Hi all, I've started seeing a new therapist to try schema therapy (more on that soon), but today I went to see a physiotherapist about neck pain. She is a pain specialist, but she explained that pain comes in many forms, including anxiety.

She asked me what's been going on in my life and I couldn't help myself and started crying. I spilled everything about my health anxiety and how bad it's been this year.

She was amazing and told me all about her own struggles with anxiety and how physical and mental health interlink. She is going to give me an exercise plan that she said will help my body to release tension.

She said these exercises will require my full concentration to maximise endorphins. This makes sense as no amount of walking seems to help my anxiety very much as it's just more time for overthinking.

I honestly never thought of seeing a physio for anxiety, but after talking to her I can see it makes perfect sense even if it happened by fluke.

We ran out of time to treat my neck, but it was totally worth it.

Anyway, I just wanted to share in case this helps someone else.