 [ Symptoms ] how can i know when my stress has crossed a “threshold” into full blown anxiety [ Disease ] well i think when you start having symptoms such as you can not go to sleep at night because every time you put your head down on the pillow you are constantly thinking of what you have to do or what you did not do or what you did wrong symptoms of anxiety sleep problems irritability lack of concentration memory issues problems at work ill at ease jumpy eating changes it is interfering with your ability to relate to others it is causing irritable kinds of things you are irritable where you never really would be irritable you are finding that your short tempered you can not handle things you are having problems concentrating you really feel like you can not remember some things and that is kind of scaring you you are having problems doing your job meeting your deadlines you never are at ease you always feel as if there is something that has to be done you are jumpy about things you may have eating changes you may you know some it is very interesting some people eat an awful lot when they are stressed and they gain weight so we say to people sometimes they do not know if they have gained weight so we say is your clothing a little tighter now and other people they lose their appetite entirely they lose weight so we look for weight changes sleep changes mood changes we also look for things like stomachache chronic headache okay feeling maybe very very sweaty hands things like that inability to sit still and just enjoy being quiet for a little bit you find that you can not do that that is something that you are not allowed to give to yourself is not that a terrible thing