Need some reassurance

robin D · Post by **robin D** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:20 am

Every sensation i get i get scaredthat it is something terrible. i know its anxiety. lately i have been hypersensative to the feeling in my head an face. Today i have been feeling this sensation on the sides of my head and face like a tightness. my face feels like its sticky like it need to be washed but it doesnt. is that nerve endings in my face? im just stressing out about every sensation i feel in my head. im just so tired of the constantly feeling squeezing and pressure that i feel all over my head. im tired of being scared of everything i feel. it seems to last forever.I so badly want relief from these head sensations.
people have said that it was tension because my neck has been hurtinng me for a while.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:42 am

hi Robin,
I'm sure it is anxiety. I'm in the same place you are (different body symptom, though) and I know that if I just stopped obsessing about the feelings and used reassuring self talk, I would feel a whole lot better. That's easier said than done when you are in the midst of it. In the meantime, can you figure out something that you can do to distract yourself? I just cleaned my office. Do you have the audio program? Sometimes I also find that it helps if I listen to old sessions when I am distracting myself. Just listening to the people on the tapes and knowing that they have gone through it and come out on top is a big reassurance. Hang in there!!