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paul76608
paul76608

Does any 1 with anxiety suffer with muscle and back pain  or is it just me lol

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  • rebecca2504
    rebecca2504 paul76608

    Posted

    Yes I get really tense in my shoulders and they hurt when I lift them. Muscular pain it is some day I have it worse than others. 
    • paul76608
      paul76608 rebecca2504

      Posted

      Right I get back pain and pain in my pectorals and shoulders 
    • rebecca2504
      rebecca2504 paul76608

      Posted

      It's all part of anexity awful thing we have to put up with but least we know we have everyone on here who is going through the same as us. 
    • paul76608
      paul76608 rebecca2504

      Posted

      Ye we get more help from people who suffer the same thing at home nothing lol its nice to know people are here to help I still think I don't have anxiety but something wrong but unfortunately it is anxiety but it will pass 
  • boing333
    boing333 paul76608

    Posted

    It's not just you but if you're looking for an explanation:

    Try doing some exercise when you haven't exercised before, at all, in your life. What happens to your body? Muscle pain. Aches. It takes a lot of getting used to. A user on here discussed the concept of a symptom called Fibromyalgia - a few people have, in fact - could explain everything for you if you have difficulty defining how you feel, or what it is your body is doing. What people often have a hard time working out is how 'your mind' can do that. Well, easily, if you understand physiology. Your brain can make you feel a lot of very weird things, and psychosomatic pain may be one of them.

    • paul76608
      paul76608 boing333

      Posted

      That's really mad that lol I use to be in army I know all pains from exercise but I haven't exercised in a few years I walk and have done a bit of running now and agane 
    • boing333
      boing333 paul76608

      Posted

      I was using the pains you get after strenuous exercise as an example.

      Basically, when suffering anxiety, your body reacts how it would in a state of fear - it becomes tense. Like during exercise, your body becomes similarly tense. As in exercise, your body may be using muscles it didn't know existed. Similarly with anxiety, your mind may be using muscles you didn't know existed.

      Thus, Fibromyalgia

      The key is in being able to learn relaxation techniques.

    • paul76608
      paul76608 boing333

      Posted

      Lol i do hypnosis that's relaxing. My head feels tender a bit as well duno why 
  • anne49183
    anne49183 paul76608

    Posted

    yep i do paul
    • paul76608
      paul76608 anne49183

      Posted

      It's mad at moment getting all these pains back and pectoral pains my head feels tender and random pains in stomach
  • Wendl
    Wendl paul76608

    Posted

    I have also suffered from this anxiety with all the symptoms that you describe,and more,but it is getting the better of me.When I go to bed I am not sure that I will make it to the next day,and when I DO I am so surprised that I am still around!

    i watch a lot of T v to distract myself, 

    but when a series comes to an end I cannot look forward to the next series as I am scared that I will have become too ill to watch anything any more.

    illogical ,I know,because the doctors all tell me it is JUST health anxiety!It probably is,but it is ruining my life as I am unable to look forward to one thing.In fact I do not have ONE social engagement this side of Christmas,but it is nothing new.

     

    • paul76608
      paul76608 Wendl

      Posted

      I feel for you I'm sorry I feel the same it is taking over my life my back is killing me and my stomach too
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