Consciously & consistently tensing muscles........anxiety symptom??

[HereIGoAgain]

Hi all

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I'll give it a shot (I tried the HA forum but no-one seemed to do this)). I have this thing where I constantly feel the need to tense my back/chest for literally a second (if even) and then after a few seconds do it again. It's driving me round the bend.  I can't seem to stop doing it and the more I try to stop the more I feel the need to do it. It's like I need to keep constantly tensing up. Does anyone else get this? 

I don't get it 247, but when I do it is so annoying!!!

Wondering if this is an anxiety symptom or just part of my general craziness lol.

[Cuchculan]

It is a symptom of anxiety. Bit like we are on full alert. Even if we are not having an attack we tend to stay on full guard. I always descibe it as like when a cat sees a dog. You ever see the way the hairs stand up and it goes up on all four paws? Ready to defend itself. We can do similar with our muscles. Pull them in tight. Not relax them as we should be doing. Just us on full guard.