{"id":151726,"date":"2023-11-02T17:29:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T21:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/?p=151726"},"modified":"2023-11-01T20:01:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T00:01:55","slug":"7-signs-it-might-be-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/151726","title":{"rendered":"7 Signs It Might Be Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"7 Signs It Might Be Anxiety\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hm0_jrXqxR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n– [Narrator] Hi Psych2Goers. Have you noticed the little things you do when you’re feeling\r\nstressed out or anxious? Like many people, when\r\nyou think of anxiety, you may think of someone who\r\nis having trouble breathing or someone who is sweating profusely. But what about the more\r\nsubtle signs of anxiety? There are many less\r\nobvious signs of anxiety you may not be aware of. So to help you out, here\r\nare seven little habits you don’t know are signs of anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNumber one. You excessively play with your hair. Have you ever heard people say that when a person is touching their hair, it’s a sign of flirting? While there is some truth in this, it does depend on the situation, the psychological state of the person, and who the person is interacting with. When you’re nervous, you may feel some sort of harmless relief when you touch your hair, but too much of this may\r\nalso lead to body-focused, repetitive behaviors, or BFRBs, which consist of a set of disorders like compulsive hair-pulling,\r\ncompulsive nail biting, and compulsive skin picking. Number two. You create multiple to-do lists. How many task lists do you have? Sometimes, when you’re an over-thinker, you may forget a lot of the little things, whether it’s buying groceries,\r\nbringing a document to work, or to meet up with a\r\na friend at a certain time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWriting your tasks may help\r\nyou remember what to do and reduce your overall\r\nanxiety about forgetting them. But too many to-do-lists\r\nmay not be helpful either since writing tasks with no prioritization can end up overwhelming us as well. According to a study done\r\nby a senior doctoral student at Carleton University, it is indeed effective to use\r\nto-do lists to plan your day. However, its effectiveness may depend on how much you like\r\nstructure and organization. Every year, most people\r\nset New Year’s resolutions, but around 80% of these will get abandoned in just the first two months.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe best way to succeed\r\nwith your resolutions is to transform them into\r\ntiny habits and stick to them, which is why we’re so\r\nthankful to have Fabulous, the number one self-care app to help you build better\r\nhabits and achieve your goals to be the sponsor for this video. Fabulous has guided journeys\r\nfor common resolutions like exercising more,\r\nimproving your sleep, and eating healthier. If you’re ever in need of a\r\nquick boost or inspiration, try out Make Me Fabulous. This is a series of guided trainings that can help supercharge\r\nyour Fabulous experience and discover a variety of\r\ntopics, habits, and goals. It’s like having a coach in\r\nyour pocket wherever you go.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou can do challenges\r\nas easy and rewarding as the self-care challenge, which has simple tasks like\r\nwatching your favorite movie. There’s no shortcut to changing habits. With your resolution this year, consider a proven, affordable, sustainable long-term approach\r\nto changing your life, one that builds on your successes. Try out Fabulous today and\r\nget 25% off your subscription. Number three. You’re not able to\r\nsleep through the night. Can you sleep well at night? When stressed out, people\r\nwith anxiety disorders tend to have a state\r\nof mental hyperarousal, frequently marked by worry, which leads to hypersleep reactivity.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/4576085\/pexels-photo-4576085.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;h=650&amp;w=940\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nResearch also found connections\r\nbetween anxiety disorders and changes in a person’s sleep cycles. When you’re anxious and\r\nruminate before sleep, this affects rapid eye\r\nmovement or REM sleep, which may induce more unsettling dreams and result in a higher likelihood\r\nof sleeping disruptions. Having nightmares during sleep may also reinforce a negative association between dread and sleep. Number four. You use fear language. Do a lot of your sentences start with, “I’m concerned, I’m\r\nafraid, or I’m worried?” According to a licensed\r\nclinical psychologist, Alicia H. Clark, PsyD PLLC, “The regular use of such phrases “may indicate a deeper problem. “Even though it may sound normal, “sometimes this fear language\r\ncan be a sign of anxiety “that is most often brushed off.” Number five. You’re not able to sit still. Can you be still when you’re sitting down? Perhaps you can’t help but tap your foot or scrum around in your chair.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAccording to Dr. Clark, being restless and unable to sit still can be a subtle sign of anxiety. However, it’s important to note that being unable to sit still can also be a classic example of attention deficit\r\nhyperactivity disorder, ADHD, since sitting down is an\r\nunder-stimulating task that is unrewarding to the brain. Number six. You apologize excessively. Do you say sorry a lot? Another sign of anxiety\r\nis when a word of apology comes too often and easily, even when it’s not your fault or when it’s out of your control.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith anxiety, you may find yourself still over-apologizing for the situation. According to Dr. Juliana Breines, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island, “If you’re always hard on yourself “and have a tendency to\r\nbeat yourself up for things, “then it’s likely “you’ll also tend\u00a0to over-apologize.” And number seven, you\r\nforget important details. Are you always told off for\r\noverlooking small details and making small mistakes? Sometimes, when you have anxiety, you may feel overwhelmed with thoughts, such as about how things may go wrong that you end up not paying attention to the things happening around you. This can make you overlook crucial moments in detail that are important. So if you find yourself\r\nmissing important details or forgetting crucial\r\ninformation a lotta the time, it may be a sign of anxiety. What do you do when you’re anxious? Let us know in the comments below.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf you found this video helpful, be sure to like, subscribe, and share this video with those\r\nwho might benefit from it, and don’t forget to hit\r\nthe notification bell icon to get notified whenever\r\nPsych2Go posts a new video. The references and\r\nstudies used in this video are added in the description below. Thanks for watching and we’ll\r\nsee you in the next one. (lighthearted music).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hm0_jrXqxR4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As found on YouTube<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jvz4.com\/c\/335985\/319641\">Explaindio Agency Edition<\/a> FREE Training How to Create Explainer Videos &amp; SELL or RENT them! 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There are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/151726\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">7 Signs It Might Be Anxiety<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":151724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[483,132],"tags":[55012,696,16121,37008,61075,55011,37598,37599,37009,43237,2278,59794,59796,39665,59798,41165,57,38161,39633,37007],"class_list":["post-151726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","category-weird-stuff","tag-8-things-you-might-not-know-are-anxiety","tag-anxiety","tag-anxiety-disorder","tag-anxiety-disorders","tag-anxiety-habits","tag-anxiety-signs","tag-anxiety-symptoms","tag-anxiety-test","tag-generalized-anxiety-disorder","tag-high-functioning-anxiety","tag-mental-illness","tag-psych-2-go","tag-psych-to-go","tag-psych2go","tag-psychtogo","tag-signs-of-anxiety","tag-social-anxiety","tag-social-anxiety-disorder","tag-what-is-anxiety","tag-what-is-anxiety-disorder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/htmlF_IMG_6542e05214c1a.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151743,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151726\/revisions\/151743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}