Unexplained pain or something...?
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multiplicity_archivesNot entirely sure how to word the subject, sorry... I apologize in advance, I'm not sure how much this particular topic relates, but I'm interested to see if anyone has any experience with this, and if there's any possible connection...
I often get a lot of physical symptoms without any physical cause... by which I mean, I will get a lot of pain in certain spots of my body for apparently no physical reason. I get this the most in my wrists, knees, and ankles, though often I can get it in a whole leg or arm, or spots as specific as a certain joint of my toe. The pain is usually intense and kind of brief, and moves around different spots... it can last for a while... and I find I usually get this when I'm tired or anxious, and it will usually go away if I relax or sleep... but I'm not controlling any of this.
I get some other things as well... heart palpitations is an occassional one... one that's rather distressing, is I'll suddenly go mute. this has happened on a number of occassions, especially when there's a lot of conflict going on between myself and the others.... I've described it as kind of a train wreck in my brain... like I just shut off, or withdraw. and I can be responsive and such, but I just... can't seem to talk. it seems to be more of a psychological inability rather than a physical one. what's probably the most distressing about this is how mad people will get when I do this... they think you're ignoring you on purpose. so far I've yet to meet anyone who didn't get at least irritated when I go mute. besides the mutism, I'll also get dizziness and vertigo (especially when faced with something triggering), and sometimes, some sort of vision field disturbance... like my eyesight kinda shifts or tilts to the right a bit. the combination often makes me feel sort of like I'm going to pass or black out, even though I never have.
This doesn't really seem that unusual to me, as I seem to have several other problems with anxiety that are subconscious... anxiety can make me violently ill... I also have trichotillomania (pull out my eyelashes and eyebrows unintentionally).
Do you think that anxiety disorders/manifestations have any correlation to dissociation/multiplicity? Can inner conflict or something of the sort between system members result in physical manifestations like pain or dizziness? Or are the two entirely separate/unrelated? How many people have problems with anxiety, as well as being multiple/plural?
Sorry if that's too many questions.. :) Just curious.
- Krystina, Tigrin
I often get a lot of physical symptoms without any physical cause... by which I mean, I will get a lot of pain in certain spots of my body for apparently no physical reason. I get this the most in my wrists, knees, and ankles, though often I can get it in a whole leg or arm, or spots as specific as a certain joint of my toe. The pain is usually intense and kind of brief, and moves around different spots... it can last for a while... and I find I usually get this when I'm tired or anxious, and it will usually go away if I relax or sleep... but I'm not controlling any of this.
I get some other things as well... heart palpitations is an occassional one... one that's rather distressing, is I'll suddenly go mute. this has happened on a number of occassions, especially when there's a lot of conflict going on between myself and the others.... I've described it as kind of a train wreck in my brain... like I just shut off, or withdraw. and I can be responsive and such, but I just... can't seem to talk. it seems to be more of a psychological inability rather than a physical one. what's probably the most distressing about this is how mad people will get when I do this... they think you're ignoring you on purpose. so far I've yet to meet anyone who didn't get at least irritated when I go mute. besides the mutism, I'll also get dizziness and vertigo (especially when faced with something triggering), and sometimes, some sort of vision field disturbance... like my eyesight kinda shifts or tilts to the right a bit. the combination often makes me feel sort of like I'm going to pass or black out, even though I never have.
This doesn't really seem that unusual to me, as I seem to have several other problems with anxiety that are subconscious... anxiety can make me violently ill... I also have trichotillomania (pull out my eyelashes and eyebrows unintentionally).
Do you think that anxiety disorders/manifestations have any correlation to dissociation/multiplicity? Can inner conflict or something of the sort between system members result in physical manifestations like pain or dizziness? Or are the two entirely separate/unrelated? How many people have problems with anxiety, as well as being multiple/plural?
Sorry if that's too many questions.. :) Just curious.
- Krystina, Tigrin
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the day i broke my hand
Date: 2005-03-28 04:53 am (UTC)also we have some people who somtimes have seizures. so if we have a really bad headache we look for people inside who might be having a problem.
but lately we've been having the opposite problem. the body will be fine and people will be hiding how they feel and nobody will realize how hurt or injured someone is until they come front.
distraida-claudia