Top 10 Most Hated Anxiety Symptoms

Of the tons of anxiety symptoms that you have or have ever had are there a few that you really hate?

I have to say that I don’t like any of the symptoms, but if I had to choose between this symptom or that symptom then I definitely have a preference. Here is my top ten list of most hated anxiety disorder symptoms.

1. Palpitations

2. Depersonalization

3. Urgency

4. Muscle twitching, Numbness

5. Dizziness

6. Head ache, stabbing pains in head or scalp.

7. Easily startled

8. Chest pain

9. Fear of losing control

10. Difficulty connecting with other people.

This list represents the anxiety symptoms I have dealt with the most and also hate the most. They are in no particular order, but they all in one way or another have caused me a great deal of frustration and sometimes anger.

Palpitations I have learned to manage, but it still takes me a few minutes to bring them under control. This symptom, and chest pain, are the worst because they mimic heart attack symptoms so much.

It also takes a few moments of pause and slow breathing to calm down and allow the palpitations to “settle” before I can become uneasily relaxed while I wait for the palpitations to pass.

Palpitations notwithstanding, I loath depersonalization and dizziness. These two cause much less fear as I fully realize that they are not harmful, but they can really ruin your time at work or even a movie.

One minute you are reading something, then the next minute you stand up and feel like you just entered Alice in Wonderland. Everything looks unreal and there is a real sense of disconnectedness. The dizziness, well let’s just say that I don’t enjoy walking on unstable ground and that is exactly what it makes you feel like. It’s like walking on a boat with way too many people on one side.

Muscle twitching and numbness are really annoying. Especially because the numbness can effect the sides of your head or your arm, leg, etc. There is no rhyme or reason to this one and it comes and goes with no real warning.

The muscle twitching I can deal with more, but I hate it because it also seems random and effects practically any part of the body. I have even been able to see the twitching under the skin and although there is no pain I also wonder – “what the hell is going on in there?”.

Urgency – well it is real obvious why this symptom is hated. I even went to my doctor for a prostate check a few years ago because I was so worried.

Turns out my nerves just had me going like the older gentlemen on the big pharma commercials (no offense to older folks intended). And at night, forget about it. It’s like I’m on a 10 minute rotation with my bed and toilet. Not cool.

When I am not racing to the head I also have plenty of headaches too. And these headaches are special because they can also produce smaller momentary headaches while the larger one is still working overtime. I call those “stabbing pains” and they mostly affect the side and back of my head.

The last three, disconnectedness, fear of losing control, and being easily startled are very lame as well. It does feel terrible to have the sense that you can’t get close to other people, even people you love more than all things.

Losing control, its only hated because when it happens it is usually after you have had a streak of time with no symptoms whatsoever. Being easily scared falls in pretty much the same category as losing control, because being scared by shadows, birds, footsteps, other drivers, you get the point, is your nerves making you feel very much out of control.

It just makes you feel like your on the edge, and the fact that you are jumpy is proof, or at least you think it is, that you are headed for real crazy.

These symptoms are just the tip of the glacier, there are hundreds of possible anxiety disorder symptoms. There are even variations of symptoms you have had in the past.

This all can get you down but remember that although we despise our symptoms there are lots of things we can do to manage and even eliminate these strange and frequent sensations.

Don’t sit in fearful anticipation, instead learn all you can and be proactive about your recovery. It will take time but you can do it.

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