Has anyone here experienced strange symptoms with their anxiety disorder? Extreme example: when soldiers from WW1 would return from the front-lines with bizarre symptoms, such as: deafness, uncontrollable limb movements (e.g. ataxia, nervous shaking) and muteness. Moderately extreme examples: dizziness, cognitive impairment, lack of coordination in limbs, weakening in limbs and blurry vision. Less extreme examples: tummy upset, constipation, heart palpitations and jumpiness. I read another forum a while ago where people wrote about their strange symptoms that not many would associate to be caused by anxiety, such as: "feeling the blood course very strongly throughout the head", "feeling a very tight rubber band sensation around the head", "feeling gravity more strongly" and "frequent regurgitation". Public perception around anxiety disorders is that you just feel anxious quite a bit and you're prone to panic attacks, or you're just a nervous person. I don't think that these types of physical problems are taken very seriously and from personal experience, the mental health profession doesn't seem to know how to help. But I would make the argument that these bizarre anxiety-related symptoms are more common than what people think. I suffer from strange symptoms myself and I thought I was the only one to have them. My friend (who's a self-employed electrician) came round to my house to fix a plug socket in my kitchen. I made two cups of tea for us both and we got to talking about our lives. During our conversation he told me about his health problems and about one particular problem that was, "all in his mind". This astonished me as I had never met anyone who had suffered from this issue. He told me that he experienced a strange sensation in his prostate and was worried that he could have prostate cancer. He also told me that this kept him up at night due to worry. His son-in law (a doctor) told him that it was, "all in his mind". Shortly after this affirmation, the strange feeling he was experiencing went away. I would also make the argument that it is easier than previously thought possible to succumb to these physical symptoms. From personal experience, I have seen magicians perform magic tricks that tap into one's own psychology. For example: feeling a flame on their hand when no flame is there or feeling a touch when no one and nothing touched them. This would suggest that it is very easy for the brain to create physical symptoms when anxiety is present. What is the solution then? - is it casting it out of your mind? is it positive thinking? or is it medical treatment? - I'd say all three. But I'd like to hear some of your experiences regarding this issue.