Fibromyalgia Support Group

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Man it's bad today

WNB125
WNB125

My body is hurting pretty badly today. It's not helping my anxiety then when my anxiety is bad i don't handle stesss well then i tense up then my body hurts worse. It's a vicious cycle :( BUT i'm trying to listen to music to relax. I do NOT take stress well at all when i feel like this. Does anybody else feel this way? I hope you all are having a good day and feel well! :)

Preciousbabygirl
Preciousbabygirl
I'm with you! I hurt so bad today that I can barely move. The stress of my parents news last night is only making the anxiety worse which makes the pain worse. Yeah, it's a vicious cycle!
basketballmom23
basketballmom23
I do that as well. Pain is high today. Try not to stress out too much. You may want to try breathing exercises too. Hoping your anxiety settles down soon.
sonyacon
sonyacon
Yeah, stress can be a mean trigger for fibro pains. Any chance you can take a bath? We don't have a tub, but I love taking scalding hot showers to ease up my muscles. I hope relaxing to some nice music helped out! Deep breaths and distraction from your anxiety.
WNB125
WNB125
I'm so sorry you're hurting preciousbabygirl :( i really hope you can find some way to help relieve some of your pain. :(
WNB125
WNB125
Basketballmom i'm sorry you are hurting too it sucks :( but i'll try to do that :) i found that soft classical music helps me calm down a little :)
WNB125
WNB125
Sonyacon i did take a shower after you said that and it helped realieve some pain now it's mostly in certain spots instead of my whole body so at least some pain is gone :D
twinmomab
twinmomab
I feel this way all the time. I'm sorry you are going through it too. I find reading scripture helps my anxiety and then I can get back to feeling like I'm in control of things. I hope you find something that helps with your anxiety, and I hope today is better for you.
Shakota6
Shakota6
I don't know if you take medication for pain, but it may help to take a dose early or extra, if you think it's ok. Pain increases anxiety, so treating pain (in any form) will help.

Another tip I've read that's helping me, although it might not work if the anxiety is too high, is to say to yourself: ok, I'm going to save all my worrying for 30 minutes at 4pm. That way, you postpone it and it seems to work for me.

Whatever gives you a sense of control will help.
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