I’m not new to the world of anxiety, anxiety attacks, or panic attacks. But I think my anxiety is beginning to express itself in new ways. I’ve felt pretty down lately but after I got a text from my mother I started to feel really sick. Like I felt anxious and my stomach hurt. I thought maybe it was just because I didn’t eat too well today and I was just getting anxious from the text, so I went to take a bath to try and relax. At this point my mother had sent me many more upsetting texts so I had set my phone aside to try and think of something else. I couldn’t. My stomach pain was so bad and now there was sharp stabbing pains in my back. I couldn’t get comfortable so I ended up getting out of the bath and struggled to brush my teeth so I could just go to bed. I couldn’t even stand while doing this and I was leaning on the counter with my eyes closed I was in so much pain. Once I got into my room I collapsed onto the floor into what was like a downward dog position to try and give my body some relief. My boyfriend found me in that position with tears in my eyes shortly after. We talked a bit, he put a lidocaine patch on my back and a heating pack. A few minutes later as my pain began to subside, I was able to muster a smile and thank him. How brittle it started and ended, and of corse the “mother’s text” competent made me think this was a form of an anxiety attack. Has anyone else experienced something like this??