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I have really bad sciatica and now anxiety

Postallady
Postallady
 

I have been to the Orthopedic Dr, had an MRI and it is sciatica, the pain is really bad if I am standing or walking around for a half hour or so..Waiting for the referral for the cortisone shot, and just wondering how other people deal with this and waiting..I have anxiety anyway so this is just making me miserable...


 
arfie
arfie
I deal with a substantial amount of chronic pain and believe that this is one of the places where anxiety is, "Just Doing Its Job." Anxiety is a hard-wired part of our survival instinct and its SUPPOSED to go off for any threat to our well-being. Alas, for those of us with over-developed survival instincts, that all-natural alarm escalates into the psychiatric disorder as naturally as one moral compromise can escalate into monstrous abuse.

My far from comprehensive handling of this phenom is self-care. I don't get to make the pain go away, but doing something, anything, to help myself feel better often helps to ease the anxiety. A venting post such as this one qualifies as a bit of self-care. Venting the stresses and reaching out for proof that I am not alone helps considerable.

Gentle empathy, Postal Lady. You are not alone.
Postallady
Postallady
Thank you for that, I know this survival thing too, I have been in therapy now for awhile and dealing with my childhood trauma...and we know that's where my hypochondriac stuff is coming from...I'm getting better at it but then I got this sciatica issue..And it helps I'm not alone.....thank you so much.....
arfie
arfie
I know a regretful number of things that still bite me in the proverbial gluteus maximus on a routine basis. What's intelligence got to do with it?

It definitely helps to know I'm not alone.
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