#phys tag

[arugulalover]

learning neurophysiology in medical school is so fuckin crazy bc we know soooooooo much some parts of the body and then when it comes to the brain we're like "yeah it just does that. yeah, absolute no idea why."

[arugulalover]

if ur anything like me and get told my doctors "your shoulder pain/jaw pain/headache/etc is from your anxiety" and ur like wtf how does that help me, the thing important to know is that anxiety increases your stress levels, and a fun and necessary thing our body does as a protective measure is suppress your pain sensitivity so you can live to outrun the bear or whatever. so anxiety can mean we ignore the first little twinge telling us "hey you might want to relax your jaw a little, you're flexing just a biiit too much" and it leads to a headache, tmj, and teeth grinding.

so actively practicing mindfulness exercises and checking in on what our body is doing is NOT a "just stop being anxious" type of advice, it is a really important way to combat the physical effects of anxiety 😁👍

(link to interesting paper btw)