Is this all part of Anxiety?

chaekyu · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 34

I get all these aches pains - chest pains, headaches, nausea, feeling weak, dizziness, numb arms and legs, pins and needles in hands and feet

I suffer from these almost all day every day Is it normal or have I got something wrong with me?

moon · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 32

I'm sorry to say IT IS normal...

All those feelings and sensation are completely tied in with anxiety. I have felt them all myself for years.

In case you didn’t know...
Modern science believes the you have anxiety when your amygdala (a nerve in your brain) gets stuck in the fight or flight syndrome.
When are body needs a rush of adrenaline and super awareness to avoid danger and help are bodies either fight or run the amygdala will suddenly switch on putting us in the ultra-hyper state. So they believe that person experiencing a constant anxiety has a amygdala stuck in the flight or fight stage.

....So what I’m getting at is you’re stuck in an overly excited body, always aware and alert. Hyper-sensitive to your bodily feelings and the outside world around you.
So yes we all feel weird sensations and feelings in are body, but I suspect most of them are normal for every human being, its just most people aren’t sensitive enough to feel it (lucky them)... And in addition to that, all this new stress your body is going through because of anxiety is creating new harmless body sensation for you to feel and worry about through-out the day, hahaha. The vicious cycle of anxiety. Hopefully this sheds a little light on the subject!

woong · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 32

The previous reply was very interesting and something I have never heard of. Hum....makes sense.

Aches and pains are definitely a part of anxiety, for sure. I deal with them on a daily basis as well. Deep breathing and constant reassurance to me that I am OK helps.

hahninsik · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 38

Thanks for the relies

Does anyone also get a sore throat?? I get a sore throat that keeps coming and going everyday??? I feel like there something stuck in it

potor · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 49

When suffering from anxiety you can get all kind of aches and pains. On my worst days, I will have a headache, then an ear ache, and then I am dizzy. I think people with anxiety are very sensitive to their bodies. My suggestion is to try to stop the worry. Let your body symptoms come and go as they please. If you sit and worry about them, they get worse, more frequent. Just sit back and relax.......know that the body has aches and pains. One thing I do is just close my eyes and tell myself that I am ok. I have to repeat this lot to myself during the day.