Two years ago, I would stay silent through any office meetings, even though in my head I formed sentences that could contribute to the discussions. I was scared of meeting new people, I overanalyzed every microscopic bit of information that was presented to me, be it something someone said to me, or something someone asked me to do, in every conversation, with coworkers, with friends, with family, and my mind would fill up with all sorts weird interpretations of them, my thoughts would be racing to figure out hundreds of possible responses, and their potential outcomes. I couldn't choose which color shirt I wanted to buy when I went to the store, which model of phone to choose, what to have for dinner. It took me way too long to figure out that I was suffering from anxiety, that this is not normal. It was bad. I started seeing a therapist, who prescribed me meds, and I've come so far and I'm nothing like that anymore, and I'm super proud of myself.

But I've noticed consistently that as my mind and thought processes started improving, my body has started to show weird symptoms. There were a lot of little things over the year. But lately within the last few weeks I've made some major lifestyle improvements, and since then I've started having this weird headache that I've never had before. It's a dull throbbing pain that comes and goes and I'm worried. Also a weird tightness in my chest. I could laugh off all the other things, like suddenly having the urge to pee, or poop, or fart depending on the situation but these new ones are really bothering me.