What Do You Do When Every Part Of You Hurts?

[KP the nut]

I'll keep fingers, toes etc crossed for you. That is good news
Love
KP

 

[BloomInWinter]

I actually ended up with a Vitamin D deficiency from being housebound. Your primary doc should know to watch levels in people with PTSD due to the isolation. They can take a blood level. I found out because I was hurting all over.

Hope you feel better and find an answer...

 

[stacey]

The last few days have been excruciatingly painful. All I do is cry. My therapist says I need to get out of the house and distract myself but the thought of being around other people when I feel so shitty, is more than I can take.

What do you do when every part of your being hurts and all you want to do is hide from the world? I hurt all of me hurts. And theres nothing that anybody can do about it to make it stop.

What have other people done when they're in this much pain that they've found helpful to lessen the hurt?

I was recently in a car wreck, Nov. 2nd to be exact. The longer I don't move, the more it hurts. When I'm hurting inside, which is most of the time, the longer I isolate, the more it hurts.

 

[patrick]

The hot tub at the YMCA has saved my life more than once. I don't know what it is, but sitting in that hot water until I'm sweating so much I can't stand it anymore can completely change my day. After that a cuppa coffee at one of the coffee joints where I often see people I know, and I'm back with the living again. At least for the moment.

 

[Srain]

Every inch of my skin's nerves are super revved up and sensitive. Just the material from clothing feels like it's tearing it :( I have nothing but the thinnest and softest of material that I wear closest to my body, including my feet, and just layer on clothing as I need to stay warm. Even still, I feel like it's breaking open and I end up with hives but have been able to keep most hives and other rashes to a limit.

I have no doubt in my mind the origin is from my traumas. I got a break from all this for several years and then it came back with more memories. I read recently where childhood trauma can be the grassroots of several physical ailments including FM, Migraines (although, these can be heredity), and malformation of the Hypothalamus Gland causing various other issues, etc. I've had one dr Dx FM in my case a couple years ago. I mean really! It could be or not be, not much being done about it so who cares, sheesh!!

Stress definitely brings on the hyperactivity of my nerve endings. I don't like being touched because it hurts so much all I want to do is curl up with a blanket. Sometimes that's the best I can do to regenerate. Hot or warm water makes my skin hurt more once I've past a certain point, though prior to that Epson Salts tend to do some healing mojo...go figure. I love when I can first get in an hour power walk, otherwise forget all that and head to my bedroom cave.

Rain...

 

[Marie E.]

I've recently been itching from the thought of cold weather, which brings a flashback. I get goose bumps and I can't get warm. I get up and walk around, breathe, after about 40 min than I am ok. Also I remember other things as well and break out like something bit me and get a rash, though I checked thoroughly and seems nothing is wrong. I know not to go too over board or I will get paranoid. When I itch, I just dab some lotion all over and snuggle in my blanket at night and think positive and usually I can feel better and catch at least a few zzz's. I think it is weird, but I am glad I have an idea of where it is coming from.

 

[Trinomial]

Things that have eased the hurt in the past for me:

1. Hugs. Doesn't matter what you are hugging, could be a friend or family member or even a blanket or pillow. Holding tight onto something feels good sometimes.

2. There is a place near me that has creamy, rich hot chocolate. If I can find it within myself to get out for a bit, I'll grab a cup--sip on it slowly and savor every drop. It's a rare and special treat for me.

3. Massage. I can't afford to go get a massage, so I've learned self-massage. It is a very underestimated and overlooked practice. Human touch is necessary for feeling well. No one ever said that you couldn't provide that for yourself. I like to massage my feet, hip, and shoulders. I'll spend a good 10 - 20 minutes doing that, with lotion, and just feeling the warmth and the movement of my own touch--feeling it deep down in my muscles and just allowing myself to relax and feel good from it.

4. Movies. I supress a lot of my emotion. So if I am feeling very bad, I'll wrap myself up in a blanket, grab a box of tissues, and watch a tear-jerker.

5. Distraction. Video games and writing about things or drawing pictures will draw my attention away from feeling bad as I channel myself into something else.

6. Patterns. The other thing, and this is more long-term solution, is I analyze what is going on. Am I having a bad day? A bad week? Month? What is triggering this sadness and why am I having trouble relieving it? I look for patterns. I figure out what my sadness is telling me I need to work on.

Feel better. :)

 

[KP the nut]

Things that have eased the hurt in the past for me:

1. Hugs. Doesn't matter what you are hugging, could be a friend or family member or even a blanket or pillow. Holding tight onto something feels good sometimes.

My T gives me a pillow, I picked one up in one of the first sessions and told him I was a 'hugger' he told me to hug away

and now always has one ready for me.

2. There is a place near me that has creamy, rich hot chocolate. If I can find it within myself to get out for a bit, I'll grab a cup--sip on it slowly and savor every drop. It's a rare and special treat for me.

I have to go to our Town Centre on Friday, I haven't been there on my own since before my accident. The thought of lots of people in a public place fills me with dread, but I will reward my self with a creamy chocolate, great idea thank you.

KP

 

[Marie E.]

Yummy chocolate!! I'm a chocoholic KP.