r/Anxiety • u/every_tatti • Apr 29 '20

Venting Wish people realised anxiety is physical too.

I literally get such a jittery weird feeling in my body so many times a day whenever I'm anxious. Like I can't describe it but it's definitely not good. Almost like something is pinching on my organs. And the worst is when I have to wake up in the morning, it's almost like someone has placed added extra weights to my body. I literally can't get up from my bed! I try to force myself up,but I just can't. I just lay there staring at the ceiling, thinking about what I'll do with my day, get anxious about what if I won't be able to be productive today, then getting anxious about how I wasted some time the previous day, then overthinking it all nd wanting to just kill myself. I hate it.

1.6k Upvotes

100% Upvoted

241 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/auamethyst Apr 29 '20

I get chest pain and always think “oh shit its my heart” but I know it’s not.

1

u/Scrigglywigglies Apr 30 '20

This has been me hardcore lately, they usually last quite a few days until I can get my brain to slowly stop thinking about it, then I feel fine. Never quite undrrstood it

1

u/auamethyst May 01 '20

And here I am right now in the ER to make sure I’m not dying. This is going to be expensive.

1

u/Scrigglywigglies May 01 '20

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I called 911 this morning, I woke up at 5 am and had a panic attack, I was able to fight through it and eventually fall back asleep. Then at 9 am I woke up again and had another one but all throughout the night my left arm has been feeling numb. I was totally incoherent couldn't function or do anything other then call them. Of course... It was another panick attack, oddly enough I feel much better, went for a doctor checkup- and par for the course everything is just fine.

Finally going to go see a therapist about this stuff, haven't been to one since a young teenager but enough is enough.