Hey guys! I have had severe anxiety for 8 and a half years now and I've tried everything. Two cognitive therapies, 4 different medications, massages, movement therapy, meditation, online therapy, eating pure, keto, eliminating sugar, eliminating caffeine, not working to rest, probiotics, and probably some other stuff that I'm forgetting. When I started having anxiety I had a bad headache for about 3 years straight plus some weird and uncomfortable nerve pain under my shoulder blades. I couldn't massage myself unless I got some miserable headaches and it was terrible. But I noticed that every time I would squeeze my shoulder blades downward and activate my lower traps that the anxiety would get better for a few seconds. After those 3 years, the headache finally stopped and left me with server anxiety where I would feel restless and drained all the time until 5 days ago. I did a full massage around the back of my neck and. throat and especially the upper part of the trap muscle that leads up to the back of my head + I did some massage under the shoulder blade with a tennis ball. I couldn't believe it but instantly I felt this huge relief all around my body and my anxiety almost disappeared! Now 5 days in I feel better than ever, I sleep like a baby and wake up refreshed. After my headache experience, I was always very hesitant to massage my neck in the belief that I would get the bad headache again. The problem is that I have to maintain this every day by doing the whole massage routine to experience relief. Which points out that some nerve or muscle is not functioning properly. I want to ask you guys, has any of you had a similar experience? Do you have any idea what nerve or muscle could be the reason for my relief?