For the longest time, the physical and mental/emotional components of PTSD had been about equal. As I’ve worked on my traumas and moved towards healing I’ve found that the mental/emotional components have become a bit easier to live and deal with. Yes, sometimes I can be knocked on my ass with symptoms. They’re not as severe and I bounce back much quicker than before.
Imagine my surprise when the physical component isn’t following the mental/emotional. While there has been some improvement in the duration of the pain/fatigue/feeling run over by a truck, there’s been no improvement in the amount of it I deal with. Fifteen minutes of high-level anxiety is still followed by hours of aching muscles, lack of energy and that run-over-by-a-truck feeling. If I have a lot of stress or anxiety, it can trigger days of pain. I feel like I’m 85 some days.
Doing everything I’m supposed to do (exercise, eating right, keeping stress down) helps…but only to a point. I’m finding that even a small increase in stress/anxiety causes such a physical reaction in me. Actually the physical part is harder for me to deal with than the mental/emotional part right now.
Is anyone else dealing with anything like this?
Lisa
Imagine my surprise when the physical component isn’t following the mental/emotional. While there has been some improvement in the duration of the pain/fatigue/feeling run over by a truck, there’s been no improvement in the amount of it I deal with. Fifteen minutes of high-level anxiety is still followed by hours of aching muscles, lack of energy and that run-over-by-a-truck feeling. If I have a lot of stress or anxiety, it can trigger days of pain. I feel like I’m 85 some days.
Doing everything I’m supposed to do (exercise, eating right, keeping stress down) helps…but only to a point. I’m finding that even a small increase in stress/anxiety causes such a physical reaction in me. Actually the physical part is harder for me to deal with than the mental/emotional part right now.
Is anyone else dealing with anything like this?
Lisa