Sugar&Spice
01-09-11, 18:33
Hello,
I've read quite a lot about anxiety over the years that I've had it, but I've never really read about this symptom that I get, but I don't know if maybe I have read about it and not realised, but I'm just wondering if anyone else gets this symptom as part of their anxiety? It's a strange feeling, kind of like butterflies in your stomach but it's only lasts a second or so and seems to move through your body, almost feels like a bolt of lightning, it's kind of a tingly feeling, it's not always in the same place, but usually somewhere in your stomach or chest, and it usually happens a few times in a row in different places, it's usually when you think about something in particular rather than randomly. To me it usually feels horrible, but sometimes it almost feels nice or comforting, whilst still being a kind of horrible feeling or I sometimes can't help myself but to think about something that makes it happen, not sure why. It's not always the same thoughts that make it happen though, I can think about X one day and it'll make it happen over and over, but thinking about X another day will have no effect on me.
Sorry if I've explained it really badly, it's quite hard to describe! Does anyone else experience anything similar?
I've read quite a lot about anxiety over the years that I've had it, but I've never really read about this symptom that I get, but I don't know if maybe I have read about it and not realised, but I'm just wondering if anyone else gets this symptom as part of their anxiety? It's a strange feeling, kind of like butterflies in your stomach but it's only lasts a second or so and seems to move through your body, almost feels like a bolt of lightning, it's kind of a tingly feeling, it's not always in the same place, but usually somewhere in your stomach or chest, and it usually happens a few times in a row in different places, it's usually when you think about something in particular rather than randomly. To me it usually feels horrible, but sometimes it almost feels nice or comforting, whilst still being a kind of horrible feeling or I sometimes can't help myself but to think about something that makes it happen, not sure why. It's not always the same thoughts that make it happen though, I can think about X one day and it'll make it happen over and over, but thinking about X another day will have no effect on me.
Sorry if I've explained it really badly, it's quite hard to describe! Does anyone else experience anything similar?