Anyone else dealing with physical pain?

[whateverr]

I've had major digestive issues off and on for a long time. Kind of did some dumb things to my health, but was also given some shitty medications a few times. I'm just done. It's hard to function with this shit in addition to the mental health stuff.

 

[Life_and_Death]

back pain (missing 2 little bones that holds it in place), stomach pain discomfort (life long under eating), tooth pain, headaches, chest pain. nerve damage in both my feet.
i literally hurt from head to toe...
sorry youre dealing with health stuff too, it sucks

 

[Styg]

Hey I'm in a similar situation. Dealing with some excruciating pain that doesn't ease up, only seems to get worse by the day. It's a rough thing to go through, as the pain contributes to a worsening of the mental health, and it ends up creating a horrible feedback loop. Don't blame yourself: human body can be a fragile thing and I know how easy it is create issues in it without realising you've done so. I hope things are able to eventually get easier for you, and that you're able to find some relief.

 

[hermestrimegistus]

I used to wake up in the middle of the night, extremely stressed out, and basically have uncontrollable seizures

 

[WAITING TO DIE]

Yeah I've got osteoarthritis in both knees from too much mountain biking when I was younger.
Basically worn out my cartilage.

 

[hibikikyuxx]

Back when I was in high-school, I had stomach problems. I would often feel the stomach acid coming up my throat. Maybe that was due to the amount of stress I was going through back then, I don't know.

Now? Now I have knee problems. I'm not even 30 but I have the knees of a old man. Maybe doing squats every day fucked my knees up.

 

[wait.what]

Yeah. My skeleton is trying to fuse itself together, in a stupid shape, even, and my soft tissues are all mad about it. There's other obnoxious shit, but that's probably the worst. The physical pain really lowers my ability to cope with psychological pain, too.

 

[lament.]

Yes. I have chronic fatigue and pain in my arms, legs, back, neck and have constant migraines, it makes it hard to function a lot of the time and going out for the day is usually enough to leave me unable to move for the next day or two. Likewise was given shit medication, in my case I was allergic to something in my anti-depressants which made me constantly sick and bedridden for 2 years so a lot of damage was done to my body during that time. It makes it hard for me to think I could actually live a happy life even if I wasn't so depressed all the time since I can hardly go out anyway.

 

[MythicalGriff]

I have really bad nausea and stomach pains that make it hard to do pretty much anything. There was a point where nearly every day I threw up first thing in the morning. I have no appetite and most things I eat make me nauseous, and the lack of eating makes the pain worse. I also used to get really bad chest pains, but I've gotten so used to it I don't really feel it anymore unless I'm really sad/anxious. I really hate the nausea I feel after doing something wrong, I don't know why but feeling guilty is the emotion that gives my body the most physical response. Anyone else feel this way?

 

[Kit1]

I live with intense most days - for the past 10+ days, even a gentle nudge for me a pure torture - various medical conditions, but I think it might at times be psychosomatic as well. But as I dissociate, I can then go for weeks not feeling any pain - so even if I am injured, I would not realise it unless there is blood or swelling to show for it. Just weird, I guess. Right now, I am just for the feelings to stop..,

 

[DeecyTee]

I've had major digestive issues off and on for a long time. Kind of did some dumb things to my health, but was also given some shitty medications a few times. I'm just done. It's hard to function with this shit in addition to the mental health stuff.

I have insanely bad pelvic pain. Sometimes I'm just laying down and crying and screaming. Nothing helps. Having trouble walking also means having trouble getting a job or socializing. :(

 

[Raindancer]

Yes, I have multiple autoimmune disorders and stomach problems. I struggle everyday to function and am in bed a lot of the time.

 

[HD72]

I've had major digestive issues off and on for a long time. Kind of did some dumb things to my health, but was also given some shitty medications a few times. I'm just done. It's hard to function with this shit in addition to the mental health stuff.

It's like u r writing my story. I can't take the pain anymore. I NEED to leave but my meds have messed up my head and I can't figure out the gas method. It's how I really want to go.

 

[tourniquetbunny]

I have dysmenorrhea and ibs and it's so awful. I can't tell you the last time my stomach didn't hurt. I don't eat like shit either, I barely fucking eat so it can't be my diet. I get period pains before, during, and after menstruation. All I get prescribed? Uwu extra strength ibuprofen. Thanks so much it did not work!
The mental + physical pain combo is just something else man

 

[tiger b]

Some days are worse than others. Today sucks. I tend to downplay them as much as I can as I do and not go into details because I have a psychosomatic side. And I'd bore myself. I know many others have it worse physically. I just feel like everything feels like a battle on all fronts at times and temporary apathy or waving a white flag feels more natural now.

 

[Strawberry Moon]

Suspected chronic fatigue and/or fibromyalgia here. Just another invisible illness that everyone ignores, it's hard.

 

[ghostbird]

Yep, and it's one of the reasons I'm ctbing. I have a genetic disorder that makes life absolute hell for me. I'm in pain all the time. And I truly mean all the time, even in my dreams.

This is fairly self-centred of me, but I think long-term chronic pain is one of the worst things you can experience. Especially right now when opioids are becoming more and more restricted. I'm lucky to have access to them still but I really feel for patients who don't.

I just feel like chronic pain has made me into an enemy of everyone. I am the enemy of my doctors who tell me to just practice mindfulness and yoga. I am the enemy of every friend I've been mean to because my pain has made me a bitter asshole. I'm the enemy of my parents who have to continue to support me financially because I can't work.

But most of all I am the enemy of myself. My body has betrayed me. I no longer see my body as a part of me; it's the shackles that bind me, the vessel that contains me, but it is not me.

 

[Darkover]

yes i have a brain injury which is a constant state of feeling uncomfortable i am worried sick most of the time it feels like i am dying because i've been injured

 

[emptymiku]

not very major but i have something going on with my eyes and its extremely uncomfortable (sometimes actually painful)

 

[HD72]

I have dysmenorrhea and ibs and it's so awful. I can't tell you the last time my stomach didn't hurt. I don't eat like shit either, I barely fucking eat so it can't be my diet. I get period pains before, during, and after menstruation. All I get prescribed? Uwu extra strength ibuprofen. Thanks so much it did not work!
The mental + physical pain combo is just something else man

I have gastroparesis. I don't eat. I've lost so much weight. No one will test me. I can't eat. I'm so sorry you are going thru this.

Yep, and it's one of the reasons I'm ctbing. I have a genetic disorder that makes life absolute hell for me. I'm in pain all the time. And I truly mean all the time, even in my dreams.

This is fairly self-centred of me, but I think long-term chronic pain is one of the worst things you can experience. Especially right now when opioids are becoming more and more restricted. I'm lucky to have access to them still but I really feel for patients who don't.

I just feel like chronic pain has made me into an enemy of everyone. I am the enemy of my doctors who tell me to just practice mindfulness and yoga. I am the enemy of every friend I've been mean to because my pain has made me a bitter asshole. I'm the enemy of my parents who have to continue to support me financially because I can't work.

But most of all I am the enemy of myself. My body has betrayed me. I no longer see my body as a part of me; it's the shackles that bind me, the vessel that contains me, but it is not me.

This is how I feel. I lost me. They even took my pain pills. I missed an appointment because my mother fell and now they won't refill my Baclofen. Told me it was a law I had to get drug tested. I don't take anything to test me for.

 

[worstgirl7716]

Yeah, I have heart problems and mysterious arm pain that doesn't go away. It's to the point I can't move sometimes.

 

[GhostShell]

This thread makes me feel so seen. I have been dealing with health issues on and off my whole life. Chronic fatigue syndrome. I was mild for years, able to live a semi-normal life meet my friends every once in a while and just… be content. Once I started getting worse everyone except my wife left me. Then I caught covid and the resulting post viral symptoms left me bedbound for 2 months. I am now severely underweight, lost all my hair and my wife is about to leave me, which is fair to be honest, no hard feelings there. I was always the one fascinated by death while she is strictly live-at-all-costs type of person. It is a weird kind of freedom I will have.

I no longer fear death after experiencing literal hell. There is nothing in the afterlife that can be worse than what I experienced these last two months. And that gives me peace, a lot of it. Some people spend a lifetime searching for meaning and honing their philosophy, I speedran it in 4 years.

 

[DEATH IS FREEDOM]

I have physical pain.