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Bit beaten down, need help:)

Mani

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So, these last days had been going amazing. I was doing great (mind you this is coinciding with upping dosage) but i was more comfortable and i could let sound go and i was so proud of myself. I was already thinking about my barbers appointment (which will probably not be anytime soon) but i was just in a really good mood and i could eat with my parents again (with ear pro), utensils bothered me less, it was all great.

So yesterday evening i suddenly started feeling a lot worse. Pressure in my belly, i felt like i was gonna vomit. I got sweaty and i was just very uncomfortable. I had noticed i was way more sensitive to sound right after dinner and that went on until todays morning and i had an appointment to make an ecg. I wasnt catastrophizing at all but i was aware that i wasnt feeling as great as i had been. I knew that this was the time to prove to myself that id learnt stuff to deal with this a little better

Spoiler: i did not deal with this better. I was just as stressed, sounds were just as stressful and loud. I tried putting my mind off and feeling my body but they just kept coming. Afterwards I cant help but feel a little helpless again. Where is my impact? Where is my influence? I have picked this all up again just to get hit with a setback like that out of nowhere. It wasnt the setback that got to me but the fact that i wasnt able to deal with it better. I felt so helpless again. Want to say I am doing better already and im still not at all catastrophizing.

What are my takeaways supposed to be? Did my symptoms get worse because i had this ecg planned? How can i take matters into my own hands and stop feeling so helpless? I thought that i was doing better because i was doing it better, now i realized that theres still so much not in my control.

I thought id post here to maybe get some support, get some insights get some help. I'm so dedicated to making this work and I just dont wanna give up and thats why im here. What can i improve? How to deal with all this? How can i still keep going without just flat out ignoring my body and making it all worse?
 
Mani,
You are going to go up and down. Just expect it. Getting better isn’t a straight line at all. Getting new symptoms is really typical— because your brain wants you to stop trying to get better. Whenever I get discouraged I like to listen to this guy named Helmut, aka, The Mindful Gardener.

 
Mani,
You are going to go up and down. Just expect it. Getting better isn’t a straight line at all. Getting new symptoms is really typical— because your brain wants you to stop trying to get better. Whenever I get discouraged I like to listen to this guy named Helmut, aka, The Mindful Gardener.

Hey diana

thanks for your reply:)

I know i shouldnt desperately try to get rid of symptoms, but i feel like theres more to this. I should be applying the things ive learnt when symptoms come up. Why do i deal with symptoms so terribly when i get into a situation where they cant be avoided? I need to get better at that right? I'll do some meditating and watch your guy after. Thank you
 
You are going to go up and down. Just expect it. Getting better isn’t a straight line at all.

This is exactly it! Healing isn't linear and @BloodMoon has a good graphic that she has shared on various posts. Expect this and be grateful you did have some peace with your symptoms. That right there is showing that you will get better!
 
Healing isn't linear and @BloodMoon has a good graphic that she has shared on various posts.
Here's a link to the graphic @Mani https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threa...n-your-journey-to-recovery.33010/#post-167406

And here's an explanation regarding the graphic in response to a comment/query Cavalcanti made about it...

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