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Old Jan 21, 2015, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by PoppyRoad View Post
For the past year+ I have been experiencing severe anxiety. When I feel the anxiety/panic sensation it feels like a "spinning" sensation, or a tightening in the center of my body, below my chest and above my stomach. I'm wondering if others of you feel extreme anxiety as a sensation in your body, or is it more like thoughts in your mind only?
That's adrenaline. The stress response.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-o...nse_(in_humans)

Too much of it is bad for you body and brain.

- vital