Your gut has its own nervous system with over 100 million neurons. When anxiety hits, your stomach feels it just as much as your mind.
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Anxiety signals travel directly to your gut via the vagus nerve, disrupting digestion and causing nausea.
Fight-or-flight diverts blood from your digestive system to your muscles, creating a queasy feeling.
Anxious breathing and jaw clenching cause you to swallow air, leading to bloating and nausea.
Anxiety nausea usually comes without fever or food-related triggers. It tends to peak with stress and ease when you calm down.
Sip cold water or ginger tea slowly to settle your stomach
Practice diaphragmatic breathing - it calms both the brain and the gut
Press the P6 acupressure point (inner wrist, two inches below the palm)
Paula helps you identify anxiety triggers that cause nausea and provides calming exercises targeting the gut-brain connection.
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Start Talking to PaulaYes. Anxiety commonly causes nausea, diarrhea, bloating, and stomach cramps through the gut-brain axis.
It varies. It can last minutes during a panic attack or persist for hours during prolonged stress.
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