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Physical symptoms from anxiety

energeticZebra255 September 12th, 2020

My anxiety has been so bad lately that I feel deep pressure in back between my shoulder blades and in my chest, and like I have a lump in my throat from crying to hard when I haven't. It's just hard to catch my breath and my heart rate is fast. I know I'm fine, I try deep breathing and praying which helps.. but I've just been worrying about everything lately. The smoke coming in to the area today does not help at all. I'm 32 and a wife and mom to 3. Most of my anxiety come from worrying about things that hasn't even happened yet. Ugh.. anyone else feel physical symptoms from anxiety?

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FleetingBardSong September 12th, 2020

@energeticZebra255

Yeah, I also get these symptoms from extended anxiety-- especially chest pains. It usually goes past just the pressure and into complete pain at times. I haven't found much of anything that helps when it's so persistant like that.

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energeticZebra255 OP September 12th, 2020

@FleetingBardSong I will spend several minutes deep breathing. 5 seconds in through the nose, and 8 seconds out through the mouth. It only helps me for a couple minutes then it's back most the time. Ugh.

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FleetingBardSong September 12th, 2020

@energeticZebra255

Yeah, that sounds about right. Body scan meditation can help sometimes too (guided), but sometimes it's too hard to slow my mind down enough to initiate that. It's so frustrating. Maybe it could help some for you? I've come to learn there is no quick longlasting fix, unfortunately. You can only work on it overtime (I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know).

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energeticZebra255 OP September 13th, 2020

@FleetingBardSong I've never actually heard of guided body scan meditation. I will look in to it, thank you :)

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thoughtfulmomma September 13th, 2020

@energeticZebra255

My back would knot up, I'd have dizzy feelings, couldn't catch my breathe, etc. All of the above when my anxiety is at its worst.

I'm a mom, too, so I'm sure you not only have your own anxieties, but you've probably taken on their feelings and stresses and such, too. It's a lot.

How's your sleeping? Are you able to relax and night and get some rest?

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energeticZebra255 OP September 13th, 2020

@thoughtfulmomma I'm sorry, I feel that also. I think I'm getting good sleep, as soon as I lie down I'm fast asleep. I think I just need to stop thinking about the possibility of things being the worst, if only I knew how haha. As weird as it sounds I really do feel like I'm a positive person and always believe and hope for the best. Over thinker here haha

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thoughtfulmomma September 13th, 2020

@energeticZebra255

I feel ya! :) I feel EVERYTHING. I worry about EVERYTHING. I am the most positive person I know. I'm the person who will always try to make someone else feel better, even if I'm feeling like garbage.

We need to protect ourselves from the outside negativity. I try to find little bits of joy throughout the day. Maybe it's just playing a favorite game for a few minutes on my phone. Maybe it's checking in here on 7 Cups. Honestly, I love my car and it makes me happy when I'm in it, so even just sitting there for a few minutes makes me feel better. (Or I'll run to the store, so I don't look too crazy sitting in my car in the driveway.) LOL

We care so much for everyone else that we tend to forget to care for ourselves.

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impartialCat7337 September 13th, 2020

@energeticZebra255 Trust me hon, you are not alone. When I start to get overwhelmed, my hands atrts ahking and I feel my face getting paler

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energeticZebra255 OP September 14th, 2020

@impartialCat7337 wow. I've never really thought about how other people can feel such different symptoms. My sister says she feels her head getting really tight like her brain is being squeezed. Doesn't sound fun what either of you feel. I learned today that if you try to accept the anxiety as merely just a symptom when you get it, rather than pushing it away, it can help it subside. I'm going to try this.

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Givethanks82 September 15th, 2020

Over the past few years I have come to terms with the fact that dea with anxiety. A symptom i get is the feeling that my breathing is thrown off. Its like i forget how to properly breathe. It scared the mess out of me when it first happened then i realized what it was. I also have panic attacks when I'm the passenger in a car sometimes. I actually know what triggered that. I wentn three years without having a panic attack in a car and then it popped right back up in 2018. I feel enclised and i cant escape if im not driving. I hate these feelings but im learning to push through it.

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energeticZebra255 OP September 15th, 2020

@Givethanks82 oh no, I'm sorry! I'm here if you ever want to talk. I get that too, I'm actually feeling it today! Ugh. I have cold like symptoms and this little fear in the back of my head keeps thinking what if it's COVID, and it's giving me bad anxiety today. I feel like my breathing is off.

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