Stress Makes Me…
That my friends, is a canker sore.
They pop up in my mouth at the strangest of times.
Heather swears I only get them when I am stressed.
I would agree.
I don’t feel stressed right now.
I actually feel really good.
But sometimes our body has to tell us we are stressed before our minds do.
I could tell you why I am stressed.
But you’ll have to wait till tomorrow.
What physical symptoms do you get when you get stressed?
Los
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RAIN IT DOWN
my eye twitches. just one. never the same. very odd.
either my right eye twitches or I sweat, sometimes both…
head cocks to the right. tongue attempts to stab through left cheek. deep breath coupled with intense should strong. this prompts someone to ask “what’s wrong” followed by the exhuberant yet undeniably annoyed “nothing”
Poop. No, seriously, it does. I have Crohn’s disease. It rarely flairs up (I control it with diet and excercise, not medication) but when it does, it’s around times of stress. Awesome.
my blood pressure shoots up and I get EXTREMELY tired when Im stressed.
Hence the reason Ive been napping every day for the last few weeks : (
Sorry about your sore
I get these nasty hives!
They itch and hurt and the more I scratch them the bigger they get!
Really sucks, but thankfully it doesn’t happen every single time I am stressed, or I would have to walk around screaming out “unclean!” It’s only when I REALLY stressed.
When I get stressed I want to smoke. I used to smoke because of stress, so when stress flares so does the desire. Blood pressure usually spikes, and I get migranes.
Dude, Los….I get them all the time from stress. My gf flat out hates knowing I’m getting stressed because then I can barely even eat. lol I’ve been diagnosed that they occur during stress even…all I know NOT FUN!
I get fat…because I eat A LOT. partly because I get insomnia and stay up to all hours, and partly because its something that I can control.
which is why I am FAT now. lol
yay RagamuffinTop challenge!!
I also grind my teeth.
MIGRAINES!!!! Been fighting one for a few days now…
I get stomach cramps. I can’t eat or I eat too much and want to get sick. I cry.
Sadly, all these symptoms occur anytime we’re about to spend a weekend with the in-laws. You’d think I’d get over it after 15 years…
migraines, ugly ones, like a knife in my head! ugh!
i’ve read your blog for a few weeks now, and THIS is the first entry that made me want to commment. haha. (not that the other stuff was bad, i was just satisfied with only reading it)
i get cold and canker sores too! they’re horrible. i hate associating eating with pain!
hope it gets better soon.
i get canker sores too (either when i’m stressed or right before i have a sore throat), like matt singley, i too have poop issues sometimes when stressed/excited, and the worst of all, when i’m stressed i pick at my skin…which makes things more stressful cuz then i get little “break outs” because of it and that stresses me out (it’s a vicious cycle)…i think that’s pretty much it.
…yeah, i’m lots of fun when i’m stressed.
I get canker sores with pms. Now that’s not likely your reason, but hormonal fluxes do play a part in their appearance for both genders. At least, I think that’s true.
And like others, I’m afraid migraines and a painful stomach take turns during times of stress.
just FYI.. you can also get those from eating lots of tomatoes. they tend to pop up in the summertime because of that. so.. maybe it’s not all stress??? or is that wishful thinking.
btw, I get goosebumps (or what we refer to here as monkey shivers) almost constantly when i am really stressed. It’s quite freaky.
clench my teeth, which causes my jaw to hurt, which causes headaches
When I get stressed I wake up with a headache the next morning…usually lasts until noon or so. When I get overly-stressed I usually fall into a mild state of depression… not hungry, not driven, want to do something but don’t want to do anything.
My life these days is like walking a tightrope between normality and stressed…
Brook Sarve
http://www.two10eleven.com
No sleep, mean, irritable, my wife doesn’t like me when I’m that way. It’s not pleasant. Snappy to kids. Mostly, physically, though … can’t sleep.
HIVES all over my body! They SUCK!!!
You should try L-Lysine. It’s a vitamin. It TOTALLY works for the canker sores…I’m serious. It will shorten the cank’s life and if you take it regularly…(or when you feel it coming) you won’t get them. I’m totally serious.
I get knots in my back the size of golf balls. Yay for a wife that isn’t burnt out on a shoulder rub every now and then!
This is my first time at your site. Your music sounds great.
Take care,
Michael
weird stomach stuff
because of? resulting in? craving food I don’t usually crave
low threshold for being annoyed
usually: ‘hunker down’… quiet… non-communicative
this week: opposite. a bit mouthy.
I totally get canker sores too – I also have restless legs when I’m stressed and end up drinking lots of coffee as a result of that stress.
Good old tension headaches. That heaven for Excedrin.
stomach ulcers
btw, I know this is late, but I just finished listening to My Summer Vacation.
uh…yeah, bout that…
You know how you hear somethings with your ears and somethings with her heart… That message, my soul heard.
I was going to tell you the Lysine thing it totally works and I take it all the time to keep them at bay.
I also get them if I have been grubbing too much Vitamin C foods (OJ, Orange juice you name it)
Pick some up at Target, GNC and take it.
I get them when I am stressed too.
my shoulders stay really tight all day long, and i get canker sores too actually and I know it is always from stress. We have something in common Los. Things have been pretty intense at church the past 2 weeks and I just today felt a canker sore coming in. And like you, I had no idea I was stressed. But the canker sore tells me different.
neck pain and shingles on the side of my face when I am super stressed… Not fun.
My tonsils swell up, and I’m crapping liquid for a while…
Ugh. I grind my teeth and then have to wear my mouth guard, which I hate. Of course, I don’t realize I’ve been doing it until I wake up with a really sore neck and jaw. Then the mouth guard with the silly little string so you don’t choke goes in for a few days. NOT an attractive look and my cats continuously swat at the string hanging out of my mouth while I’m trying to sleep.
I feel like a real nerd having typed that.
I get a nerve spasm in my back, just by my left shoulder blade. not sore just irritating.
I get the same freakin little sores in my mouth.
Eat LOTS of bananas, gargle lots of water, and go to pharmacy and get L-lysene (taken regularly, this stuff will actually prevent them). They’ll be gone as quick as they came.
I get them too. It’s herpes simplex 1. I also have herpes simplex 2. I get them both when I’m extremely stressed out, tired, and sick all at once. If it’s just stress, then I’ll get a canker sore. Just so you know, these little incurable reoccurances will always attack your nervous system. As long as you stay healthy, sleep enough, and reduce stress you’ll be fine. As soon as the balance is knocked of tilt you will suffer from those painful blisters. Blah! I know how you feel. Four days till it’s gone. Don’t kiss your kids on their mouths or let them drink/eat after you for a week. Seriously.
yep, use to get them when I was stressed, was told also from a lake of vitimans.
Just don’t be stressed
remember my prayer request – those bathroom visits on a Sunday morning are liquid poop…and then, by 2pm when I’ve had lunch w/the gang I love, I’m fine!
My psoriasis breaks out (it’s Guttate Psoriasis). If I’m a little stressed, I get a few spots here and there. If I’m REALLY STRESSED, like major life crisis stressed, I get covered in them and it looks ringworm all over my body.
It’s a definitive sign that I need a break.
Muscle spasms, reflux, and those dreadful canker sores. I have one right now in the same spot!
I also get hives for no reason. I mean, I’ve got tons of allergies, but they tend to crop up when I’m more stressed.
headaches, dizziness, panic attacks but mostly my eczema kicks off badly on my face
FAT.
GAS! and lots of it. Sucks when I’m stressed and wearing a Mic.
i get cold sores/fever blisters. ive heard you either get cold sores or canker sores. you cant get both. lysine definitely works.
take as soon as you feel one coming on
I get a cold. I feel like my immune system just breaks down and I start feeling miserable.
I just had two of those pop up this week. I have bit my bottom lip so many times eating because I have two huge craters in my lip…AAHHHHHHH
I get cranky, rude, and insensitive. I’m no fun at all.
thanks Los, now my computer screen has herpes because of your nasty pic
It depends on how stressed I’ve been and for how long, but, from short to long term:
I get quiet(cause it’s so noisy on the inside), my stomach goes wacky, my shoulders tense up, headaches, sensitive/emotional, tired, then if it continues I end up with a cold that knocks me off my feet. I always got sick at the end of every semester past 8th grade. Yay for stress.
We all need a vacation!
I have Crohn’s. So when I’m stresses my stomach hurts, badly.
High Blood Pressure… and recently Shingles… at 26. I thought only old people get Shingles.
canker sores and extreme exhaustion
i get cankers when i don’t get enough sleep. my stomach gets *sour* when i get stressed and have to lay off the java for awhile.
oh my…my husband has the same problem, but he doesn’t get just one, but mouthfuls at a time! not good for the smooching scene at our house. the real question is, what do you do to get rid of them?!? enjoy reading your blog. thanks for posting the 7:22 news. we too were influenced from chicago by this amazing ministry.
I can’t sleep, and either my left or right shoulder gets slightly more elevated than the other one.
i clinch jaw or as lame as this sounds bite the side of my mouth.
i used to bite my nails. (: horray for breaking habits.
lol Nick.
Cold sores and Canker Sores are two different things!
nights full of bad clinching/grinding of teeth that causes equally bad headaches. and I get those same sores too. yuck!
I get acid reflux…really really really bad acid reflux. its not nice..
Ouch! I get them all the time. My husband calls them meanness bumps and says that I get them from being mean to him.
Canker sores, fever blisters, and eye twitches. Never fails. It sucks. I have two of the three right now actually. Apparently I’m stressed.
Well, I have OCD, so sometimes I end up doing stupid things that don’t make any sense for a long time, like play backgammon, which I’m going to do right now…
I used to get those really bad. My dr told me to take a supplement called L-Lysene (you can get a bottle cheap at GNC) with my vitamins, and it totally cleared mine up, which were also stress related. According to the bottle, it “promotes membrane health” I pop one every day with my daily vitamin. Good stuff!
I just realized approximately 4.93 million people already mentione L-Lysene. That’s what happens when I comment before reading all the comments!
oh, lame Carlos…you need some sleep. stress for me means a complicated migraine where half my face and the left side of my body goes numb…like a stroke. Its freaky, but sleep (like days of it) is the cure.
I’m just releived on behalf of the veiwing blog world that your stress does not cause hemorroids.
Canker sores also indicate that your stomach may be upset.
muscle twitches and i lose my voice…
Wow! Prior to this, I had no idea that canker sores (mouth ulcers) are related to hemorrhoids. ;P
On a different note: regarding your experiment with the twitpic video feed yesterday – the snare or kick drum was overdriving the audio send.
eye twitch & migraines
I'm with the hemorrhoid guy… they just start poppin' up out of nowhere!!
Actually, I have the same problem… canker sores… and they are the number one, worst thing ever!! My wife makes fun of me because I make such a big deal out of them…
We are all too familiar with those painful sores…even my kids get them. In our case, it’s in our (my) genes. Hannah (almost 4) calls it a kangaroo sore. =)
I cry or get nauseous… started the new job on Monday and I've spent everyday either feeling like I was going to throw up, or trying not to burst into tears. It's going to be a very long summer!