Emotional Upset

I had an emotional upset last night - nothing tragic, just disappointing and discouraging. But man-oh-man the pain today. It is amazing how our emotions affect our bodies. I feel like I have been hit by a truck.

I'm not really venting, just observing. I'm just kind of surprised at the level of pain and the body/mind connection.

Our pain can affect us emotionally and our emotions can affect our pain. My mood does affect my pain levels, especially if I'm angry. I can feel my muscles tense up and my blood pressure elevate. I'm inclined to discuss my feelings openly. I wear my heart on my sleeve. Don't know if this is a good thing or not.

Feel better soon :)

Hugs, Robin

Austen, I'm so sorry you have extra pain today.  I totally believe that everything is connected and affects our health.  We were designed to eat heathy foods, have plenty of movement in our lives, and have peace.  That sure isn't happening these days, is it!  We just have to keep trying.

 

The "peace" part is the hardest since we don't have total control over that aspect of our lives.  Everything can be so stressful and I wish I had a super answer how to get rid of stress.  But, I do a lot of deep breathing and blowing out the stress.  I had to do that today but I'm calm now.

 

Do feel better.  They say stress is a killer and I sure believe it!

 

Sherrine

Yes, it is amazing how affected we are by EVERYthing. I think this is one of the hardest things for non-Fibromites to understand. But there's no getting around it.

I've been finding myself getting numb to certain things in the world, too...there's just so much going on, all the time, it's hard to even grasp, after a while...especially when there's so little you can do about it.

Debbie

Thanks everyone, for the support. And I hope the rest of you who are dealing with stress have better days/weeks ahead.

I was just kinda caught off guard by the immediate cause/effect with stress and pain. I guess it's been awhile since I've seen such a direct correlation. Fibro stinks.