Mental issues/depression affecting physical health?

[Tegan_sky]

I have had my mental health and depression in the trash most of the last 2 to 2.5 years. And I have also had numerous, numerous physical health problems at the same time. Sometimes I wonder if the physical ailments are being affected by my state of mind. Also I wonder if it has become a vicious cycle...the depression and anxiety causing worsening of physical issues, then the physical issues making me more depressed and anxious. I have had NO luck trying to expand a "support system" for the last several years, most of the time, having no one to tell how I really feel, except for a reliable monthly visit with my shrink. Outside of him, there is no one to talk to. Two of the issues I have are acute urinary retention that got to a point that I have been wearing an indwelling Foley catheter for the last 2.5 years. Also, constipation can be a recurring issue. I have completely wondered if these two issues, not having my body let go of urine and poop, is it a result of me not being able to let my real feelings out more than once a month to the shrink.

A bit of good news is that I found a mental health Zoom meeting twice a week, and I often do share in that meeting, how I really feel. So add that to my being able to tell my shrink how I really feel.

Does anyone relate to this, or have mental depression and anxiety, co-occuring with physical problems?

 

[logan]

Body and mind always influence each other. You cannot separate the two from each other.

 

[BobMorane]

Before I became mentally ill I did athleticism, rock-climbing and would hit the gym after my sport sessions. In less than a year after falling ill my body transitioned from a greek rock statue body to a 16 years old mal nourished boy's.
The mental is in constant symbiosis with your body, if one gets fucked, there's a lot of chance the other will too.

 

[clown_17]

When my mental health got worse I dropped weight suddenly without doing anything. I also had sore muscles all the time and my body would contort uncontrollably. Mental health = physical health it happens.

 

[lofticries]

I have lpr now which is connected to anxiety.

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