Why am I so nervous for no reason?

If you are nervous, know that it is not for no reason. Something is causing this feeling, even though you might in your mind think/know that it should not cause nervousness. Anxiety could be causing this.

There probably is a reason and you don't know it because it's either part of your physical makeup (there are upwards of 3 trillion nerves in the body) or because you have stress or anxiety buildup from little things that you have pushed to your subconscious. Please make sure you are physically healthy, and if so, try to understand the components of anxiety. Our self-help guides are great for that!

Nervousness can be tricky like that, because it may come and go for no reason at all. If there's nothing to be nervous about but you still feel worried, try to focus on something to let the nervoussness fade away with time, or just distract yourself in any way possible.

Anxiety can be developed by a mix of biological and psycological factors. It always helps to understand what situations make you nervous and why do you consider them a potential threat. If you are able to remove the threatening feeling around that situation you will no longer be nervous about it.

It could be something as deep as a traumatic event deep in your unconscious, or it could just be high blood pressure! Have you tried meditation, breathing techniques, music? Do that.

Being nervous or panicked sounds to me like anxiety, and there is lots of help to get for that. For example, you can try the Self-Help Guides and Mindfulness Exercises under "Path" on this website.

This is a very good question. Maybe there is a reason. Perhaps subconsciously your are dwelling on things which create tension but you have done so for so long that you are no longer conscious of doing so. Take deep breaths and do something which engages you, whether it's listening to music, playing an instrument or better still chatting with another and taking your mind off what's ailing you. Another school of thought would be to sit with your nervousness and continue to take deep breaths and reassure yourself that you are safe and that you're going to be alright.

There is usually a reason. Perhaps you are nervous because you know the people or situations around you are capable of becoming problematic, even though they aren't immediately doing something now. It is possible you are being gaslighted. Please look up the definition of gaslighting. Another possibility is that you have unhealthy diet or chemicals in your brain, although I usually believe that the more likely cause of distress is psychological, and not biological. It is possible you had a stressful past, and you are used to being nervous, even though the cause of the nervousness has going away. Perhaps addressing this with a counselor could help it stop.

I asked myself so often growing up. I was nervous all the time for no particular reason. My mind would come up with things to be afraid of - people on the street, failing exams, making a fool of myself, and the list goes on. Talking about it with my therapist over the years, I learned that I was hyper vigilant and had built up so many walls trying to protect myself. Once I started to break those walls down, my anxiety started to reduce.

There is a reason, but you probably don't know it yet. Our mind analyses the situations we experience and the thoughts we have based on our believes, our life guidelines our past experiences and some automatic judgments happen in our mind even without having notice of them. This activates the amygdala which is the brain part responsible for fear.