INeedASenzuBean
03-08-2016, 03:52 AM
First, I've always had an ton of stress, depression, and anxiety from being raised by dysfunctional parents, along with other things. However, it really started taking its toll on me when I suffered an injury to my neck. This neck injury actually caused overwhelming anxiety and stress by basically constantly overactivating my sympathetic nervous system. Which induced dizziness, disorientation, brain fog, congitive issues, anxiety symptoms, etc.
At the time I was working hard at a fairly intellectually demanding job. Of course, when you have to use your brain and you can't think properly, you start to become stressed and anxious even more.
Eventually, with time, the physical problems with my neck started to improve, and I noticed that the symptoms described above started to come and go. I started to notice that these symptoms would reduce if I just watched tv or didn't really use my brain at all. However, the second I started working again and/or using my brain all of the anxiety/symptoms returned.
My logic is that all of these symptoms have become engrained at this point and my body can't really let go of them. In the past I attached so much stress to working (because I couldn't do it properly) that it now acts as a stress "trigger" to activate that anxiety/symptoms again.
I've tested this over and over again. And without fail the second I start working I get symptoms, and the second I stop working, stop thinking, and watch tv, everything returns to normal.
I have a huge project that I need to work on. And it's what I was primarily working and stressing on when my neck was bad and the symptoms were constant. I seem to have particularly attached so much stress in the past to this specific project that it literally induces all of these symptoms in minutes of beginning to work on it. So much so that I can't even construct a sentence due to the brain fog, disorientation, and memory loss being so bad. Although, again, it goes away when I do something else.
In the past I wouldn't have even been able to write a forum post without inducing said symptoms, but that seems to have alleviated with time and trying to de-stress my life.
The problem is I have a finite amount of time to complete this project and can't wait for my body to naturally let go of it as being a trigger.
I'm sure this sounds absolutely nuts, but I can assure you that subconsciously anchoring a stress response to a brain function (thinking in general) or even a specific task (my project) is real.
What I am wondering is if anyone knows of a way that I can get rid of it so I can stop getting these symptoms from my project that I need to work on? I am also wondering if anyone knows of a certain medication that I can ask my family doctor to give me that may correct this; by basically breaking this engrained but unneccessary "trigger".
While your initial reaction will be to discuss this all with my GP, please be aware that they will not listen to all this and just try to push whatever general anti-anxiety/depressant is currently trending.
At the time I was working hard at a fairly intellectually demanding job. Of course, when you have to use your brain and you can't think properly, you start to become stressed and anxious even more.
Eventually, with time, the physical problems with my neck started to improve, and I noticed that the symptoms described above started to come and go. I started to notice that these symptoms would reduce if I just watched tv or didn't really use my brain at all. However, the second I started working again and/or using my brain all of the anxiety/symptoms returned.
My logic is that all of these symptoms have become engrained at this point and my body can't really let go of them. In the past I attached so much stress to working (because I couldn't do it properly) that it now acts as a stress "trigger" to activate that anxiety/symptoms again.
I've tested this over and over again. And without fail the second I start working I get symptoms, and the second I stop working, stop thinking, and watch tv, everything returns to normal.
I have a huge project that I need to work on. And it's what I was primarily working and stressing on when my neck was bad and the symptoms were constant. I seem to have particularly attached so much stress in the past to this specific project that it literally induces all of these symptoms in minutes of beginning to work on it. So much so that I can't even construct a sentence due to the brain fog, disorientation, and memory loss being so bad. Although, again, it goes away when I do something else.
In the past I wouldn't have even been able to write a forum post without inducing said symptoms, but that seems to have alleviated with time and trying to de-stress my life.
The problem is I have a finite amount of time to complete this project and can't wait for my body to naturally let go of it as being a trigger.
I'm sure this sounds absolutely nuts, but I can assure you that subconsciously anchoring a stress response to a brain function (thinking in general) or even a specific task (my project) is real.
What I am wondering is if anyone knows of a way that I can get rid of it so I can stop getting these symptoms from my project that I need to work on? I am also wondering if anyone knows of a certain medication that I can ask my family doctor to give me that may correct this; by basically breaking this engrained but unneccessary "trigger".
While your initial reaction will be to discuss this all with my GP, please be aware that they will not listen to all this and just try to push whatever general anti-anxiety/depressant is currently trending.