If you’ve ever woken up the day after having had too much to drink, you may be familiar with the feeling. And no, we don’t mean a hangover; we mean a hangover laced with anxiety. One that causes you to ruminate over everything you said and did the night before. You relive conversations and chew the cud of every interaction that might have gone south.
Hangxiety
You might get anxious or feel guilty about other things, like the fact that you drank too much and the next day feels wasted. It’s been called hangxiety, and with good reason, because for some people drinking too much results in elevated anxiety that feels almost like panic.
Experts contend that some people are more prone to hangxiety than others, and it may have something to do with your state before you hit the bottle, says clinical psychologist Carla Marie Manly. There’s an association between anxiety disorders and alcohol use disorders, according to a wide breadth of research.
