Shaking

sug160489 · Post by **sug160489** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:21 am

I have not been SI for very long but every time i try and not do it when i get the urge to i shake, my whle body does even if i try and do something distracting my whole bpdy just shakes until i SI= is this normal, whats happening?

Post by **splitimage** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:33 pm

I shake too. Not specifically when I'm trying not to SI but when I'm having flashbacks to particularly nasty emotions. I'm not sure what causes it - I think it may be something to do with releasing stress & tension.

--splitimage

nirvana · Post by **nirvana** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:05 pm

yep i do it too. not always when i'm trying not to si; like splitimage said, when i have flashbacks, or sometimes while i'm si'ing.

sorry i don't have advice, just letting you know i can relate.
take care. love,
tara.

plantt · Post by **plantt** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:19 am

*nods* i do too at seemingly random times. *shrugs* for me seems to work better if i don't try to stop(esp since i usually can't anyhow)... just let it happen.

_MessedUp_ · Post by **_MessedUp_** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:32 pm

i was shaking today. not cos of SI etc tho, i was in my media class and kind of lost it,but inwards if you know what i mena. i was just staring at my paper and shaking. i couldn't say owt, i freaked out.

Tamrick · Post by **Tamrick** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:48 pm

For me I shake when I am really anxious. I also used to shake before SIing, but that was because the tension was building and SI was the release. If you are shaking, why not go for a walk or do something really active where you must use your muscles - don't do fine motor things though - just run or jump or dance (but not fancy steps)
Take care.

dont speak · Post by **dont speak** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:07 pm

i have the exact same problem sometimes! i have no clue what it is though...

friarygirl · Post by **friarygirl** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:41 pm

I don't SI but I DO shake - often, and sometimes at moments when it surprises me cos I don't completely understand the stimulus.

It's happened all my life - sometimes now I can associate it with my GAD or just non-expressed anger and rage at a certain situation - I don't know if it's because I'm older I don't react "that way" to it, or because I sometimes understand more of why I'm feeling that way - or not

. Anyway, I never SI'd so I wouldn't understand I suppose - but at least you know you're not the only people who feel that way....

Plus being 48 and having gone through soooo much shit lets you know it's not always down to YOU. I know that's not much help, at least not till you're 48 too, but having seen so much c**p inflicted on ppl I really care about, at least I have old age to give me a different perspective.

esaeler · Post by **esaeler** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:48 pm

I shake too. I usually do sometimes before SI, but sometimes after as well. I don't know what causes it really, but for me it's usually just a lot of tension emotionally.

Sorry I have no advice.

sug160489 · Post by **sug160489** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 5:15 am

thanks everyone, the couple of people who i no in person who SI thought i was odd for doin this and they had neva heard of it so i thought i was a freak or something

kissthesky46 · Post by **kissthesky46** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:54 pm

*edited* i think it's the tension and stress relief thing.

Sirloth · Post by **Sirloth** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:21 am

i thought i just shaked cos i was weird, i never really thought about it before, though people have mentioned it... When i think about it, i do shake a lot more when im upset, angry or about to si.. (i shake all of the time..)

Jessie_j · Post by **Jessie_j** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:47 pm

I too sometimes get the shakes it doesnt make you abnormal or anything, different things happen to different people at different stages, shaking doesnt make you a freak or anything,
if you want to talk to someone who understands what ur goin thru you can pm me

people are always here for you

Post by **splitimage** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:43 pm

Something sort of funny, just occured to me. I'm studying harp, and one of the things my teacher always teaches is techniques to stop your hands from shaking (very similar to grounding that the psych types like to talk about) because she says most people when they get nervous before an exam or a performance start to get hand shakes, which is very bad for playing the harp.

So we're not weird, just think about it as performance anxiety.

--splitimage

Wandering · Post by **Wandering** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:23 pm

I shake when I'm urgy - very disconcerting! I reckon its cos my body/mind can't cope with the situation - you know how people shake when they're scared/nervous - I think its similar to that.

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