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Anxiety sufferers should also be conscious of unhealthy lifestyle habits that may increase blood pressure, like smoking, drinking, and overeating. Some people develop these habits as coping mechanisms in response to their anxiety symptoms, and they can lead to blood pressure problems.
High blood pressure can affect your health in four main ways: 1  Hardening of the arteries. 2  Pressure inside your arteries can cause the muscles that line the walls of the arteries to thicken, thus narrowing the passage. 3  A heart attack or stroke can occur if a blood clot blocks blood flow to your heart or brain. Enlarged heart. 2  High blood pressure increases the amount of work for your heart. 3  Like any heavily exercised muscle in your body, your heart grows bigger (enlarges) to handle the extra workload. 4  The bigger your heart is, the more it demands oxygen-rich blood but the less able it is to maintain proper blood flow.