Stomach stomach stomach

Or the guts in general

Was I stupid and ate a food at some point then had a panic attack? TO THE TOILET FOR TEN THOUSAND YEARS

I'm waiting to hear back from the bank about a home loan. I've never experienced it this bad before.

Shut up, brain.

The upside is, this goes for every emotion! Once resolved and happy (or content), this too can be felt everywhere. :)

I recently got into some scientific literature that explains a lot of my personal experience. Somatic anxiety (the anxiety symptoms one feels in the body) is common in people who have trouble with interoception (sensing internal body states).

My anxiety has become so much more manageable since I started a yoga teacher training. Yoga (the physical poses, hatha yoga, technically) and pranayama (the breathing exercises) have always helped, but the intense and focused practice has really made a huge difference.

I see anxiety now as a clear signal I am neglecting some aspect of self-care and I’ll be damned if it isn’t helping quite a lot. Instead of ‘episodes’ lasting days or weeks without end, anxious symptoms come and go throughout the day, and stuff is just a lot easier to handle.

I am so grateful and it is clear now how unrelenting anxiety can degrade overall health.

Right in the speech centers. Fucking sucks.

Upper chest and hands

I think anxiety/stress put on me by dad’s unhealthy attitude to work cause me to have severe hip/leg/ ankle pain between the ages of 16 and 20.

Annoyingly, it’s come back.