Persistant anxiety is more than just a state of mind.  Persistent anxiety takes its toll on your emotions, and it effects your body as well.  In fact, those feelings of anxiety set off a trial of physical responses including:

• Excessive worry
• Tension, edginess, irratability
• Insomnia, disturbed sleep, fatigue
• Difficulty concentrating
• Rapid heartbeat (palpitations)
• Shakes, chills, and hot flashes
• Nausea, Diarrhea, and stomach pain
• Chest pain, shortness of breath
• Headaches, muscle aches, and back pain