Reged: 04/24/06
Posts: 255
Loc: North East of England, UK
hi all.... I've had my share of problems with anxiety. Started off as OCD at 16 and then ibs came roughly the same time. Through finding God I've managed to control the compulsions of ocd somewhat- I know that God is in control and I think it's the 2nd? commandment- 'you shall have no other gods but me' I was treating ocd like a god - bowing down to the voice that was saying 'oh better do this or better not do that' - (fellow ocders I'm sure can understand) But I'm still suffering with the feelings and obsessions anxiety brings. At Christmas I took a double dose of my meds by accident and since then I've totally been anxious about having a heart attack. I got a pain my upper stomach region a few weeks ago and then I came on here did a search for chest pains and I started to get the symptoms that were mentioned. I can't help but think that everything in my body that I'm feeling is down to the anxiety. I've got pressure in my chest, aching arms and back, head pains, shaking, nausea. I went to the doc and she suggested it could be heart burn and told me the symptoms of anxiety are similar to a heart attack! I know a lot of people on this board are in the same position I'm just wondering how many of us, if the anxiety wasn't there would be fine in body too? Don't get me wrong I'm not trivialising it and saying it's all in our heads because I think it is a physical thing but the mind is such a powerful thing I do believe you can actually make yourself feel pain by thinking about it so much. Anyway just some thoughts I decided not to keep to myself this time lol Godbless everyone
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what anxiety does to me- and a bit of a testimony lol
