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Why does anxiety causes taquicardia, feeling faint and nauseas?

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Adrenaline: Release of adrenaline is responsible for the tachycardia.

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Fight-Flight-Freeze!: All of the physical symptoms of anxiety are directly the result of the cascade of physiological events that get triggered when your primitive fear ; rage brain centers sense danger. Learn about this "fight or flight or freeze" response. See: http://bit.Ly/wzhvqoonce you understand the physiology of anxiety, the symptoms make sense. This doesn't make them feel less unpleasant necessarily though!

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