Anxiety disorder symptoms aren’t always easier to spot, and they varying widely from person to person. Some humans have panic attacks and other kind of experience phobias, for instance. What’s more, there are multiple kind of anxiety disorders. Still, there are warning signs watching out for. Here, we down what to look for to determine whether you must talk to your doc about the possibility of having an anxiety that can change your life.

You have a major case of avoidance.

If you begin making excuses for not participate in activities such as parties or after-work happy hours or even network events that’ll advance your career, it’s time to take the step back and determine why. “Avoidance is something we rationalize and brush off, such as saying you don’t need to go meet new people as you’re tired,” doctor says. It often begin small—like hanging with close buds but skip out when they invite others—and then you realize you say no more and more often.

You consistently ask for a second opinion.

This might seem easy to spot in the loved one with anxiety, but paying attention to it for yourself, too. “Probably the most common observation from human close to individuals try to manage intense anxiety is that they appear aroused, hyped up, continually doubt themselves, and seek reassurance,” says Nezu, PhD, professor of psychology at some University. “In making a decision, someone might ask buds or co-workers if they make the right decision, or they’ll continually searching the internet, never satisfy that they have sufficient information, and worry they might make the ‘wrong’ decision.

You’re having trouble sleeping.

Restless nights come and go as fast as bad days, but if you explore yourself lying in bed with eyes wide opened more often than not, it could mean you want some anxiety assistance. We all have a night or two when we can’t sleep, but if it’s more chronic or really impactful your daytime wakefulness, then it could be anxiety, doctor says. “If it’s taking you more than 30 minutes to fall asleep at night, on an ongoing basis, or you wake up and having trouble going back to bed, those are signals that anxiety affects your sleep.

You’re experiencing GI issues.

Lots of bodily reactions happen when that fight-or-flight response kicks into gear in your sympathetic nervous system. First, the chunk of the mind that looks out for the danger (the amygdala) send a signal to your hypothalamus that you’re in danger, which then communicates to the rest of the brain (and body) that you have to act in the survival mode. So, as you get the burst of energy to flee or fight, your rest and digest system—involving in actual digestion—turns off, and cortisol pumps and adrenaline throughout a body. This is likely why you’ll feel certain distress in your digestive structure if you’re constantly anxious, doctor says.

You have consistent headaches or muscle aches.

Same to GI issues, you could feel physical aches in your muscles or your head if you’re constantly tense and stressed about what’s to come, doctor warns. These aren’t always due to anxiety, but like poor sleep, they’re symptoms we tend to overlook like they’re not a big deal, doctor says. Poor sleep could also be a giving up factor to the aches, along with general tightness throughout the body from chronically carry around stress.

Your heart is racing or you’re breath heavy.

Another result of the fight-or-flight physical reaction: Blood flows to zones that want it more—specifically, your heart, which then working in over time, pumping faster and harder, doctor explains. You’ll also tried out to take in more oxygen, which leaves you breathing quite heavy. It’s like you’re exercising, even if you’re hard way moving.

“The bodily changes that occur are construct in for our survival. Therefore, most of the symptoms are predictable and normal, like a rapid heartbeat, smothering sensations, breathlessness, increased blood pressure, feeling sick, dizzy, hot, sweating or faint, doctor says. The irony here is that humans rarely brush off intense symptoms of anxiety as ‘normal.’ They tend worrired even much more, makes an interpretation that their rapid breathing is due to heart attack, or feel faint could mean they are having a brain tumor. You do imagine how this triggers more fear of harm, developing a vicious cycle.

You’re really tired for no reasoning

Yes, you may be skimping on sleep if you’re up all night worryied about what’s to come. But even if you do catching quality shut-eye, the fact that your body is consistently working—physically fighting to survive, even if it’s not literally threatened—do make you feel pretty fatigued, doctor says. So, if you’re tired for no reasoning, take a look at how you feel during the day and whether tension is really what’s weigh you down.