Sore throat/voice issue - does this sound like TMS?

I keep getting a weird thing where I feel like I have a sore throat and when I speak my voice sounds hoarse or gravelly to me. However when I speak everyone says my voice sounds normal, when to me it doesn't sound right. I have recorded my voice and I am convinced it will sound hoarse, but when I play it back it sounds fine - strange!

Everything else sounds fine to me, so it can't be my hearing.

I think it's TMS just wondering what everyone else things?

Things which make me think it's TMS

1. I am a teacher and use my voice a lot so it makes sense TMS would target my voice
2. It always seems worse on a Friday or Saturday (yes end of working week, but is there if I do fewer or more hours)
3. If I think about it too much and worry then it seems worse
4. I have had a history of other TMS problems i.e leg pain, foot pain, ankle pain, shoulder pain etc
5. I did visit a doctor a while ago and they said they couldn't see anything obvious

Thanks!

 

Yes! This is a symptom I have on and off. If you think to much about it and it gets worse...that's always a great sign it's TMS, and you are creating tension and stress.
I totally ignore the physicality of this symptom and immediately wonder what is going on psychologically. What do I want to say that I am having a hard time expressing.

 

Thanks for your quick reply, much appreciated. I can think of lots of things I want to say but don't know how to express them. Most of the things are negative things and I don't know how to say them in a nice way (people pleasing/goodist) Time to do some journaling about what I really want to say...

 

I started getting something like this - feels like imgetting a sore throat from a cold. But no cold comes. Then I actually get pain on one side of throat when I swallow (saliva or food it does it still ) - could that be TMS I wonder

 

Hi @Logan Cale,
These two parts stand out for me.
Nice insight that TMS is going to target a vulnerability with consequences. In this case, job performance gets put in jeopardy. Classic TMS, right?! Throw a monkey wrench into things with very particular symptom(s).
And, the getting worse on Fri/Sat. is very interesting because you've already gotten through the week for the most part. Not sure on that.

A history of TMS, combined with being cleared by a doctor and the fact that the hoarseness isn't showing up externally (to you when you play a recording of your voice or to others) seem to completely point to TMS.

When (not if ) you get past this, you should post a success story! Because others are going to come to the forum with this kind of situation. It's a different kinda one--with the symptoms being perceived, but they're also not really there.

Be well!!

 

Hello! I had pain while speaking and chronic sore throat for around 8 months total. This was triggered after screaming.

I found the mind body space 3 months in and started finally getting better quickly. I significantly improved in another 3 months and I’m now 100% back to “normal” with my throat