I would like to know if there are people who experience the same symptoms as me. Symptoms of anxiety characterized by physical pain. Dealing with anxiety by tensioning part of the body. I have diagnosed social anxiety and have had it for a long time but about two years ago the main symptom became physical pain, headaches and dizzyness cause by tensioning of my forehead.
I am always with anxiety but I can deal with most of it just fine. I've narrowed down the reason why. It appears that when I am in motion I am able to deal with my anxiety and not start the tensioning process. However when I am sitting I cannot stop it. Something to do with task concentration.
The symptoms starts simple but the tension keeps building and I cannot release it. I forget how to relax at all. The tension builds up so much that I lose the ability to focus on what I am doing. The tension leads to pain and dizzyness. It happens every day and within half a hour to a hour. After that period of time I am done for. The only way I can get relaxation is resting in the toilet area, away from others. After relaxation the process I described above starts over again.
After discussing it with my doctor, we came to the conclusion that I am always wearing a mask for others and for self protection. I am having some decent success with attempting to take the mask off but the pain is still there. Apparently it has something to do with task concentration as well. I have been trying this recently with some success but then it happens again. I am starting to lose hope in a way. I don't understand why I am having so much physical pain. I feel like a anxiety-free mind in a anxiety ridden body sometimes. I would like to emphasize this. Reading other stories on here I hear a lot about anxiety that is conscious. As far as I know I have very little conscious anxiety. I am always first to lead the team, make presentations and whatever. But my subconscious anxiety is horrible. That's why I said I feel like I am stuck in an anxiety ridden body. It feels like a physical illness to me. I see myself as a decently intelligent person, but whatever I try to think of, I cannot discover the cause of my anxiety.
Does this sound familliar to anyone? I have tried a lot of things, could expand on it. am in in treatment but it isn't really going anywhere. Thanks
for reading.
Dcm
I am always with anxiety but I can deal with most of it just fine. I've narrowed down the reason why. It appears that when I am in motion I am able to deal with my anxiety and not start the tensioning process. However when I am sitting I cannot stop it. Something to do with task concentration.
The symptoms starts simple but the tension keeps building and I cannot release it. I forget how to relax at all. The tension builds up so much that I lose the ability to focus on what I am doing. The tension leads to pain and dizzyness. It happens every day and within half a hour to a hour. After that period of time I am done for. The only way I can get relaxation is resting in the toilet area, away from others. After relaxation the process I described above starts over again.
After discussing it with my doctor, we came to the conclusion that I am always wearing a mask for others and for self protection. I am having some decent success with attempting to take the mask off but the pain is still there. Apparently it has something to do with task concentration as well. I have been trying this recently with some success but then it happens again. I am starting to lose hope in a way. I don't understand why I am having so much physical pain. I feel like a anxiety-free mind in a anxiety ridden body sometimes. I would like to emphasize this. Reading other stories on here I hear a lot about anxiety that is conscious. As far as I know I have very little conscious anxiety. I am always first to lead the team, make presentations and whatever. But my subconscious anxiety is horrible. That's why I said I feel like I am stuck in an anxiety ridden body. It feels like a physical illness to me. I see myself as a decently intelligent person, but whatever I try to think of, I cannot discover the cause of my anxiety.
Does this sound familliar to anyone? I have tried a lot of things, could expand on it. am in in treatment but it isn't really going anywhere. Thanks
for reading.
Dcm
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