Hi,
Writing here used to make me feel better so here I am trying this again.
I am a 25 year old female. I have scoliosis and degenerative disc (cervical). None of these issues ruin my life as much as my anxiety! In fact I have been managing my fitness with a physiotherapist and exercising. Then this global pandemic happened and I have been stuck in my apartment for almost two months! At the beginning of the lockdown i used to do yoga and simple exercises BUT the fear i have been experiencing was massive! This caused my anxiety to severely flare up! In fact, i had to call 911 for a panic attack! Things continued to go worse and my back and neck started to get all tensed up. I contacted my physiotherapist through video calls but things were not working. She keeps telling me that i should stay positive but my neck now is getting too stiff (solid as a wall) and my eating has been affected because i cant really move my head when i eat and i feel too much pressure accumulate around my head& throat while eating so i just give up eating the whole dish. I noticed that my multivitamin gummy slightly makes my neck joints move better but i am still too worried to function normally, i even started to doubt that I have dystonia or MS (getting a diagnosis now is too difficult because of the pandemic again). Again my physiotherapist thinks that my problems are because i am all tensed up in the shoulder and neck areas. I am so desperate for help at this point
Does anyone else experience muscle tension that prevents them from eating or sitting normally because of anxiety? Anything to help?