Is It Common To Have Burning Sensations?

[cdg]

I have it in my head, neck, shoulders, and arms. It causes me to have a nerve twitch that is pretty pronounced. I was starting to turn the corner and felt way better. Then I had a day I was real tired. The next day, I felt a weird sensation in my head. I got angry and went into fight or flight extremely easily. Like have no threshold. Since then its almost back to square one. I'm having intense fear and intrusive thoughts along with the sensations. With this disorder.. do you have to stay calm at all times in order for your nerves to heal?

 

[Leah123]

I've actually dealt with this for several days during the past week, particularly in my shoulders, told my therapist it felt like the trapezii muscles were trying to burn through my bones, they were so tense and burning.

I was holding a lot of fear and stress there, like a somatic memory combined with the sense of hypervigilance and fear. I got a massage to try and relax, but I was on such high alert it only helped for a couple hours, soon I was all the way back to red alert. Telling my therapist about a memory tied to the intrusive thought finally helped release some of the tension a little better, at least for a while. I think it's something I'll be dealing with a while I'm afraid.

I don't believe our nerves must be calm 100% of the time to heal- first, it's impossible, second, working with and through the nerves is part of healing, in my experience. Sorry you're dealing with this, hope it is alleviated soon for you.

 

[Maggiemay]

I know exactly what you mean.... Nasty nasty experience. Glad I'm not alone tho in putting up with this *hugs*

 

[StarChild]

I have it in my head, neck, shoulders, and arms. It causes me to have a nerve twitch that is pretty pronounced.

Hi cdg, did you already try some treatment by a Chiropractor? Because we're sometimes that tensed and cramped, that it can block a nerve.

I had good results by let a chiropractor deblock my upper back and neck, anyway.

 

[Abstract]

Hi Cdg,

It may help to read the following thread: [DLMURL]https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/the-ptsd-cup-explanation.13737/[/DLMURL]

 

[cdg]

Thank you for all of the replies. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this. I'm having a hell of a time. I have 2 friends who are chiropractors and they were not able to help me. Went to a nerve specialist chiro on top of that and nothing. I just dont understand how one 10 minute episode of intense anger can bring back everything I was feeling. Like the last 2 months of recovery didn't happen.

 

[franciemarnie]

I find it goes in waves. If I do mindful meditation preferably early in the day, and figure out what I am feeling, I do better.

Lots of times I have only a general sense of I am sad or I am angry. Though it sounds looney tunes, I will focus on the pain and ask my body what it is trying to tell me, what story or statement is it trying to make.

I didn't do it the last couple days and spent the last couple days hyper vigilant and in fight or flight.

Today I got back on track. It really works for me but sometimes I don't like the thought of sitting alone with my head. Maybe because I spent my life mostly numb between adrenalin bouts and feel like if I stop thinking, I stop existing (since I didn't feel generally).

I read about that idea on PTSD A Way Out blog website.

Anyhow, with mindful meditation, I focus in how my body feels from toes to head so I don't have to deal with blank head fear. It gives me a heads up on where I am at so I don't feel as blind sighted.

I am sorry it is so rocky sometimes and unpredictable. It can be really discombobulating.