TofuMama
08-09-14, 04:43
I realize now that I have a few little issues. My leading problems are pretty simple problems:
- My digestion is poor, loose stool and what seems like IBS. The usual for people with pretty nasty health anxiety.
- I get regular palpitations, I didn't for a while, but now I do every day quite a number of times.
- I've had some general throat dryness/discomfort for a few months.
- I have a fast heart rate. This is my biggest problem, although it's mostly <90, when I try to exercise, I can barely move without it being exacerbated.
Ultimately, these are all part and parcel of having a body under a little stress. However, my response to each of these issues is inappropriate, and I'm not sure how to control it. I can remember when I had palpitations for the first time how the conversation went with my mother.
"Mum, today at school I had this weird thing. I was sitting there then my heart started like.. hiccuping. I have no idea, it felt like it just beat like a big BLOOP instead of a regular beat. What's that?"
"Oh that's just in the family, it's called a palpitation. It's nothing to worry about. it can't hurt."
"Oh alright, can we get a milkshake?"
My reaction was fine. I accepted the palpitations, and I'd had a few, but I didn't really care. And they went away. Nowadays though, the internal conversation is much different.
My body reacts in a manner I deem completely out of line, whether I've had a very uncomfortable BM, I wake up with my throat too dry to speak, I have a tummy ache, or palpitations / fast heart rate. I find myself constantly in a state of agitation, exacerbated massively by any symptoms.
I'm not really sure how to control my reaction. I get very upset with myself whenever I have any minor issue. Hell even now I have a sore neck in both of the long muscles at the side/back and I've gone through all sorts of ridiculous thoughts.
I want to respond better to these problems, because they really aren't meant to be much, but to me, I'm in in constant fear and worry about all of them, and I am not sure at all how to relax. Does anyone have any tips that will help me regain control over my emotional response to general pain/symptoms?
- My digestion is poor, loose stool and what seems like IBS. The usual for people with pretty nasty health anxiety.
- I get regular palpitations, I didn't for a while, but now I do every day quite a number of times.
- I've had some general throat dryness/discomfort for a few months.
- I have a fast heart rate. This is my biggest problem, although it's mostly <90, when I try to exercise, I can barely move without it being exacerbated.
Ultimately, these are all part and parcel of having a body under a little stress. However, my response to each of these issues is inappropriate, and I'm not sure how to control it. I can remember when I had palpitations for the first time how the conversation went with my mother.
"Mum, today at school I had this weird thing. I was sitting there then my heart started like.. hiccuping. I have no idea, it felt like it just beat like a big BLOOP instead of a regular beat. What's that?"
"Oh that's just in the family, it's called a palpitation. It's nothing to worry about. it can't hurt."
"Oh alright, can we get a milkshake?"
My reaction was fine. I accepted the palpitations, and I'd had a few, but I didn't really care. And they went away. Nowadays though, the internal conversation is much different.
My body reacts in a manner I deem completely out of line, whether I've had a very uncomfortable BM, I wake up with my throat too dry to speak, I have a tummy ache, or palpitations / fast heart rate. I find myself constantly in a state of agitation, exacerbated massively by any symptoms.
I'm not really sure how to control my reaction. I get very upset with myself whenever I have any minor issue. Hell even now I have a sore neck in both of the long muscles at the side/back and I've gone through all sorts of ridiculous thoughts.
I want to respond better to these problems, because they really aren't meant to be much, but to me, I'm in in constant fear and worry about all of them, and I am not sure at all how to relax. Does anyone have any tips that will help me regain control over my emotional response to general pain/symptoms?