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...
The first step was to separate the pain levels, origin, and length of pain. By the time I got some relief, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, had a bout of shingles, and am in CBT (cognitive behavior therapy) to help me move past the "stuck" reactions in certain processes.
Three things I would do to help figure out where the "real" pain is coming from. First, use a stick drawing to help you see the way the pain is moving. Second, check your posture, balance, and when your pain level moves, observe your posture and balance as it is, right then. Third, decide what you want the pain to do-how do you want it to leave you (I know, it sounds strange, however, with anxiety, physical movement will make the anxiety part of the physical symptoms disappear naturally, leaving you with the aches, tensed muscles, etc).
Best wishes. You have taken the important first step to helping reduce the pain. You are not alone.