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Anxiety for student athletes (sometimes written student–athlete) is a unpleasant emotion that can cause one to feel negative, nervous and over emotional. Anxiety is not a fear it is a overreaction to a persons own doubt. This emotion is a major problem for student athletes trying to complete to many activities at once. When experiencing an anxiety attack a student can feel faint, loss on concentration and muscular tension.As much as anxiety is a appropriate emotion for all to have when it is experienced often it becomes a disorder. Student Athletes who have to stress about grades, results on the field as well as their health and normal teenage issues are much more vulnerable to the disorder.

Causes
There are many things that can be a cause of anxiety for a student athlete whether it goes all the way back to early childhood or goes only as far back as an hour before the incident when they failed a school test. early childhood - feeling of abandonment or rejection from parents or other family members can cause major anxiety for student athletes. To be able to accomplish so much you need a strong support system and if a student does not have that they are going to have a lot more issues to overcome then a student that does have the strong support system. social issues - being socially awkward not understanding how to handle certain situations is going to cause anxiety in certain situations. People that suffer from social anxiety can think about a moment that may be weeks away but can still get anxiety over it weeks before. health - underlying health problems can be a cause of anxiety. Genes - anxiety can be passed down through genes. although the genes aren’t normally very strong they can develop as a child sees their mother or father nervous or having anxiety attacks, the child can develop then as well.

Symptoms
The symptoms for anxiety can either be mild or sever and can be experienced for either a long or short amount of time the symptoms include...

Physical
chest pains

abdominal pains

feeling of dizziness

high blood pressure

deep breathing/ rapid heartbeat

feeling of being suffocated

sweating

getting really cold (getting the chills)

changes in appetite

diarrhoea

insomnia

restlessness

Mental
Loss of concentration

Hesitant to start anything

No trust

Treatment/ management
If anyone finds themselves having any of the above symptoms on a regular basis they do need to seek medical attention. their are different medicines to help prevent anxiety attacks and to also help with the symptoms and lesson the probability of them developing. Another great way to over come anxiety is psychology treatment. For students suffering from anxiety it is probably best for them to talk to someone about it who really cares for them and also a professional so they ca evaluate what is best for the student athlete. Although anxiety can be a positive emotion for some, it is always best to treat your symptoms to learn how to focus your energy into something more important. Learning to do so can help your ability to function overall.