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Sorry to nitpick, but could you please add some paragraphs?
I think you might have some information to share, but it's very hard to read such a long unbroken chunk of text.
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Point taken & adjustments made.Go easy it's all new to me but thanks for the advice.Appreciated.
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Oh gosh yes, starting from the top I have a whole list of pain caused by anxiety. Mine too is every day.
Here goes the list: head (the front and very back at the top of my neck) ears, jaw, even into my sinuses (gets worse with allergies but it’s always there)
Neck, shoulders and back, quite often tracks down into my wrists.
Then internally stomach and bowels, plus heartburn/reflux/indigestion (although partially my diet is to blame, it’s far worse when the anxiety is high) also IBS That is wicked painful, again triggered by emotional state as well as food.
Hips, knees and feet, this is a physical condition that’s far more aggravated by the tension in my body.
Pain is actually really common, as is being hyper focused on every twinge in the body making it far more obvious to the mind. Bodies hurt sometimes, especially with all the tension and poor habits/posture anxiety promotes in us.
Positive vibes,
Mouse
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Thanks for that, 3monkeys!
Funny you mention rib pain; when I'm tense I sometimes get it badly enough that it leaves me barely able to move.
I then also get bowel problems, headaches, occasional breathlessness, back pain... you name it, really.
It's horrible, but I've been living with it since my teens and I'm in my 40s now. These days I'm finding antidepressants helpful, but the best way I've found to handle it is (as far as possible) to treat it like a small yappy dog rather than a big scary monster; you don't need to run or hide, just acknowledge that it's annoying and carry on trying to go about your business.
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I could have written this thread! I ache/have pain all over from head to toe. Headaches, face ache, neck and shoulders. Then on to chest /ribs, stomach and back also nausea and wind! They’re always there it’s just what hurts more that particular day! I too have been to the doctors and had many many tests and scans etc. I’ve even gone private. I also only have hiatus hernia and GERD with mild Barrett’s. I long for the day I
wake up and feel well but I’m starting to think it’ll never happen as it’s been 3 years now. My struggle is believing anxiety can do all this. I live in fear of having something awful wrong that has been missed and I enjoy very little in life at times due to this fear! I’m sorry you suffer like this but your thread will go some way in helping people realise that we can feel like total crap and actually have nothing wrong
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Totally relate to this thread. It's so hard to accept that the mind can create pain when there is no physical tissue damage but it is very much a common thing. It's such a massive complex issue that I don't fully understand but there's been loads written about it. Try googling Dr Sarno mind body connection if you fancy looking into it more.
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3monkeys, which did you have first, pain or anxiety
I had pain first, which makes me sure i have a physical illness that the doctors haven 't found :( Had it over 10 years So I think it would have gone by now if its not physical.
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Definitely me, for years now. Although I have to say that it's usually triggered by real pain (maybe slight) that my mind somehow changes to huge and long lasting pain.
For instance I might wake up with a stiff neck that another person would recover from within hours. Mine will last and grow steadily worse as it becomes arthritis, a tumour, a stroke..... only a visit to the Dr will convince me that it's a stiff neck due to sleeping skew and in turn cure me of that pain.
But even though I understand this, it doesn't change anything. I'm in (imagined?) pain as I write this.