Savvy_Darling
30-05-16, 17:38
First of all let me say that i was laying in bed thinking about how much anxiety really sucks and that i wish i didn't ever get this way. I was thinking about how it works and for me i feel like most of us with anxiety have that 'fear of impending doom" feeling always at the back of our minds and when we see something or feel something on our bodies that most people would shrug off, our minds finally have a reason for that impending doom feeling so when something odd to us happens we automatically think the worst and know were dying this time. its like with anxiety our minds cant wait to find something new that's ultimately our death sentence. I HATE IT.
But anyways all these thoughts came from me starting to get worried about something really weird and something i know "normal" people wouldn't get worked up about. What i caught myself worried about is skin impressions. You know how if you have something tight on your skin or you sit or lay on something and it put the pattern on your skin? Or from socks?? Yeah.. that.
Firstly, i have sensitive skin, my skin is also pretty soft (at least that's what people have told me) so i think thats why my skin gets easily marked.
So, last night i took off these legging capris i have and they have a band at the bottom of the leg hole so on my lower calf area i had a band imprint. it took a few hours to go away completely.( is that normal?!) Also a line up my legs from the seams on the sides. (i also get this when i wear skinny jeans). I mean ill get an imprint on my wrist from my bead bracelet or if im sitting or laying on something with texture for awhile. I feel like ive always been like this but fo some reason i was feeling extra anxious and my mind decided to google if other people get this. (i know ive had friends who complained of skinny jeans leaving marks)... Well upon searching i came across something called Edema..also pitting edema. Apparently something to do with poor heart circulation or something like that--also something to do with kidney issues or failure. My head was churning with worries at that point. Theres this test where you press your finger in the ankle area on your leg and if it leaves a dent or pit then it could be symptom of those things i listed above. Of course i tried it, i didnt get the dent like i saw in the pictures.. my skin just whitened from the pressure and quickly faded back to skin color. In the pictures it looked like your skin was like clay and you actually had a dent. But im still worried and now im obsessing over looking at my skin for new imprints and seeing how long it takes to go away. I feel awful.I dont have pain or swollen feet or legs (my boyfriends grandma has heart failure and ive seen first hand of that type of swelling and pain and i definitely dont get that). I came here to see if anyone gets this from things easily like me and if its a normal thing? Im sure this sounds stupid to some as ive said to myself "youre fine..youre not dying" it does seem like such a stupid thing to start obsessing over but my anxiety couldnt wait to start on something new...even though i feel like this time im really reaching hear. i guess what worried me is how it took awhile for the band mark to go away..it was tight on my calf though.. i have some musclely big calves so..maybe thats why? Of course this has happended with high socks to me before but i shrugged it off and wasnt timing how long it took to go away so i dont remember.
just looking for opinions and like experiences? it would make me feel better if other people deal with this and dont have kidney failure or liver issues or heart problems. Also saw someones story about melanoma being the cause and her one leg swelled three times the size of the other..my leg isnt doing that but the whole melanoma thing ( or any cancer) is a big trigger for me so i panicked anyways. Google turned this into a nightmare for me. surprise surprise.
:weep: This really seems pathetic but like i said, i came here in hopes this really does happen maybe everyone or alot of people to at least constitute as normal!:unsure:
(side note, if it was kidney or heart issues wouldn't blood tests i got back in december picked up on this? Especially since ive dealt with this as long as i can remember and thought it was normal up until last night.)
But anyways all these thoughts came from me starting to get worried about something really weird and something i know "normal" people wouldn't get worked up about. What i caught myself worried about is skin impressions. You know how if you have something tight on your skin or you sit or lay on something and it put the pattern on your skin? Or from socks?? Yeah.. that.
Firstly, i have sensitive skin, my skin is also pretty soft (at least that's what people have told me) so i think thats why my skin gets easily marked.
So, last night i took off these legging capris i have and they have a band at the bottom of the leg hole so on my lower calf area i had a band imprint. it took a few hours to go away completely.( is that normal?!) Also a line up my legs from the seams on the sides. (i also get this when i wear skinny jeans). I mean ill get an imprint on my wrist from my bead bracelet or if im sitting or laying on something with texture for awhile. I feel like ive always been like this but fo some reason i was feeling extra anxious and my mind decided to google if other people get this. (i know ive had friends who complained of skinny jeans leaving marks)... Well upon searching i came across something called Edema..also pitting edema. Apparently something to do with poor heart circulation or something like that--also something to do with kidney issues or failure. My head was churning with worries at that point. Theres this test where you press your finger in the ankle area on your leg and if it leaves a dent or pit then it could be symptom of those things i listed above. Of course i tried it, i didnt get the dent like i saw in the pictures.. my skin just whitened from the pressure and quickly faded back to skin color. In the pictures it looked like your skin was like clay and you actually had a dent. But im still worried and now im obsessing over looking at my skin for new imprints and seeing how long it takes to go away. I feel awful.I dont have pain or swollen feet or legs (my boyfriends grandma has heart failure and ive seen first hand of that type of swelling and pain and i definitely dont get that). I came here to see if anyone gets this from things easily like me and if its a normal thing? Im sure this sounds stupid to some as ive said to myself "youre fine..youre not dying" it does seem like such a stupid thing to start obsessing over but my anxiety couldnt wait to start on something new...even though i feel like this time im really reaching hear. i guess what worried me is how it took awhile for the band mark to go away..it was tight on my calf though.. i have some musclely big calves so..maybe thats why? Of course this has happended with high socks to me before but i shrugged it off and wasnt timing how long it took to go away so i dont remember.
just looking for opinions and like experiences? it would make me feel better if other people deal with this and dont have kidney failure or liver issues or heart problems. Also saw someones story about melanoma being the cause and her one leg swelled three times the size of the other..my leg isnt doing that but the whole melanoma thing ( or any cancer) is a big trigger for me so i panicked anyways. Google turned this into a nightmare for me. surprise surprise.
:weep: This really seems pathetic but like i said, i came here in hopes this really does happen maybe everyone or alot of people to at least constitute as normal!:unsure:
(side note, if it was kidney or heart issues wouldn't blood tests i got back in december picked up on this? Especially since ive dealt with this as long as i can remember and thought it was normal up until last night.)