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dm03514 · 3 years ago
I have a theory that people with anxiety (i.e. myself) have a strong mind -> body connection, but in a negative way.

My anxious thoughts lead directly to physiological changes, increased heart rate, shallow breathing, sweating etc. Based on the people in my life without anxiety, they can have similar thoughts as me, even "anxious" in nature, but they don't seem to have the physiological response that I do, as an anxious person. What do you all think?

allicombigator · 3 years ago
anxiety responses include what you are talking about: if there is a grizzly bear threatening you, your heartbeat should go up and you will sweat

the point here is that you are feeling exaggerated anxiety with minimal external triggers, but the nature of the anxiety response is normal

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