Physical Symptoms of Anxiety

Every child can feel anxious from time to time. However, too much anxiety causes fear and it affects their school performance, relationships, and ability to enjoy life. Moreover, anxiety manifests physically through skin flushing, headaches, and heavy breathing. Recognizing these physical symptoms of anxiety is key to getting the professional help that kids need.

Whether you are a parent, teacher, social worker, or mental health professional, use this worksheet to describe their own anxiety symptoms. In case they're experiencing other symptoms that are not pre-written on the worksheet, they can write them in the blanks below.