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Physical symptoms, panic attacks, and how to manage them
For about a week I have felt like I have a lump in my throat all the time and sometimes I am so stressed at work, I am a chef, I can feel my heart start pounding in my neck and I always wonder if I am going to have a heart attack. My friend is a nurse and she took a look at my throat with the light thingy and said there was nothing physically wrong that she could see and she said that stress caused lots of weird symptoms like this. How can I tell for sure if it is stress that is causing my problems? I am sure you can understand that it is hard to taste food properly when I feel like I cannot swallow right.
Read answer →So anxious driving, I have to pull over and call for help!
There is no obvious cause that I can think of but I am now very anxious whenever I have to drive anywhere. I never used to have a problem but now I am so nervous that I avoid driving whenever I can and sometimes I have to pull over and call my husband to come and get me because I can't do it anymore. Why am I like this and what can I do to stop feeling this way?
Read answer →Being anxious about people laughing at me when I exercise.
I am quite overweight. I am shy about my body in normal times but when I am doing any kind of exercise I am sure that everyone is laughing at how ridiculous I look. It is to the point where even thinking about exercise in public at all makes my heart race. Basically I just don’t do it because it is too unpleasant to think about. How do I overcome this anxiety. I think it is like a phobia that is how strong my fear is. But I do not know if this is considered a real phobia or not.
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