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Differentiating between psychological and physiological

Beefree
over 4 years ago

Hi

Just wondered if anyone else has difficulty working out which are physiological feelings and which are psychological feelings? For example I might have a headache but don't realise it and just think I am in an angry mood. Only when someone who knows me well points it out that I might have a headache and I take some ibuprofen and it goes away (and the anger subsides) do I realise it was a headache. Also vice versa when I am anxious I sometimes interpret this as having a cold or some sort of virus as it makes me feel lethargic and I ache. Only when I realise the trigger for it and the anxiety passes do I realise it was anxiety....

This inability in its self stressed me out as I never really know what is wrong until afterwards. 

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  • over 4 years ago

    Not fully effective, but I found flow charts starting with prominent symptoms helped. E.g. I get irritated a lot, drink water and wait 20-30 minutes, if it helped then dehydration headache-drink more, if not sit somewhere quiet and/or listen to stairway to heaven, if that helps it's an overload issue. If neither of these do then I'm either angry about something or low in potassium, so I eat some nuts/a banana etc and think over last 2 days.

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  • over 4 years ago

    Not fully effective, but I found flow charts starting with prominent symptoms helped. E.g. I get irritated a lot, drink water and wait 20-30 minutes, if it helped then dehydration headache-drink more, if not sit somewhere quiet and/or listen to stairway to heaven, if that helps it's an overload issue. If neither of these do then I'm either angry about something or low in potassium, so I eat some nuts/a banana etc and think over last 2 days.

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