My stomach and chest start to hurt, and I feel dizzy… I stutter, and sometimes I rephrase the same sentence in a lot of different ways, because I don’t think any of them sound right, even though they all are grammatically correct. And I mix up sentences and words. ><
And my voice gets very fragile and weak sounding, sometimes I’ll just whisper.

I get very tense in my arms, my back, my shoulders and my chest, and get a strong feeling of dislocation - like I'm floating or barely attached to reality.
I get clumsy, partly because of the dislocation, partly because of the tension. I chainsmoke cigarettes. Sometimes I feel like I'm about to fall - either through the floor or through the ceiling.

I start to feel very frustrated, like I want to be doing something but can't - the sort of feeling you get when you haven't got time to do something you need to sort out because you have to go to an appointment shortly. Low-level panic. Then I start to get paranoid and defensive. Sometimes I start to get annoyed or angry with people because they are ignoring me, or because it all seems so effortless for them.

Generally at this point I either shut up completely, or I force myself to talk and joke around with people. Sometimes that means I jump into other people's conversations, which I can tell annoys them. If my first attempt to join in with a conversation fails, or I've already shut down, I'll start to get hugely embarrassed or depressed and leave shortly, glad but sad to be away, wondering how on earth I've managed to change so much in a matter of years.

My apologies if I'm posting a lot of "me" stuff at the moment - it's just that I don't really get the chance to talk to people about this much. Needed to vent for a bit .

I get Mild nausea,Gassy,Shaking and shortness of breath. It usually turns into a panic attack which makes it worse.

My body?
I may start to shiver as though I was freezing, but without actually being cold or freezing for real.
It's troublesome, but my mind and psyche are more of an issue . . .

The time to edit posts is too short! ~_~
I also feel tense..

Since everyone's also listing their mental reactions, I'll do so too..
My social skills are suppressed, I feel nervous, am easy to distract, overly alert and vigilant, my voice sounds fragile and silent, several things are continuously going through my mind, I can't focus, I don't listen to people or forget immediately what they just said, I mix up words, I feel naked, inability to make decisions... etc

after prolonged exposure they gradually shift to symptoms of dissociation or depersonalization, feelings of apathy, being detached, ... indescribable sensations, as though not being there, having a blank mind, seeing everything happen like watching something you don't have any influence on, feeling indifferent, trapped.

Sometimes paradox reactions like being overly direct, daring, hugging people I barely know, helping everyone, letting people take advantage of me deliberately, saying things out of the blue, making jokes, criticizing myself openly and other things.

Panic attacks, if I'm about to go out I sometimes find myself waking in circles or finding other things to do before leaving. Sometimes I totally freeze in a social situation, I have curled up in a corner before shaking when someone I didn't want to talk to kept knocking on my door. I've also just had to run out of a party before and fell into the wall a few times on my way out. Sometimes I get the shakes and will start dropping things if I am moving or holding stuff.

My voice gets shaky & sometimes my hands & even the rest of my body gets shaky. I mumble & stutter & ramble. My heart starts speeding & pounding so much that I sometimes worry I'm going to have a heart attack. My head also starts pounding sometimes & I feel like I'm going to faint. Sometimes I can't breathe.

I feel as if my mind has gone blank and I sink back into myself.

My palms and the soles of my feet begin to sweat, and then I get a tight feeling in my chest. I feel like crying, sometimes. If I don't escape the situation immediately after these signs, my stomach begins to cramp up badly. Then, I will usually get a severe headache that will fester in my temples and cause a lot of pain, until I rest or sleep it off.
Lately, I've also been experiencing dizziness and hallucinations when I'm feeling very trapped and anxious.

When I get anxious I tend to speak less in coherent words and more in noises, as well as touch (as in hugs and nuzzles) more than usual.

Strangely enough, when I get anxious to a certain point I get extremely distant and don't want anyone touching me.

On thursday I had to come to a job interview for my practical training and I had to introduce myself to all the people around there and I wanted to escape from there as fast as I can.

Yes it was like this, i felt desperate and ashamed because I showed myself as a shy person, I hope they didnt laugh at me when I left the place.
There are alot of girls which makes it even worse.

I get really bad stomach cramps as well as cracking voice, blanking, and I've even vomited :P

If I'm worrying about something then I can get a bad stomach, but once I'm actually doing whatever it is, the problems are generally headaches, mixing up words, stuttering and rephrasing sentences and talking to myself. lol

Ughhh, it kicks me every time I even attempt to enter a social setting. I start to hyper ventilate, mix up words, mind goes blank, become extremely long winded, contradict myself, etc etc. In my worst experience, I began uncontrollably vomiting. It was very strange, and everyone around me thought I was on drugs. Go figure. In short, it was not a fun time.

My anxiety has gotten worse over the years and I've developed new symptoms along the way unfortunately. The worst symptom for me is the nausea since I practically have emetophobia. I don't think I've ever actually thrown up from being anxious but I do start to gag/dry heave.. The best way to describe what a panic attack feels like to me is that it's like drinking a couple of Red Bulls or coffee all at once. Other than that I have a lot of trouble with my breathing, like I hold my breath without realizing it, and my chest will end up hurting from all the erratic breathing. And if I'm really nervous/scared I start sweating and shaking. Another minor issue, I tend to talk without thinking first so I'll usually say something stupid or jumble up my words.

I tremble, blush, and tap my foot "uncontrollably"(it looks like i'm lying or hopped up on something). my voice can get higher and shaky(like a boy in puberty), i'll try to speak but nothing will come out sometimes, which is really scary to me. I mess with my hands, i used to keep them busy by smoking. Sometimes i get a headache, i hear things. Its gotten alot better, and most of the time i can hide it. i hated public speaking.

Here's my first post on HC

My social anxiety has gotten a bit better recently but for a while I'd get really shakey (mostly my legs, so I'd stomp them around a lot), and my breathing would get heavy and hard. I'd also get pretty damn paranoid, looking around like I knew something was about to happen. The worst was in school.

My breathing gets quick and heavy, I start to shake, sometimes I cry, my heart starts pounding, someone was making fun of my and told me that I whimper, and sometimes I end up fainting!

I get the sensation that my body is imploding into my heart. Pulled inwards, as though by a sudden appearance of colossal gravity. I feel my thoughts retracting. They refuse to tread among the great myriad dangers suddenly made cognizant from without. Beating, beating, my heart pumps thickening oil through contracting passageways. I become unfamiliar to myself, and more often than not shut down entirely. This has really freaked some people out - I am truly like a zombie in such a state.

I usually hide, childish I know but I get scared and the first thing that comes to mind is to hide from it. I also start to stutter if I have to talk. I'll start to make up things that they could be thinking about me or whispering to each other. Sometimes I'll shake a little too and look down at the ground.

I usually twitch and have short spasms. I also hold my breath to make myself quieter and I'll also stiffen right up. For some reason walking helps me talk to people better and sitting in one plays makes me restless.

i get tense to the point that i am in physical pain. i get nausea, heartburn, and headaches.

The minute I start to get nervous everything just goes from bad to worse so quickly.
I shake uncontrollably, my face goes bright red, I stutter and to top it of, my mind goes blank and I cannot remember the simplest of things.
No wonder I avoid people!

jc1

It used to be way more 'physical' when i was younger... i would start feeling overwhelmed... followed by sweating, shaky hands, and a constant need to piss.
Nowadays my hands might shake and i'll sweat a little bit, but it's more like i feel really really hot and overwhelmed... kind of like an explosion went off in my head then i lose control of my actions sort of... i just sort of dissociate from myself. I can see what's going on but it's like I'm running on auto-pilot with robot personality mode set to on..
this adds to the overwhelmed feeling... makes me think people know i'm not in my head, i feel even more alien.

A lot of arhythmias (I have this constantly right now, don't even know what to do with it). Pain in the chest, feeling short of breath, as if I have something heavy on my heart. If I'm arround people for about half hour (take as an example the public transport), I get really tired both physically and mentally. My thoughts were always confused and perverse but at this point I would feel like losing it completely, and could barely keep myself together.
Anxiety is the worst thing. It's worse than depression, shizophrenia, anything. I've been in pain by so many things in my life, yet none as terrible as this one. Although I might feel it so sharp because of other conditions of mine too.