Sweetleaf wrote:
I sometimes feel physical pain from depression, it will literally be painful to do anything....and then people think I'm lazy or wonder why I move slow sometimes and its because of the physical pain associated. Its kind of hard to explain but I'll just feel kind of sensative so if someone randomly touches me it will actually hurt and I just have kind of a feeling of soreness all over which can be quite annoying when there is no physical cause. hmm why I never bring up these things in counseling....I really should.
Yeah depression can easily cause physical pain and soon that pain can turn into physical illness especially when paired with anxiety. They say the stomach especially is your second brain. I think a lot of my gastritis came from prolonged stress. It's fun isn't it? Like a circle you get the physical pain from the emotions and then you get the emotions from the physical pain which you got from the emotions.
TheAP wrote:
I'm sorry that happened Idealist. Losing a loved one can be devastating.
My emotional pain often turns into physical pain. Like, after I cry, I get a headache. Or when I feel anxious, I get sick to my stomach. A few times I've thrown up because of anxiety.
Crying after headache is apparently common. I looked it up because I have experienced that. If you cry enough it is easy to get a headache.
Anxiety can definitely cause nausea. I've never thrown up but it sure feels like it esp when I'm having gastritis attack.