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Where are you hurting today

I've been playing rhythm games for too long (specifically one called Arcaea, where part of the gimmick is dragging your fingers to follow arc patterns). There's a big anniversary event happening now and so I was playing for probably an hour last night and probably an hour this morning too. My fingers are CHARRED. Also last night I was playing a new chart I got and it's easily the hardest (and the most stamina-draining) one I own. It took me 5 or 6 consecutive tries to clear, and it felt like my arms were about to fall off once I cleared it.
 
Legs and ankles. I just did 2 km in 17 minutes or so and I'm very much not used to this! I also have some posture problems it seems.
Oh and throat/lungs also because this intensive of an exercise is not really good for your breathing!
 
Managed to pull a muscle in my back, on the right inside of my shoulder blade. It is so, so uncomfortable that I can't even sit up properly. Aaaand I have to shovel snow.

On top of that our power went out yesterday because of the wind and caused our heater to stop working (even after the power came back on), so it was like 50°F inside last night! All the shivering just makes my back feel worse. FML. :')
 
Day three of crippling back pain. Just getting up to move is a chore. It is slightly better than yesterday though so at least I'm on the mend.
 
I feel like all the stress in my life is doing a number on my heart, and I hate that. :( I should probably get it checked... but that sort of thing is scary.

You'd think I'd learn to work with my near daily stress but it's imposed on my by others and I just can't walk away from that, not in my situation anyway.
 
I call this one "My Existence Hurts"™ . It's when emotional and mental anguish is so strong that my body starts aching too. It's a bit better today but i was feeling like absolute ass yesterday. I've been dealing with very severe mental health issues since i can remember, so this is bordering on chronic pain; the bad part is that most people don't recognize mental illnesses as chronic illnesses, but they definetely can be! And they are in my case :/
It tends to manifest in the center of my chest, like my chest is too small and/or is being compressed. Today it's an uncomfortable feeling in my back, but yesterday it was nausea too. Sometimes it's not as easy to pinpoint; the other day it was like my mind was hurting, not my head, my mind. If it lasts for more than two days i just begin sleeping excessively, kinda like "sleeping it off".

Wow that was depressing, sorry ^^'
So yeah, my mind hurts today
 
domusaur said:
I call this one "My Existence Hurts"™ . It's when emotional and mental anguish is so strong that my body starts aching too. It's a bit better today but i was feeling like absolute ass yesterday. I've been dealing with very severe mental health issues since i can remember, so this is bordering on chronic pain; the bad part is that most people don't recognize mental illnesses as chronic illnesses, but they definetely can be! And they are in my case :/
It tends to manifest in the center of my chest, like my chest is too small and/or is being compressed. Today it's an uncomfortable feeling in my back, but yesterday it was nausea too. Sometimes it's not as easy to pinpoint; the other day it was like my mind was hurting, not my head, my mind. If it lasts for more than two days i just begin sleeping excessively, kinda like "sleeping it off".

Wow that was depressing, sorry ^^'
So yeah, my mind hurts today
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I'm so sorry, I hope you feel better! I totally get it. I am easily anxious and stressed and it usually manifests around my chest too, hate it so much. It doesn't mean much but I can say you're not alone ❤️
 
domusaur said:
I call this one "My Existence Hurts"™ . It's when emotional and mental anguish is so strong that my body starts aching too. It's a bit better today but i was feeling like absolute ass yesterday. I've been dealing with very severe mental health issues since i can remember, so this is bordering on chronic pain; the bad part is that most people don't recognize mental illnesses as chronic illnesses, but they definetely can be! And they are in my case :/
It tends to manifest in the center of my chest, like my chest is too small and/or is being compressed. Today it's an uncomfortable feeling in my back, but yesterday it was nausea too. Sometimes it's not as easy to pinpoint; the other day it was like my mind was hurting, not my head, my mind. If it lasts for more than two days i just begin sleeping excessively, kinda like "sleeping it off".

Wow that was depressing, sorry ^^'
So yeah, my mind hurts today
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Somatic symptoms. I get this too. I'm anxious that I'll have a heart attack and so my heart rate increases, I get easily out of breath, and my chest hurts - which just reinforces my brain's delusional idea that, yes, I'm actually having a heart attack. Then I lather myself up into a proper panic and beg my fiancé to drive me to the hospital because I'm dying. :')

Luckily I'm not feeling that right now, but I totally hear you.

On the other hand, my fucking BACK is still killing me. I don't know what to do, its been a week and the pain just fluctuates but never stops. I can't even bend my neck forward much anymore without this massive tension pulling on the right side of my spine, adjacent to my shoulder blade. I've tried meds, massage, working it out, sleeping different, and nothing has really made any lasting impact.

It's so frustrating because I can't even sit up well enough to draw, so I'm falling behind on my commissions and even typing on a computer becomes unbearable after an hour.
 
Arms, with good reason. I'm making it a habit now to to do arm exercises everyday at a certain period (biceps, triceps, and shoulders; the whole shebang). This self-help book tells me it's gonna keep it consistent and, with time, unconscious to the point that I'll just do it without thinking much about it.
 
back issues today, curse my bad posture 😖

(also some typical chronic hand pains but I'm used to those at this point)
 
Got a headache over here, too. Been going all day ugh...
 
For some reason my hips all the way along my outer thighs?? I don't know what that's about. Just old af, I guess.
 
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