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| Penny |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 15:41:47
Just wondered if other TMSers feel extra in-tune with your body, in a physical sense. I've been doing really great physically as of late, but been under some new stresses and have been getting the usual fleeting twitches all over my body, and then once in a while get an out-of-breath feeling kindof like accidentally breathing in pool water. I also sometimes hear my own heartbeat in my head. These things pass quickly. In fact, I find myself almost laughing at their attempts at distraction. It just strikes me as so ODD that I notice such subtle things. The old me would've darted to the internet and googled and pubmed.comed myself to bits, researching these things, but THANK GOODNESS I know better.
Makes me wonder ... Does this heightened physical awareness impact other physical experiences, (huh-hem) maybe PLEASANT things are experienced equally as deeply??? Wouldn't that be awesome it if were true? I often ooh and ahh as I eat lush food, out of intense enjoyment, I often embarrass myself  and my husband, especially if we are in a restaurant (think "When Harry Met Sally" LOL!!! well NOT as loud!) I'm that way over smelling certain flowers too. I know these aren't physical per se, but sensory.
Just wondered how others feel about their sensory perceptions. Do you feel you notice things in your body that most people do not? Do you think you enjoy good physical things with intensity?
>|< Penny
"Oz never did give nothing to the Tinman that he didn't already have."
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| Singer_Artist |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 11:19:31
Penny,
I can sooo relate to you in both the negative and positive aspects of this heightened sensory awareness..I have it in my body (negative part) and I have it when I eat something yummy, paint or sing something I love, view a sunset, animals, nature, etc..I moan like Bill Murray in What about Bob when I eat, lol..I can relate to that too! I always blamed it on being right brain dominated..The negative side is debilitating and leads to hypochondriasis and fear..makes me tighten muscles even more...Wish i could just have the positive parts of this..I know you do too..:)
~Karen |
| JohnD |
Posted - 07/27/2007 : 14:59:57
I think this can be a very good thing. Norman Cousins in his book about recovering from a massive heart attack in the 1960's and 70's, talked about how his heightened awareness of his senses was part of his recovery.
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| drziggles |
Posted - 07/27/2007 : 12:42:47
Oh, if that were only true. Heightened awareness of physical senses should be part of the definition of anxiety, in my opinion, and is what leads to many of the physical symptoms of anxious/TMS people. In my personal experience, and with my patients, however, I've never heard of this being a positive thing, since the anxiety seems to tinge all experiences in a somewhat negative way, and causes misinterpretation of normal sensations as abnormal.
Alas, no one in the midst of a bout of anxiety is going to eat at Burger King and feel like they are at Jean-Georges. It's more likely they are eating at Jean-Georges but wish they were at home in bed with some Xanax... :) |
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