Can anxiety cause a burning sensation
on your face, even though there are no burn marks?
Yes. The sensation that your skin is burning
is a very common symptom of stress, including anxiety-caused
stress. This sensation can occur on any part of the body,
can be intermittent or persistent, can randomly change
from location to location, and can randomly change in size
and shape.
While these sensations can be annoying
and distressing, they aren't harmful. Generally, as stress
and anxiety decrease, these symptoms eventually decrease,
too.
Accepting these sensations and learning
to be unafraid of them can help to diminish them as your
stress and anxiety decrease.
Since there are many medical conditions
that can cause anxiety-like symptoms, all new, changing,
and persistent symptoms should be discussed with your doctor
to ensure that they aren't being caused by some other medical
condition. If your doctor attributes your symptoms to stress
and anxiety, you can feel confident that there isn't anything
more serious causing them.
Members can read more about this symptom,
such as why it appears, what physiological aspects cause
it, and what short-term remedy options can help alleviate
it, in the Symptoms
Listing section in the member’s
area of our website.
Non-members can find a list of common
anxiety symptoms in the Anxiety
Symptoms section.
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