these_days9
Specialist
- Dec 25, 2019
- 329
I think it's safe to say that people often experience emotions both mentally and physically (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though). This seems especially true when you work really hard to mentally repress these feelings...and I don't know about you all, but I pretend I'm really good at that.
I for sure recognize when I have the sort of classic cases of stomach issues when things are emotionally rough for me. However, there's also a few more unconventional things that I experience that I'm 99.9% sure are related to my anxiety.
One thing that happens quite often is I get "chills" randomly. Not because it's cold or something touched me unexpectedly. Totally random shiver throughout my body. And sometimes it'll be like 5-10 times in a row.
The other thing is that my gag reflex will randomly active. Again not related to a smell or activity like eating. Just walking around. This one's super gross and annoying for me, especially when it's happening over and over again and I'm in public or something.
There's a chance these are also more common than I thought? I just have gotten blank stares from doctors and found like 1 or 2 articles saying they might be related. Curious if other folks also experience physical reactions that may not typically be seen as related to your mental state?
I for sure recognize when I have the sort of classic cases of stomach issues when things are emotionally rough for me. However, there's also a few more unconventional things that I experience that I'm 99.9% sure are related to my anxiety.
One thing that happens quite often is I get "chills" randomly. Not because it's cold or something touched me unexpectedly. Totally random shiver throughout my body. And sometimes it'll be like 5-10 times in a row.
The other thing is that my gag reflex will randomly active. Again not related to a smell or activity like eating. Just walking around. This one's super gross and annoying for me, especially when it's happening over and over again and I'm in public or something.
There's a chance these are also more common than I thought? I just have gotten blank stares from doctors and found like 1 or 2 articles saying they might be related. Curious if other folks also experience physical reactions that may not typically be seen as related to your mental state?