How Anxiety Affects Your Physical Health

Anxiety doesn’t just affect your mind—it has significant impacts on your body too. Learn the physical effects of anxiety.

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Chronic anxiety can cause muscle tension, leading to aches, pains, and stiffness in your neck, shoulders, and back.

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Anxiety can upset your stomach, causing nausea, diarrhea, or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

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Racing thoughts and constant worry can make it hard to sleep, leading to exhaustion and difficulty concentrating.

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Anxiety often triggers rapid heartbeat or palpitations, which may feel like a panic attack. Over time, this can strain your heart.

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Frequent stress and anxiety can lead to tension headaches and migraines, further affecting your daily life.

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Prolonged anxiety weakens your immune defenses, making you more susceptible to illnesses and infections.

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How Anxiety Affects Your Physical Health

Anxiety doesn’t just affect your mind—it has significant impacts on your body too. Learn the physical effects of anxiety.

Chronic anxiety can cause muscle tension, leading to aches, pains, and stiffness in your neck, shoulders, and back.

Tense Muscles

Anxiety can upset your stomach, causing nausea, diarrhea, or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Digestive Problems

Racing thoughts and constant worry can make it hard to sleep, leading to exhaustion and difficulty concentrating.

Fatigue and Insomnia

Anxiety often triggers rapid heartbeat or palpitations, which may feel like a panic attack. Over time, this can strain your heart.

Increased Heart Rate

Frequent stress and anxiety can lead to tension headaches and migraines, further affecting your daily life.

Headaches and Migraines

Prolonged anxiety weakens your immune defenses, making you more susceptible to illnesses and infections.

Weakened Immune System

Consult Dr. Sanjay Jain