Compulsive Symptom Monitoring....Anyone Else?
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I've had an uptick in my physical anxiety symptoms over the course of the last six or so weeks (dizziness/off-balance sensation, muscle tension, headaches, difficulty concentrating, feeling as though my heart is racing when it really isn't) and find myself compulsively "scanning" my body to ascertain how it's feeling, including checking my pulse compulsively....this begins shortly after I awaken every morning and continues throughout the day....what's odd is that when I wake during the night, I generally feel fine....but as soon as it's morning and time to get out of bed, I can feel the symptoms coming on and then it's off to the races (that's my attempt at an adrenaline joke)...anyone else in this predicament?
I know that thinking about these symptoms only makes them worse, but it's almost as though I can't stop....I've got two Claire Weekes books on tape which I listen to regularly, and she makes so much sense, but I can't seem to internalize the message....thoughts? Advice?
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jmcg2014 wearykitty
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cara11004 wearykitty
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joshua47497 wearykitty
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That alike when I was reading it I was thinking " eh when did I write this" .
Omg this is weird
Like you say im fine during the night if I wake up and fine in the morning then as soon as I start driving to work I might feel something and go uh oh what was that pain and there starts the cycle of worry for the day then I get dizzy and fatigued always tired always have a headache and im asking omg why do I have a head ache every day ? Do I have a brain tumor" nooooooo Josh you are just so tired from all this mental illness
I know its my anxiety but I can't tell myself that when the pains strike its so difficult
I just tried a hypnosis video on youtube and its telling ne to relax and enter a sub conscious state of mind then its saying you are calm ....... you are relaxed........ you have positive thougts......you are free from anxiety then he stops talking then im thinking in my head "im not like ..... im not"
Why cant I relax
richard89308 wearykitty
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