halfnormal
16-06-08, 22:10
Is it me or do most anxious people have heightened senses. You know taste, touch, vision, hearing.
Anxiety, is our body trying to get away from danger. I bet the majority of our health anxiety stems from our bodies perception trying to protect itself.
For example:
Those seeing dots/flashes/floaters: Our anxiety is quite possibly just making us notice these things as our awareness is increased
Those of us tasting metallic: Again we are noticing something minor due to almost "Looking for it" our senses being aware looking for trouble.
Anyone ever stay up at night because they can hear every crack and creek in the house? Or think they have tinnitus when the average person wouldn't even notice. Again our bodies awareness at a high.
As for smell again sometimes I think we all look for smells and decide when something is bad or strange. Funny how I never smell funny things when I'm calm and relaxed and don't have my mind on dangerous diseases.
And as for touch. Man thats the bad one for us Health Anxiety folks. I swear I can feel everything in my body. Even minor things. Why on earth would I want to hear minor things unless my body was expecting something bad to happen and was on the lookout. No way nature would design someone with anxiety to notice many of the things that I do.
My GF calls me "the most aware person when it comes to my body that she has ever met."
I think if many of us can fight our stress/anxiety through Meds/CBT we will all stop noticing the stars and floaters, the aches and pains, and the funny smells and tastes.
Anxiety, is our body trying to get away from danger. I bet the majority of our health anxiety stems from our bodies perception trying to protect itself.
For example:
Those seeing dots/flashes/floaters: Our anxiety is quite possibly just making us notice these things as our awareness is increased
Those of us tasting metallic: Again we are noticing something minor due to almost "Looking for it" our senses being aware looking for trouble.
Anyone ever stay up at night because they can hear every crack and creek in the house? Or think they have tinnitus when the average person wouldn't even notice. Again our bodies awareness at a high.
As for smell again sometimes I think we all look for smells and decide when something is bad or strange. Funny how I never smell funny things when I'm calm and relaxed and don't have my mind on dangerous diseases.
And as for touch. Man thats the bad one for us Health Anxiety folks. I swear I can feel everything in my body. Even minor things. Why on earth would I want to hear minor things unless my body was expecting something bad to happen and was on the lookout. No way nature would design someone with anxiety to notice many of the things that I do.
My GF calls me "the most aware person when it comes to my body that she has ever met."
I think if many of us can fight our stress/anxiety through Meds/CBT we will all stop noticing the stars and floaters, the aches and pains, and the funny smells and tastes.