Not Being Aware of Tensing Up

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I am not sure if this is part of PTSD or not, but I thought I would ask anyway. For as many years as I can remember when I am watching T.V, reading a book, or just hanging out lying down.....I won't be nervous, anxious, upset, or even thinking about anything, and then I notice.....My entire body is as stiff as a board. I am gripping the book so hard that I have white knuckle syndrome. LOL!!! Seriously....I am so stiff it unbelievable. I talk myself into relaxing, and within a few minutes......Stiff as a board again. All of the muscles in my body become rigid.

Anyone else have this happen to them???? It really is annoying at times.


Thanks,

Wendy

 

Thanks guys for the replies....I do the breathing thing, and really do try to relax. I even do the relaxing every part of the body from the toes to the head, but by the time I get to the head....The toes are stiff again...:loopy:
I will just keep on trying.

Wendy

 

Lisa if he does give you any miraculous cure for tensing up....PLEASE pass them on. I could use them

Bec, as far as Chiro's.......I had one that was absolutely amazing. I swear to god that this guy was a miracle worker. But..........I had to stop going because the next day I couldn't move. Not sure if it was the Fibromyalgia, or the tensing up, or what, but every where he did a manipulation, I couldn't move that body part the next day. Felt like a Mac truck had hit me, then backed up a few times just to make sure.....

Before I had the pain though out my body, this Chiro did wonders for me. I really miss the fact that I can no longer go. I have even tried massages.....hahahahahhahahahah the next day felt like they had beat me with a baseball bat a few thousand times.

Oh well.......... No pain, no gain.....I am really sick of pain..

Wendy

 

Bec,

I went to my Chiro for years....... He helped me so many times. Once I was in pain for 8 months. 3 Dr's diagnosed me with a pulled Trapezius (sp) muscle. After 8 months of pain, I saw a NP. Sh DX'ed me with a pinched nerve in my neck(I had pain in my arm, and shoulder blade not neck). It turned out to be a pinched nerve and I had a rib out of place. Anyway she said I needed surgery and called a surgeon. I went to the Chiro. He fixed me in 4 visits. It wasn't until I was DX'ed with Fibromyalgia that the visits to the Chiro. became so painful that he even said that he was hurting me more than helping. So we agreed that I should stop. This was after 1 year of pain after every visit.

Exercise helps a lot with the pain issue. But I also have other health issues that contribute to the pain too. Arthritis through out my body. Bone spurs in 1 foot, and on L 5 in spine. 3 bulging disc L3 L4 L5

AWWWWWWW Hell I am old, (53) decrepit, and literally falling apart. At least that's what this old body tells me every morning when I try to get out of bed......

Wendy

 

Lisa,

Sorry......Chiro is short for Chiropractor, AKA "Bone Crusher".

Wendy