Anxiety: What it is, what to do - Harvard Health Blog - Harvard Health Publishing

Anxiety: What it is, what to do - Harvard Health Blog - Harvard Health Publishing

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Anxiety: What it is, what to do

POSTED JUNE 1, 2015, 6:30 AM Francesca Coltrera, Senior Content Writer, Harvard Health Publishing While anxiety symptoms vary widely, odds are good that at some point you’ve experienced occasional physical and emotional distress signals such as panicky breathing, your heart pounding in your chest, trouble sleeping, feelings of dread, or even loops of worry. That’s normal. A certain amount of anxiety can even be helpful. The problem is that sometimes the systems underlying our anxiety responses get dysregulated, so that we overreact or react to the wrong situations. Learn more »