When You Have Anxiety, These 50 Things Make Your Heart Race

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When you have anxiety like these people from Ask Reddit, seemingly small things can upset you.

1. When I’m in the drive-thru and something goes wrong with an order. It feels like time stands still and everyone behind me is wishing I’d hurry up but there’s nothing I can do.

2. Answering questions in class. I know this is a voluntary thing, but as soon as the professor asks a question I know the answer to my heart rate skyrockets as I think about answering. Usually I don’t raise my hand, but it certainly makes me anxious just thinking about it, and then it gets a thousand times worse if they have random call…

3. When I’m talking to someone and their expression changes suddenly, and my stomach drops like, “What did I say?”