Flinch twitch shivers

[bumbles]

Does anyone else get the involuntary flinches/twitches/shivers?

It's definitely worse if someone is about to touch me or seems angry, but I get them sometimes just talking with people. Almost like I'm trying too hard too fight off intrusive thoughts that the person might hurt me or have bad motives (paranoid, I know)

And if you do, have you found anything that helps this?

 

[New]

Yes! I definitely do this. Even if it’s someone I do trust and just don’t want to be touched.

I don’t have any advice on how to make it stop. I usually end up isolating until I feel better which is probably the wrong thing but I don’t know.

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

[1Jenna19]

Yes I know what you are talking about, I get seizures or whatever, that's what they feel like. Uhm no nothing helps that I know of, I guess we're both stuck in hell. I heard DBT therapy helps, but I can't get out of my house so I can't say for certain because I have have tried to seek help, and have failed before even getting close to sitting down with someone to talk, let alone get DBT. Sorry but yes, I know what you are talking about. I feel like emotions progress and are now outside of my body, they I don't know the word to describe it but start in and protrude out, I hope that makes sense, I seem to be talking a foreign language no one understands. I am so isolated.

 

[bumbles]

Yes I know what you are talking about, I get seizures or whatever, that's what they feel like. Uhm no...

That makes a lot of sense to me, we speak the same language it seems. I'm sorry you're suffering with this, maybe there are some intermediate steps you can take to build up to being more comfortable with therapy or speaking with someone. I wish you the best.

 

[Stephernovas]

I don't know if this is the same thing or not, but especially when I'm home alone and I'm thinking about the trauma I do this jerk reflex. I assume if it were to go full blown it would be the whole involuntary shaking I get with an intense panic attack, but it's like my body tenses in my hips (apparently were I hold all my PTSD secrets) and this flinchy/jerking motion happens. Maybe it's my body's way of responding/remembering what happened as I'm thinking about it? I find it mostly only happens when I'm at home alone.

 

[Deleted member 46752]

Yes this happens to me, I usually try grounding exercises to break the thoughts causing such terror, grounding exercises might be a good avenue to look into...sending good vibes