"Feeling overwhelmed causes stress, which is not only bad for your mental health, it’s also not good for your physical well-being and can lead to difficulty sleeping, digestion problems, increased heart rate, feelings of anxiety and other health concerns,” Dr. Prakash Masand, a psychiatrist and the founder of the Centers of Psychiatric Excellence, tells SheKnows. “The good news [is] there are plenty of ways to take control and feel less overwhelmed.”

During her stint co-hosting “Today,” singer Meghan Trainor, 24, revealed how Carson Daly’s candor about his generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) helped her articulate her own struggle with anxiety. It turns out that pain may have been linked to her anxiety. In addition to “excessive, unrealistic worry and tension,” people with generalized anxiety disorder can experience muscle tension, headaches, fatigue and heart palpitations, Prakash Masand, M.D., a psychiatrist and founder of the Centers of Psychiatric Excellence, tells LIVESTRONG.COM.