bodily sensations

[Kimbad1990]

Does Anyone else worry about every single sensation they feel I’m their body? I notice any tingle, niggle, shooting pain. Im sure it normal for your body to feel random shooting pains occasionally? Do non anxious people get them and just ignore them? I am starting CBT tomorrow for health anxiety but any other tips would be amazing x

[alfreddy7]

I’m going through that right now and almost every now and then.

I usually just YouTube health anxiety videos and make me feel a bit better

[mizzou7016]

I am 53 years old and have spent the last 26 years in a prison environment.,,,I don't feel "normal" if something doesn't hurt at some time during the day. you learn what parts of your body like to talk to you....and you act accordingly...for me it's usually my knees

[LadyZen]

I worry about the vertigo I get. But I've seen doctors, and they can't really explain it. I didn't always have it. I finally just gave up on it. I just noticed that if I don't eat dairy it helps. So I just do that and take allergy meds if it worsens.

[Kimbad1990 in reply to LadyZen]

I get a strange vertigo / dizzy sensation too. Everyone believes it’s anxiety related but how to stop it?

[LadyZen in reply to Kimbad1990]

I don't think mine is anxiety related, so I'm not sure.

[MyDogisMyTherapist in reply to Kimbad1990]

The only time in my life I had vertigo it was connected to the medication I was taking for depression. My doctor had me on 3 meds at once. Wish I could remember which one it was. Anyway I now believe being in 3 is FAR too much, I was over-medicated. If you are on meds perhaps look at the possible side effect and talk to your doctor?

[SayNOtoPanic in reply to LadyZen]

That one is not a fun one. Ditto.

[LTaloha]

yes I’m hyper vigilant about digestion. But I know the sensations come and go which helps reduce my anxiety. Thoughts lead to anxiety so try to write things down and then realize I’m trying to fortune tell the future or magnifying negative. Hope the CBT helps. It did me. Happy holidays!

[SayNOtoPanic]

Yes right here. What has helped me feel better is hearing from others that don’t have any anxiety disorders that their body is mega noisy and that bodies are mega noisy in general. So when my thoughts try to run and the anxiety tries to insist I should focus on that body noise I stop and do some mindfulness: identify things around me with no judgement. Then I remember that line that bodies are noisy. And I try to tell myself you know what it is. Bodies are noisy. Then proceed to do something else. It takes a lot of constant work I feel.

[Cavalierrubie]

A big YES to all of that. Go to AnxietyCentre.com you will be amazed at the list of symptoms on there.

[MaggieSylvie]

I grew up like that and drove my mother mad whenever shopping in London at half term, because I just had to tell her "every little pain" - shooting pains, stabbing pains, bone pains. I wasn't overly anxious except when I felt guilty about not helping my mum more. But I wasn't aware of anyone else experiencing these pains.

I still get pains but now they are worse as I have fibromyalgia (diagnosed in middle age), osteoarthritis and spinal compression fractures. So I can always attach a reason to the pains. I have never found out whether my childhood pains (and they weren't growing pains) had anything to do with the conditions I now have in adulthood going into frailty. I don't think a doctor would be interested because those pains I had in childhood are irrelevant now. Nevertheless, I can't help but wonder.

[punkster]

I have felt that way in the past. I think that some people are just more sensitive to bodily sensations and that other people aren't very sensitive. I wish I wasn't as sensitive, but it is the way I am. CBT has helped me a lot.