For the past month I feel like my vision feels really weird I can't describe it, it sort of feels like I'm going crazy, I thought it could've been because I have astigmatism in both of my eyes but when I went to my eye doctor he said that everything is fine, so now I just don't know anymore I hate feeling like this this never has happened to me and I sometimes i just feel like I'm not even myself. I have other symptoms also such as some muscle twitches, arm and leg aches, and today during school I noticed when I got up and went to walk, my lower right back had a sharp pain but went away after I walked more. I'm just really scared I could have something really serious wrong with me and I feel like I don't enjoy life how I used to
Anxiety can cause hundreds of symptoms. Do you normally suffer from anxiety and worry?
all of your symptoms can definitely be caused by anxiety. I have had all of those symptoms and so have millions of other people. The funny vision , the muscle twitching and the others. When we have anxiety our nerves can be a little bit irritated and we can get symptoms, including muscle aches and pain. It can throw your vision off a bit. That happened to me.
I have many more symptoms also but I am fine. What you need to do is learn how to manage your anxiety. Think of anything has been bothering you or making you worry. See if there's a way you can speak with a counselor about this who can help you. I did that and it really helped a lot.
you will be fine but do get some support with this. Talk to your parents about speaking with the counselor. 🌸🌸🌸
I also wanted to tell you that any symptoms caused by anxiety cannot hurt you. I know they can feel weird and scary but that's all they can do. 😁
No I don't think I normally suffer from anxiety and worry, but if you don't mind would you mind reading my story and how I think I developed anxiety?
Sure!
So over my summer break i was always with friends or family so I felt like my normal self since in school I'm always talking to people, anyways in the middle of July towards the end I just stopped hanging out with family and my friends so I started to feel lonely/depressed which is normally fine since everyone can feel like that once in a while but I started to get frequent headaches and my vision felt like how it feels right now so I got freaked out because in my head I thought to myself " what if it's something really serious" and I started to look up symptoms and different diseases so ever since that day i started to get different symptoms which seem like there not going away even when I'm with friends or family
Ok so you started to feel lonely and depressed in the middle of July. Did anything change between you and your family or your friends? Can you think of any reason why you may have felt that way?
I definitely can see now why you have those symptoms. The frequent headaches and vision changes are a sign of anxiety for some reason. As long as your doctor checked you out and said you are OK, this sounds to me like classic anxiety and stress and possibly some depression. Something was bothering you internally and perhaps you weren't even aware of how much it was bothering you. When we keep emotions inside, very often they show themselves as symptoms. Your body and brain are telling you through the symptoms that you have too much stress and anxiety about something.
One thing I can say is do not Google your symptoms! That is the mistake many people on this site make and then they freaked themselves out for nothing. Most symptoms can go along with most conditions. For instance, somebody might get chest pain but that does not necessarily mean they have a heart problem. Chest pain can also be caused by stress, indigestion problems, etc. And by googling symptoms you can actually make yours worse. If you're going to google at all, look up ways to reduce stress or listen to YouTube meditations for anxiety. They are great!
see if you can get some counseling if this continues. I truly believe you are going to be fine once you manage this better.
Just try to think of what might've been bothering you or causing anxiety.
No my relationship didn't change with my cousins or family but in late June right after my school ended I was constantly busy with my cousins wedding which led into July and in July me and friends hung out a lot so I was always busy with them doing whatever and I'm guessing once we just stopped hanging out since they got busy I just randomly stopped being with people so I felt lonely/depressed and I haven't been to the doctor since my mom told me everything was mental and everything was in my head but once I started hanging out with friends and family again I didn't feel lonely/depressed but my symptoms didn't go away since I still was worried
Sometimes the symptoms can take quite a while to go away. Even if you're feeling better. Eventually they should subside. You almost have to fool your brain into believing that you are truly happy and don't have any anxiety.
just start doing things that make you happy and make you feel relaxed. Don't forget to laugh and smile because it's been proven that these things actually make positive changes in the brain.
you have to take the attitude of "I'm fine. Everything is OK and I can deal with this". Think like that if you get any symptoms. Worry just brings on more symptoms and then you worry more.
hope you feel better soon!
Yes I've been trying to do that maybe once school gets more into it I'll just forget about everything and also thank you so much Jan for helping me out and spending time to listen to me and answer back to me