Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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brooke2344
brooke2344

I've been having a tingling sensation on the left side of my scalp and I'm starting to get worried about it it's a bad thing or I'm going to die or something :( I mean it goes ane comes and it's not like it's painful or hurts bad it's just a weird tingling feeling ? Like I know it's there and it's a bit annoying but that's it. I was Fine all day today but around 3:30 it started to happen

arfie
arfie
scalp tingles are among the persistently weird sensations i feel in connection with my anxiety attacks. i remain clueless on whether they are cause or effect of anxiety, but i have zero doubt of the connection. when i have mentioned them to med pros, they referred me to the psych pros. the psych pros referred me back to the med pros. and the beat goes on.

for what it's worth
i based a science fiction attempt on those scalp tingles. it's how the aliens invade our brains. . . it didn't cure the tingles, but at least now i experience them with a bit of a grin. welcome back, et.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Again, start writing daily in a private journal to help you figure out the pattern of thought and action.

Only you can figure out if it's anxiety or something else.

No one is qualified to provide medical advice or suggestions through on-line anonymous support groups.
hasty_05
hasty_05
We have a lot of nerves in our face and scalp. Sometimes I wonder if I am clenching my teeth which triggers this odd nerve pain on the side of my face. I have it today. I try rubbing it gently and then getting busy and not thinking about it. It started when I injured and then had surgery on the shoulder on that side. On my scalp, if my hair is dirty, the whole head sort of tingles. So I try to never have dirty hair, LOL.

You might try massaging that area or lightly scratching it but everyone else is right, we are not medical professionals. I find it most helpful to stop that "I am going to die" thinking when it starts up. That fear based stuff can be so mentally draining. Every human probably does it to some degree of another but it isn't good for us.
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