Anxiety is a fearful system disorder that locks your body into a state of fear called “fight or flight.” Your mind experiences a threat or danger, leading your body to release more cortisol and adrenaline.
These hormones boosts your blood pressure, hasten your heart rate, direct blood to your muscles, and change your breathing to prepare you to vanish the situation or fight the threat as a survival instinct.
Symptoms of anxiety
Symptoms of anxiety can diverse and include:
- Sleep problems
- Memory problems
- Feeling of a lump in the throat
- Nausea
- Negative mindset
- Avoidance of social situations
- If anxiety occurs for years, it can boost the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems as the adrenal glands begin to become weaken, causing hormonal imbalances in both women and men.
