Allergies [35] Allergy is a disorder of the immune system often also referred to as atopy.
Antidepressants [36] An antidepressant is a psychiatric medication used to alleviate mood disorders, such as major depression and dysthymia.
Arthritis [7] Arthritis is a group of conditions involving damage to the joints of the body.
Cancer [36] Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth
Cardio & Blood [20] Risk factors for heart disease: infections
Cholesterol [1] A fat-like substance called a lipid. It is used to build cell membranes, hormones and bile acids
Diabetes [15] The inability of the body to produce, or the inability to metabolize, the human hormone insulin; Diabetes insipidus, usually a disorder of the ...
Epilepsy [2] Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures
Gastrointestinal [1] The digestive tract is the system of organs within multicellular animals that takes in food...
General Health [144] The infant, child or young person?s current health condition
Herbal [36] Herbal tea, herbal medicine
Hormonal [20] Hormones - Proteins produced by organs of the body that trigger activity in other locations.
Men's Health [1] For men on fitness, health, sex, caree
Pain relief [36] Pain management is the medical discipline concerned with the relief of pain.
Skin care [36] The skin is the outer covering of the body
Weight Loss [36] Loss of body weight by dieting or due to various easting disorders or medical conditions.
Women's Health [36] Find information on women's health issues, and lifestyle at the Women's Health
Awaiting moderation 9384 Article |
Bodily symptoms of stress: shakes and spots before the eyes BODILY SYMPTOMS OF STRESS: SHAKES AND SPOTS BEFORE THE EYES
The shakes
«I get the shakes. It seems silly. I'm not shaking. You can't see it. But I am shaking. Shaking inwardly. Horrible. Demands my attention. So I can't listen to what people say. It's all inward. They don't know I am shaking.
'Sometimes, just sometimes, I do shake outwardly. Feel such a fool. Pass someone a cup of tea. The cup rattles on the saucer. The spoon jigs about as if to fall on the floor. Feel a fool. And feeling a fool makes it worse. »
The over-alertness of our brain cells plays tricks on the muscles they control. The feeling of insecurity and loss of control adds to our anxiety, and makes things worse.
Spots before the eyes
«I get spots before the eyes. They are not really spots. Funny little transparent shapes. Sometimes curled like a comma or a question mark. I don't get them all the time. If I am looking down, and then look up, they shoot up, in front of whatever I am looking at. Then if I keep looking there, the spots slowly sink down. If I keep looking where I was, there are no spots. But if I look down, and look up again, I see them just as before. It's strange. It makes me worry. I have heard of a person with cancer of his eye. »
These specks seen floating before the eyes are technically known as 'muscae volitantes', or 'flitting flies'. More commonly they are called 'floaters'. They are due to little bits of sediment in the aqueous compartment of the eyeball. When the eye is still, they rest at the bottom, but if we look up quickly they are thrown into the fluid of the compartment in front of our line of vision. If we hold our eye looking upwards, they gradually sink down.
'Floaters' are quite harmless, and are of no ill import at all. Usually we become aware of them only when stress increases our perception of things that normally would not reach our consciousness. As the stress is relieved, we are no longer troubled in this way.
*46/98/5*
ANTI-DEPRESSANTS
«Medications Without a Prescription»
Print Viewed: 297
| Keywords for this page: Bodily symptoms of stress: shakes and spots before the eyes |
|
|