in the last month, i started with a new therapist as my anxiety has been the worst it ever has in like ten years. up until now, i was able to go medication free and just deal with things little by little through talk therapy. now it’s like i’m 17 again and all the scary physical side effects of anxiety are hurling back through my life. my therapist asked me: how do you know you’re having anxiety before your physical symptoms (for me it’s a lot of shaking in arms legs and jaw, getting really flushed, skin picking tics, heart racing) get uncontrollable? and i couldn’t answer her question because like… i don’t know i’m having anxiety until i get those big red flag physical cues. what are some smaller physical cues you get before you get more extreme ones?