“Symptoms of stress often build up gradually before you start noticing them.
Stress can affect how you feel, how you think, how you behave and how your body works.
It affects people in different ways but if you are stressed you may have some of the following symptoms:
Your feelings
You may feel:
- irritable
- anxious
- low in self-esteem
- have a low mood
Your thoughts
You may find that you:
- have racing thoughts
- worry constantly
- imaginine the worst
- go over and over things
Your behaviour
You may notice you’re:
- having temper outbursts
- drinking more
- smoking more
- on the go all the time
- talking more or faster
- changing your eating habits
- feeling unsociable
- being forgetful or clumsy
- being unreasonable
- struggling to concentrate
Your body
You may be suffering from:
- headaches
- muscle tension and pain
- stomach problems
- sweating
- feeling dizzy
- bowel or bladder problems
- breathlessness
- dry mouth
- sexual problems”
This information is from NHS Choices
