How your mental struggles affect your body

[FoxSauce]

Well ik people can experience physical symptoms with their mental illnesses

Just wanted to share my experience and asked how are yours.

Mine can feel like intense migraines , nausea and body aches this happens whem I'm in a stressful or depressive episode.

Anxiety the typical symptoms if its extreme I can kust space out (idk how to explain it) sometimes I also throw up from stress or even sh beacuse of that.

These are mine , this open if you wanna share yours.

Hope your is a little better.

 

[uklad38]

Mine can feel like I'm going to throw up like something is stuck in my throat. It can also feel like my legs are weak or tingly, like pins and needles but not numb.

I also get some chest pain the odd time.

 

[supplementalo²sucks]

Well ik people can experience physical symptoms with their mental illnesses

Just wanted to share my experience and asked how are yours.

Mine can feel like intense migraines , nausea and body aches this happens whem I'm in a stressful or depressive episode.

Anxiety the typical symptoms if its extreme I can kust space out (idk how to explain it) sometimes I also throw up from stress or even sh beacuse of that.

These are mine , this open if you wanna share yours.

Hope your is a little better.

I just walk 30-40k steps while crying

 

[unluckysadness]

Anxiety can give me nausea, migraine, muscle pain, tachycardia, dizziness, stomach pain and many more symptoms...

 

[interna]

when i feel really, extremely bad, ill get episodes of lowered body temperature, violent shivering, nausea and fever-like symptoms

 

[flowerbomb]

pain in various parts of my body, it depends

 

[Alcoholic Teletubby]

I already deal with depression, anxiety, and insomnia, all while being autistic. The stress from college has caused some unusual and lasting issues with my body, including now living with TMJ and experiencing swelling in my rim for nearly a full week.

Bedrotting at home has undoubtedly fucked up my joints and caused muscle tension, because I sit on my bed and use my laptop all day.

 

[E4syW3y0u7]

I don't even know if i have a mental illness even though i went to a psych ward and got diagnosed with "psychotic episode".

But while i wait for my ticket to ctb, i've been going nuts, sometimes i hyperventilate and start bawling my eyes out, actin like a tweaker and then punching walls till my knuckles bleed...

I let myself go completely aswell, i barely eat any solid food, mostly consume alcohol.

And i look like a hobo with long hair and beard, why would i care if i'm gonna meet my end soon ?

I feel spikes in my heart sometimes aswell, my legs hurts from bed rotting all day.


My eyes burns like hell aswell.

What a fucking waste...

 

[Forveleth]

I have had extreme nausea from anxiety. Used to get up an vomit in the middle of the night. I have also given myself stress hives many times. At first I thought I was having some sort of allergic reaction or had poison ivy or something but once I calmed down, they went away.

 

[Pluto]

 

[coolcow1289]

Huge weight loss. I'm very gaunt and it's gotten to the point where people ask if I'm sick. But I also have other health issues that contribute. It's frustrating because I do the things people say I should do - go to the gym, stay active! But I struggle to eat the calories to support that. I just become weaker. I eat maybe 1000 calories a day.

 

[prmsenottotellshh]

Well ik people can experience physical symptoms with their mental illnesses

Just wanted to share my experience and asked how are yours.

Mine can feel like intense migraines , nausea and body aches this happens whem I'm in a stressful or depressive episode.

Anxiety the typical symptoms if its extreme I can kust space out (idk how to explain it) sometimes I also throw up from stress or even sh beacuse of that.

These are mine , this open if you wanna share yours.

Hope your is a little better.

Hi, I know I'm late to this post-I just joined. You said you sometimes vomit during stress/depressive episodes-does it ever come out of no where? Like you're absolutely fine one minute and a minute later you feel nauseous and may or may not start hurling? I have episodes like this at work and my bf says it is stress related but it literally comes out of nowhere. I can't figure out if it is from stress or some other medical issues I have/may have. I would love more insight about what happens to you if you feel comfortable sharing

 

[softfur]

when i'm too depressed to move i feel a heavy pressure in my body, especially my legs and head. there's a term for it by name of leaden paralysis but idk if anyone uses it. and i get sort of lightheaded/dizzy, unable to focus my eyes, and my coordination is shit

i get sick from anxiety predictably during active school semesters. i thought it was "just in my head" but anxiety weakens your immune system so it is an actual pathogen that gets in. and i've had my skin go numb for days. that one really makes me wanna kms anxiety will just do anything

 

[TwistedNightmares]

I get heart palpitations from anxiety. Constant stress and depression has made me feel emotionally numb over time, and gives me a lot of nightmares. Not sure if this also counts, but I am constantly deficient in iron due to stress as well, which has caused me a whole bunch of issues on its own.

 

[FoxSauce]

Hi, I know I'm late to this post-I just joined. You said you sometimes vomit during stress/depressive episodes-does it ever come out of no where? Like you're absolutely fine one minute and a minute later you feel nauseous and may or may not start hurling? I have episodes like this at work and my bf says it is stress related but it literally comes out of nowhere. I can't figure out if it is from stress or some other medical issues I have/may have. I would love more insight about what happens to you if you feel comfortable sharing

Not quite, if im under a lot of stress, them yeah can cause me to throw up. But I havent experienced out of nowhere.

Is like a domino effect. I'll feel maybe a migraine/ heache and progress to vomiting os the best way I can describe it. Hope that answers your question. If not you can ask more.