agingwuss
15-07-10, 11:26
I'm in the middle of a real relapse into HA which I'd thought I'd finally cracked - famous last words!
Something really odd happened this morning - I've been getting myself into a panic about a sore spot on my gums. Too scared to visit the dentist, can't stop myself thinking about anything else etc etc
But this morning I had another thing go 'wrong' with my body - believe me, you don't want to know the details! - which potentially [in my head] could be much more serious. Luckily enough after about 3 hours all went well and even I had to realise there's been nothing wrong at all!
But the crucial thing was - while I was worrying about my new problem, I couldn't & didn't feel the sore spot which had been bothering me at all! AND I swear that 5 minutes after I realised there was nothing wrong in the new bit - the sore spot started feeling painful again!!
This has really helped convince me that pain which feels so real can actually be more in my head than anything else! :)
Isn't it amazing what we do to ourselves sometimes?!
Something really odd happened this morning - I've been getting myself into a panic about a sore spot on my gums. Too scared to visit the dentist, can't stop myself thinking about anything else etc etc
But this morning I had another thing go 'wrong' with my body - believe me, you don't want to know the details! - which potentially [in my head] could be much more serious. Luckily enough after about 3 hours all went well and even I had to realise there's been nothing wrong at all!
But the crucial thing was - while I was worrying about my new problem, I couldn't & didn't feel the sore spot which had been bothering me at all! AND I swear that 5 minutes after I realised there was nothing wrong in the new bit - the sore spot started feeling painful again!!
This has really helped convince me that pain which feels so real can actually be more in my head than anything else! :)
Isn't it amazing what we do to ourselves sometimes?!