Can anxiety cause numb like sensations in the body? i also feel disconnected from my body and not in control.

Yes. Panic attacks: often cause paresthesias. That disconnection may be dissociation related to panic. Please work with a good psychiatrist and consider cognitive behavioral therapy as well.

Anxiety.: Among other things, those symptoms could be consistent with anxiety. The numbness of the body often comes from hyperventilation, which occurs in the context of active anxiety.