the situation. Yet you’re so worried about developing social anxiety disorder symptoms that you avoid situations that may trigger them. And indeed, just worrying about having any symptoms can cause them or make them worse.
    References :

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