How Anxiety Affects the Face
Can Anxiety Be Seen in Your Face?
“In a general sense, it is possible that someone can tell when you're suffering from fear. A lack of responsiveness might give it away. But there are a few things you need to understand about anxiety:
Most people have no ability to tell when someone is anxious.
Most people don't care that you're anxious and won't think differently of you.
Trying to hide your anxiety makes your anxiety worse and could cause worsened symptoms.
Facial Symptoms
There are several symptoms of anxiety that affect the face specifically. For example:
Facial Tingling: A tingling, number, or burning face is symptom of anxiety that can cause a great deal of fear. That's because facial tingling is often linked to a disease that scares many people with anxiety: multiple sclerosis. MS can cause face tingling, which is why so many people that have a tingling face often experience severe anxiety as a result.
Red Face: Anxiety can also cause your face to reddened. This is caused by dilation of the capillaries in the face. Red face/flushing is generally fairly temporary, though it can last for a few hours or more. A redder face is a visible symptom of anxiety, but not one generally associated with anxiety.
Pupil Dilation: During anxiety attacks, the body activates the fight or flight system - a system designed to help you react quickly to fear. One of the mechanisms that is activated is the pupils, which dilate so that your eyes can get more light and respond more quickly. Unfortunately, since you're neither running away nor fighting, that pupil dilation serves very little purpose, and in some cases can cause eye pain or sensitivity to light.
Lip Symptoms: Anxiety can affect the lips as well, though these are generally not visible symptoms and rarely cause much distress even in those that have anxiety. Anxiety can cause you to bite your lip, which may lead to bleeding. Furthermore, anxiety may also dry out the lips because of the breathing that may happen when you're anxious.”
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@professionalVision2624 Thanks for sharing this.
It was very interesting to read.
@Happy900
I'm happy you liked it! <3
@professionalVision2624 I remember anxiety made my eye twitch for a little while 😂😂 It was not fun, but it sure was funny!
@fruityPond7887
Yes! The eye-twitch! haha I have also experienced that one!
@professionalVision2624 It's so funny 😂 I always got it when I was super stressed out in college 😂
@fruityPond7887
Awww, yes I can relate to that one<3 Stress does affect our bodies in strange ways
@professionalVision2624 I also have this weird tic thing I do when I'm on the highways with anyone who is driving 😬 I hate the highways and I never will drive it, but I guess just being there is stressful 😁
@fruityPond7887
What tic are you doing while driving on the highway? And yes some tics are triggered by stress.
@professionalVision2624
Stress can also make your jaw clench up and your facial muscles tighten! For some people this symptom can trigger migraines making it worse and one of the reasons stress can lead into migraines.
@sunnyWriting4806
Yes, facial tighteness and jaw clenching can lead to migranes and can certiantly act as a trigger for migranes and various forms of illnesses and muscle pain aswell. Thank you for sharing1
@professionalVision2624 So it's basically like this weird little grunt 😂😂 and sometimes my head will twitch lol
@fruityPond7887
Hhahaa yes, the head jerk or twitch! I know that one! Stress really makes our bodies react in strange ways <3 Thank you for sharing!
@professionalVision2624 It's sooooo fun 😂 My mom looks at me like I have three heads when I do it 😁
@fruityPond7887
hahaha yes I can imagine! Thank you for making me laugh 😂
