Nausea is the uneasy feeling you have in your abdomen when you are about to throw up. It can range in severity from uncomfortable to altogether intolerable. Vomiting is often the only way to feel relief. However, you can experience nausea without throwing up.1 This article explains why nausea occurs and what you can do … Read more
Relationship anxiety refers to feelings of doubt, insecurity, nonstop worry, and a need for constant reassurance that sometimes occurs during a relationship. Such anxiety may have roots in early childhood attachments and is often a sign of an insecure attachment style. Picture this: it’s the start of what could be a perfect relationship. The conversation … Read more
Anxiety can be incredibly distressing. Sometimes, such as when you are having a panic attack, it might even feel like death is imminent. After such episodes, you might find yourself wondering, can anxiety kill you? The good news is that while anxiety is stressful and sometimes scary, it won’t kill you. It’s the effects of long-term, … Read more
The National Institute of Mental Health (NAMH) estimates that 31% of U.S. adults may experience an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. If we allow our anxiety to spiral without adequately dealing with it, our symptoms can become way worse. In addition, it can impact our relationships with our partners, family, and friends and interfere … Read more
Feeling anxious before sex is normal. However, feeling so nervous that you cannot have sex or enjoy sex might be sexual performance anxiety (SPA). Sexual performance anxiety is a type of performance anxiety that affects sexual activity in particular. A person who has this condition will often be overcome by a fear that they’ll be unable to … Read more
There is a strong correlation between anxiety disorders and brain fog. Either one can cause the other. In other words, anxiety can lead to brain fog, and experiencing brain fog may lead to anxiety. Anxiety can increase brain fog because anxiety will often lead to fixating or worrying about a situation or thought. Rumination like … Read more
Sleep anxiety involves fear or worries about being able to fall or stay asleep. Such worry can then interfere with a person’s ability to get adequate rest. Sleep anxiety is complex, and people may experience it in various ways. It can make falling asleep harder or make staying asleep more challenging. It can also lead … Read more
All of us experience anxiety from time to time. Sometimes the anxiety can seem to come on suddenly or feel all-encompassing. This is what is usually referred to as an anxiety attack. Anxiety attacks can be caused by stress, social anxiety, sleep deprivation, sudden changes, and mental health conditions. If you’ve ever had an anxiety attack, … Read more
Anxiety shivers are a common symptom of anxiety. Although not a formal clinical term, anxiety shivers refers to the experience of anxiety that might cause someone to shiver, shake, tremble, feel like they have the chills, or feel it is hard to regulate their body temperature.1 Anxiety shivers can be alarming, but are not dangerous, and go … Read more
Anxiety is a common problem for many American adults. In fact, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety disorders are the most common types of mental health conditions in the United States, affecting almost 20% of all adults.1 Anxiety is also common among children and adolescents.2 However, not all anxiety is the same. The … Read more