YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Today is my biweekly busiest day at work and I am sitting at my desk feeling extreme tension in every part of my body. I feel like I have steel rods in my neck, like my armpits are hardening cement and like every tendon and ligament in my legs with snap from rigidity. My left-eye twitch (thanks, Orfiril side-effect!) is off the charts today. I am clenching my jaw so hard I can taste blood. My elbow pits feel like I've been shooting up all night. I feel like every vein in my body is bulging out and about to explode.

I really want to scream at someone/something/anything.

Hello rxtravaganza. I am sorry to hear about how tension is making you suffer. Does controlled breathing help for you?

http://kellymcgonigal.com/2012/09/12/mi ... breathing/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anapanasati

I don't want to stress you out even more with advice, please accept it or reject it as you will, because the most important thing to me is that you feel hear and that your suffering right now is honored. You can even scream at me if you like, if you think it would help! Please take care. Glad you felt comfortable enough to share on the forum.