Anxiety is a strange condition. It has symptoms that make almost no sense until you understand how anxiety affects you on the inside. People think anxiety is simply nervousness and general discomfort, but the reality is that anxiety is so much more than that. Anxiety is an overwhelming condition that causes numerous physical changes inside your body.

其中一个变化可能导致奇怪的条件：冷手。实际上有几种不同的方式，焦虑会导致你的手感觉冷，每个人都可以让冷却难以置信地明显。

How Anxiety Causes Cold Hands

Cold hands are a complex symptom, and the extent of cold hands from anxiety depends on the type of anxiety you have.

即使焦虑会引起冷手，也不那么简单，说焦虑自行创造它们。焦虑会产生很多不同的症状，所有这些症状彼此相互作用。感到寒冷的手不会随时感到寒冷，也不是焦虑的唯一症状。但以下是焦虑可以促成冷手的一些方式：

战斗或飞行系统

它始于战或flig的激活ht system. The fight or flight system is the basis of all anxiety. It's the activation of a system that causes you to feel and react to fear. Normally if you were to experience danger in the wild the system would be activated and you'd be given the tools you need to flee or fight with a predator.

当该系统发生故障时，焦虑就会发生，并且您的身体基本上准备恐惧或危险，这不存在。心灵和身体互动，因此失常的系统都是由由由于长期暴露于战斗或飞行反应而导致的一系列身体症状而产生神经困难的思想，恐惧等。

这是一种复杂的方式，说你的冷手是你的身体准备从伤害战斗或逃离的方式。你的身体发布肾上腺素。肾上腺素速度加速了你的心率，并将血液吸引到你的身体的区域，如果你面对危险，那么就需要它。其中一个地方它从你的手中汲取血液，而没有像你手中的血液移动，你的手就会变冷。

Hyperventilation

Hyperventilation creates a similar response and is also caused by anxiety, but is technically a different issue. Hyperventilation is when you breathe out carbon dioxide too quickly. Your body actually needs Co2, and if you're breathing too fast (very common during anxiety attacks) you're breathing out too much carbon dioxide and ultimately putting strain on your body.

Your body starts to respond to hyperventilation by speeding up your heartbeat and taking in more blood, and that in turn takes away blood from your hands and fingers which can cause them to tingle and possibly feel colder.

出汗

One of the simplest explanations for cold hands is simply sweating. When the fight or flight system is activated, your body expects you to be running or fleeing. Those actions heat your body up, so your body responds by sweating in order to keep your body cool.

Of course, your body never really ends up heating up, so in the end the sweat cools your body more than you needed. The hands rarely have clothes on them to keep them warm, so the end result is sweaty hands that are being cooled down by the air, and becoming very cold as a result.

增加敏感性

没有t all cold hands are the result of changes in your body. Some of them may be the result in changes in your sensitivity. Anxiety can cause what's known as "hypersensitivity," which is when your mind is "sensitive" to physical sensations, which in turn causes you to notice nearly every change your body makes.

By default, when you notice a sensation, it also amplifies. It's like a mosquito bite - if you're not paying attention to it, it tends not to itch as much, but if you are thinking about it the itching is unbearable. That's what hypersensitivity does to you, so those that feel their "cold hands" may simply be sensitive to the way their body feels more as a result of anxiety.

What This Means to Your Anxiety

Cold hands are an irritant, but they say nothing about your anxiety. Experiencing cold hand during a panic attack may be signs that you're hyperventilating, but often the panic attack itself is severe enough that cold hands are the least of your concerns.

One of the reasons that people find cold hands frightening is because they're associated with heart failure, which occurs when your heart is not strong enough to send blood to your hands and fingers. But heart failure is uncommon, and doctors can easily tell if you're suffering from heart failure with a quick checkup.

焦虑冷手的解决方案是简单地温暖它们。冷仍然冷，热量响应。穿手套或粘在口袋里，你应该救济。

但不幸的是，确保你避开焦虑的焦虑的唯一方法就是阻止你的焦虑。