Anxiety has also been found to trigger several skin conditions, including:
These skin disorders may cause a burning feeling. While anxiety doesn’t create these conditions (you have to already have them), it can make them worse.
Finally, anxiety may also create what’s known as hypersensitivity. That’s where a person becomes more mentally attuned to the way they feel, in a way that may make the feelings they do experience stronger. Thus, if a person has a very mild burning sensation (from anything) that they would normally be able to ignore or may not even notice, the hypersensitivity means that they notice it AND it feels stronger than it otherwise would.
Some people experience a burning sensation in their eyes. As with all anxiety symptoms, there are plenty of medical issues that may cause the same problem and it is worth visiting the doctor to rule out other issues.
Nevertheless, burning in the eyes can be caused by anxiety. Burning behind the eyes may be due to the way adrenaline dilates pupils and pumps blood to and from the eyes, leading to eye stress and strain. For some, that pain exhibits itself as a burning feeling.
You can't turn off your adrenaline. If you're in the middle of an anxiety attack and it's causing your skin to burn, you need to wait it out. But you can manage your anxiety.
The best way is with prevention - using anxiety reduction techniques to keep your anxiety and anxiety attacks from occurring, and the burning feeling will reduce.
Also, while you're suffering from anxiety, use traditional relaxation techniques to calm yourself down. Deep breathing and visualization are both very effective, and can keep your anxiety from becoming too stressful.
Remember that the mind also has the ability to make normal sensations feel less normal. A “normal” burning sensation caused by a mild allergy or a bit of friction from a shirt can lead to a more severe burning feeling that is disruptive. So addressing your anxiety is going to be important, as you have to reduce anxiety to reduce hypersensitivity.
Overall, it is definitely possible for anxiety to cause a burning feeling in your skin and eyes. It's an unusual symptom, of course, but it does occur. If you have burning sensations on your skin that are not caused by a medical condition, see if it’s anxiety, and if it is, make sure you seek out treatment to see some much needed anxiety relief.
SUMMARY:
Burning skin is not a common anxiety symptom, but it is not necessarily rare either. It may be caused by changes in blood flow, adrenaline, or the recurrence of some health conditions. No matter the cause, anxiety reduction strategies are the only method that will decrease the frequency and severity of this feeling.
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