kp77
13-02-10, 21:03
About a year and half ago I damaged my neck. The pain kept me awake a night and gave odd side effects. During that time my anxiety reached its tipping point and is the point of things getting out of hand as it were.
Since then I've had physio and its gradually been getting better. However if I get stressed my neck/shoulders tighten up, then my neck injury flares up. I find as soon as my neck tightens I get anxious which in turn makes things worse and I end up in a stress loop where I get odd side effects (nausa, disconnected, shattered). Which I find I attribute to my neck injury rather than anxiety. If I get too stressed I then have to have physio to pop things back, which seems to break the stress cycle and get things on track.
Anyone else have anything similar? The hardest part for me is breaking the anxiety-pain cycle.
Since then I've had physio and its gradually been getting better. However if I get stressed my neck/shoulders tighten up, then my neck injury flares up. I find as soon as my neck tightens I get anxious which in turn makes things worse and I end up in a stress loop where I get odd side effects (nausa, disconnected, shattered). Which I find I attribute to my neck injury rather than anxiety. If I get too stressed I then have to have physio to pop things back, which seems to break the stress cycle and get things on track.
Anyone else have anything similar? The hardest part for me is breaking the anxiety-pain cycle.