what damage can worrying do to your body
What worrying does to your health. by ROSALIND RYAN, femail.co.uk. Worrying can have a negative effect on your health, making you tired, stressed, speed up the ageing process and sometimes more prone to depression. What worrying does to your body. When you worry, your body responds to your anxiety the same way it would react to physical danger. To help you cope with the physical demands you are about to ask your body to perform, your brain releases stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol into the bloodstream.
Perhaps you subconsciously think that if you worry enough, you can prevent bad things from happening. But the fact is, worrying can affect the body in ways that may surprise you. When worrying becomes excessive, it can lead to feelings of high anxiety and even cause you to be physically ill.