Can anxiety make you feel like you aren’t in control of your movements... it’s weird to explain but ever since I started having terrible anxiety my brain makes me confused or how I’m moving and doing things... like disconnected? I know what I’m doing but I don’t feel like it? My mind feels like it’s playing tricks on me I’m just not sure how to stop that. Anyone?
Hey! I totally get this and am actually going through it right now. It’s really trippy. I’ve been told exercise and mindfulness techniques can help, but when it’s happening I’m usually too freaked out to do much. I know that doesn’t help much, but I wanted you to know you aren’t alone.
Hi Jess, I am not exactly sure what you mean, but since I started having bad anxiety, I have a "tic", which, in my case, means my head jerks downward and I squint my eyes. It happens when my anxiety is high.
Would you say they're uncontrolled "twitches"..tremors..or jerk type of motions....And are they're localized to your head only...or any other limb..
How do you deal with this?? I try exercise and meditation only helps for a bit but it’s like a weird feeling... could you describe or try to tell me how you feel? It’s nice to know I’m not alone
It’s really hard to explain, it’s like suddenly I’m not connected to myself and my movements feel weird but I’m still in control just sometimes I’m unsure of how I’m moving??? It’s only been happening since my anxiety got really bad but yeah sometimes I jerk my head too... it’s weird I can’t control it. Or I feel really heavy
Honestly when I’m like this it’s really hard to deal. I try to force myself to do normal stuff anyway and ignore it, but like you said, that doesn’t last very long. I’m going back to counseling next week, and I’m sure she’ll talk about mindfulness but hopefully she’ll have other suggestions. I find a little relief in doing direction oriented or repetitive activities like baking, crafts, or playing games. I also find reading helps. Hopefully we get some more answers in here ☺️
I’m trying so hard! It’s hard to focus on tasks because suddenly I’ll think the weirdest things “am I real?” “This doesn’t feel right” “will I ever feel better” i just don’t know what to do