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Posted 11/14/2014 5:34 PM (GMT 0)
When sitting I catch myself rocking back and fourth or side to side. I try and make myself stop, which it does work, until I stop focusing on it and the next thing I know I catch myself at it again. It super annoying! Anyone else do this and know why? I have never told anyone about this before xause I'm pretty sure im just crazy lol smilewinkgrin
Posted 11/14/2014 6:12 PM (GMT 0)
yeah i am a rocker. slow rock is better than the fast aggitated rock. slow rocking can be very soothing. i just go with it. like you say when you no longer focus on it it is gone. a little bit of over thinking, aggigtation, stress and the like rocking can come in. i also have happy rocks as well. when i am skyping my partner i do the slow happy rock. been doing it for many years. cheers.
Posted 11/14/2014 6:17 PM (GMT 0)
Hi 85M.,

Any chance that you do this in an unconscious pain response...or in trying to prevent pain? I remember you have back/disc issues...so maybe shifing postions is a part of just managing...sort of your own PT?

How is your anxiety management plan coming along? Have you had a chance to try any of the self-help in our Resources? IF not, I do encourage you to...they are great!

I hope that you are doing well in general. Have a great weekend and keep posting!

S.C.
Posted 11/14/2014 10:22 PM (GMT 0)
I'm a rocker too! Always have been. I didn't know if it went back to Daddy rocking me and me snuggling up in his arm. (Yes, I was a Daddy's girl).

But I rock often, and for me it's a response to CP (chronic pain) as well as a coping mechanism, a self-soothing way to calm myself. Hubby picked up on it and he'll get behind me and rock me in his arms sometimes too.

Nothing wrong with that! As I mentioned, self-soothing. We all have our ways of helping to make ourselves feel better.....So regardless of what the particular trigger (anxiety or CP), I've been rocking for over 45 years, and I still do it, and hey, guess what? It still works! :D





M.
Posted 11/14/2014 10:22 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you both. Well it's good to see i am not the only one who does it lol! I over think pretty much everything, and stay stressed.




I am not sure cause I use to do a lot I mean alot when I was kid and I've just noticed it's been getting bad again. The other day I sat rocking watching a candle for like 30 minutes and when I realized what I was doing I blew out the candle and went outside lol! It's going okay, as long as im not alone out in public, some times that don't even work. Still trying to find what triggers my panic attacks. This might sound crazy but, some times I wonder if it's vibs I get off people that make me get all panicky or what. I have always been on of those people that once I meet you I know before they even speak if I will like them or not.
Posted 11/14/2014 10:26 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, I just had another thought. (I know, two in a row! I'm on a roll).

Maybe some of this is just pent up energy? I rock when I'm standing in line in the grocery store. For me, I can't sit still, can't stand still, (can barely dress me up, much less take me out!)...but I'm a rocker, on my feet or on my tushie.

One gets used to it. It works....





M.
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