worst physical-/worst mental symptom

What is your worst symptom or a couple of the most annoying ones ?
I'll go first

Right at this minute its a constant knot in my throat and a feeling of being about to throw up. It wont go away even though i'm alone and not in a social situation..

constant butterflies (those are a pain in the...) ones had them for a couple of days in a row... I'd say those are the worst for me. It also makes it impossible to sleep.

I agree with the constant butterflies and shallow breathing - unfortunately I'm no stranger to those! There's also the feeling that you can't just get your mind to switch off and allow you to relax.

Physical - Sweating, tight feeling in chest and throat as if one can't breathe properly, dizziness, muscle tension, feeling clumsy.

Mental - Blank mind o'r racing mind, feeling of going crazy, feeling scared, feeling foolish, feeling that all eyes are on you.

Physical: PNES, Psycogenic non-epileptic seizure. Only in the times of extreme stress.

Mental: Thoughts of suicide coupled with fear of death and the unknown.

Physical: cardiac palpitations, migraines, dizziness, sweating, "butterflies in the stomach", muscle tension (especially on the face)
Mental: Thoughts always rushing through my head (especially when I'm trying to fall asleep), feeling like I'm insignificant to everyone around me, paranoia that all eyes are on me in a negative manner, inability to trust others, depression, anxiety itself

Beatrice said:

TENSION. I can feel every muscle seize up. Breathing becomes shallow. Can. Not. Relax. Feel like I'm on the spot. Feel like my personality has been put it chains.

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Wow beatrice, it's like you describe me. It is making me so nervous all time to have so much tension going on. It's hard for people to understand. It's like I can't seem to relax. Did you try to release the tension? I wish there was a way to let go. But it's just my body. Always tensed , from top to toe.

Mentally I'm always busy in mind, OCD kinda thing. And very heavy mood swings. And very negative self reflection because of insecurities. It's hard to go through.

I keep on going. I have good moments too.

MaliceInWickedland said:

Physical: cardiac palpitations, migraines, dizziness, sweating, "butterflies in the stomach", muscle tension (especially on the face)
Mental: Thoughts always rushing through my head (especially when I'm trying to fall asleep), paranoia that all eyes are on me in a negative manner, inability to trust others, depression, anxiety itself

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Wow you have a lot of things going on malice, looks like sa people have so much more than just only anxiety

Usually heart starts racing, and then I get worried about that and can't relax, so then I spend ages worrying about my heart usually and worrying about dying.

physical: butterfly in my stomach, dizyness, i feel weak and heavy
mental: spaced out, can't think properly

Saskia said:

Wow you have a lot of things going on malice, looks like sa people have so much more than just only anxiety

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Oh yes, my body is like a factory of misery. I'd might as well change my username to MiseryInWickedland, or just Misery ::

if its a scarier situation like doing a public speech or talking to a therapist i dont like or a teacher or something like that i get an upset stomach and feel like im going to need a toliet very soon.

if its meeting someone important, like a friends parents, friends friends, or anything like that i worry about it constantly for days and it keeps me up at night. at the best i only get racing thoughts and paranoia, the worst i cant talk, move, or make eye contact.


sometimes i have to leave the room and go sit in a bathroom stall or closet til i feel better.

Light-headedness, usually to the point of temporary blindness (the severity of which varies from mild color distortions, through total colorblindness, rarely up to total vision loss, usually lasting a few seconds). Most people lose their balance when they get light-headed, but I apparently lose my vision (and strangely not my balance).

Pyrophosphate said:

Light-headedness, usually to the point of temporary blindness (the severity of which varies from mild color distortions, through total colorblindness, rarely up to total vision loss, usually lasting a few seconds). Most people lose their balance when they get light-headed, but I apparently lose my vision (and strangely not my balance).

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i get that too, when i have a panic attack that is not social related. its like i put on a pair of yellow shades and then i go blind/black out. its horrible.

Worst physical- blushing, hands down
Worst mental- I do something wrong, and the whole world is wrong to me. It can ruin my day, it can ruin my week. There is no gray area.. only a good day, or a bad day. I wish I could see the gray

physical: nausia, anxiety, inability to speak

mental/emotional: embarassment, insecurity, and feeling that im a waste of time to others. like whenever someone is talking to me and being nice, even if they say they like spending time with me and im their friend, i feel that they're just tryin not to be rude or hurt my feelings and in reality that they think im boring or annoying and dont care much for me. so then i just feel really bad like im wasting their time and i want to get away from them so they dont have to pretend to be nice. of course, i dont know if that's all in my head with my social phobia talking, or if they actually feel that way!

does anyone else have that problem??

also, going blank (when i cant think of anything or concentrate), or the opposite where my thoughts are moving at lightspeed and wont stop, is annoying.

hm ok. well physiologically. when i'm all flooded with cortisol. the part i hate the most is the freezing up-the urge to run and hide, to avoid. and mentally-well, my tendency to lie to avoid the anxiety of explaining why i avoided everybody, my black and white thinking, my perfectionistic mental framework

*Out of no where worrying about stuff.
*Shaking in public situations.

Mental: Similarly for me, the worst mental would have to be when i'm stuck deep in the totally isolated/lonely/unfamiliar/hopeless false world that exists when in acute depression. That seems to be the most pained/miserable that i can can feel in my life. Other things like being ridiculed, laughed-at, etc, in public, i tend to "supress" at the time (& the feeling is of the anger/rage type, which i deem to be less painful than say depression; its a more fiery/fighting/frustrated type of pain, not one of absolute despair/despondency)

Physically, #1 is i think having a full-blown panic attack (which is doubly bad when coupled with an acute depression). #2 is "Toxic Hell", which is when i'm reacting severely to harsh toxins in the environment (such as harsh chemical cleaners, rotting meat, mold, burnt plastic,...). It affects my entire body (& mind). Headache, eye-ache & sore/stingy/bloodshot eyes, sore back, very tense/sore neck, breathing difficulties. And mentally it makes my mind go "flat-tack", at a constant million-miles-an-hour, continuosly for hours/days on end (which can lead to burn-out, anxiety, depression, or just "crazy" stress)


Salskia_Beat: I try to every day, spent even for just a few minutes, to relax my body's muscles. I use "PMR" - Progressive Muscle Relaxation. Its very easy to do - you just tense->relax each major muscle area of your body. And it feels nice too . Also if im in okay mood, then i also do some "Acupressure" after that (pressing some acupressure "points"). My body feel less tense & more relxed after that . Also it give mind a pleasnt/restful break, which reduce the stress
(but usualy during daytime, mind is going too fast for to do any "deep meditative" types of stuff, so usu dont bother with that - which is probably best for late night, when have "woinded-down" somewhat)

I get too shaky. i hate it. example: this morning i was driving to work and happened to notice my husband's ex was in the car next to mine...i can't stand her and dislike even seeing her face. my whole body just started trembling just bc she was in the car next to mine! it was SO stupid!!

my foot was all shaky on the gas pedal and i couldn't make it stop.

So definitely the shaking issue is huge for me.

MaliceInWickedland said:

Oh yes, my body is like a factory of misery. I'd might as well change my username to MiseryInWickedland, or just Misery ::

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I like your Username. It's nice.

otherwise it would be a misery business don't you think? ::
But I know how you feel :: ((Hugs))