Steven asks…
Shingles and stress?
What are some good ways to deal with stress? I get so stressed out I break out with shingles all over my chest, arms, and hands. They’re extremely painful!
admin answers:
A shingles outbreak can be serious. I would be hesitant to ascribe the outbreaks to stress. You may have an underlying medical condition (and a fairly serious one) that is associated with multiple outbreaks of shingles.
You should see a Physician. Stress by itself should not be enough to cause shingles, which is caused by the chicken pox virus.
Helen asks…
Does stress cause shingles?
I have the shingles now and am wondering why I have them!!!
admin answers:
Hi Sloopy88; Yes, stress is a contirbuting factor, as well as, poor sleeping habits, like Insomnia. Basically these things irritate the virus (from the Chicken Pox variety) and cause the Shingles. I had them once, and the only thing more painful would be, to be caught on fire.
Cheers!
Maria asks…
depression + mental health problems? will my depression play my nerves and cause shingles? (just had chic pox)?
i’m 13, and i’ve been depressed since july 2009. It was over a huge guilt trip that i had been going through for years, i paniced and eventually told my mum. Then i felt guilty about everything i could think of that was bad, that i had done. My worries and anxiety’s got worse, and so my mum took me to the doctors knowing i had depression, and he got me a councellor. But it would take 6 months for me to be able to go to the councellor. In the end i turned her down because i felt better, but it got worse, and my worries got more complex, like am i being possessed. I had another one, i worried if this world and everything i see real? or just an illusion or simulation, it went away, but now it’s come back. When i worry about this, i feel like i’m physically in a bubble, i go light headed and everything just goes weird, as if it’s fake and not really there. It’s scary, because it’s hard to escape the worry. I also worry when i look in the mirror sometimes, i can’t get my head around that it’s me, that body that’s being controlled, even me that’s thinking? is it actually me that’s thinking, it’s hard to understand without knowing what i’m going through.
at the moment, i just can’t believe the world is real, it’s literally too good to be true. How can there be people exactly the same, why is anything existing, it’s pointless to exist. Everything i think of i sometimes think, well it’s not real anyway, so i may aswell stop thinking about it, i’ve totally tricked myself into thinking nothing is real, like it’s all in my head, but what head? like it’s just an illusion.
It’s ruining my life, what can i do? please help
My mind can just not be controlled, i feel insane, i wake up in the morning and i just can’t think to myself “my mind is clear” i begin feeling empty and just not happy, my worries stop me feeling good about the world and a new day. I have negative attitude, my mum goes to work, and it’s just me and my two older brothers, i should feel free and cosey that i’m still in bed, but i don’t.
I feel as though my mind can think anything, i feel like everything is just too overpowering. On fifa (xbox game) in the middle of a match i start forcing myself to explaining things, like if something happens, i force myself to think in my head how would i explain that, for example:
a keeper makes a save… i think to myself, i have to explain how that effected the game in my head, so i’ll think “well the keeper struggled to get to it, but he got there in the end, and if he didn’t get to it, that ball would of gone in” << it bugs me if i don't do it, it can be things that are hard to explain, and i’ll force myself to do it, if i don’t i just feel empty and annoyed (a tiny bit).
I hate who i am, i just feel as though my mind is free, it’s not normal and relaxed like everyones else is, i feel guilty about bad things i do and think, i feel as though i need to tell somebody, i panic, i wake up in the morning still with a guilt trip about something, eventually i just calm myself down by telling myself it’s not even that bad.
every day i just go round in circles, i’ll get better soon, is what i tell myself, but then i don’t, then the next day is the same, when will it stop, i just can’t tell anyone? please help
will this cause shingles with stress? i’m not stressed, but would i get shingles with the depression and mental health problems?
admin answers:
OK some basics here to start –
No you will not get shingles because you are mentally stressed (although mental stress does make us less resistent to things) Shingles infects adults who have had chicken pox earlier and they meet some one with chicken pox and the second time around it appears as shingles. Definitely not anything to worry about right now on top of what you have now.
At 13 with hormones going mad it’s not unusual to start to worry and panic and the whole meaning of life thing is debated to the ground by every one at some stage. Some worry more about this than others and some don’t totally grow out of it. That is at odds with your thoughts that the world is too good to be true. Crumbs look at all the bad stuff going on in the world it’s definitely not good.
Feeling like you are going mad or insane, or are already there, usually means that you are not! Try not to worry about going off the deep end it will probably not happen with any luck.
These feelings of depersonalisation or maybe derealisation are relatively common at this age but they be related to disorders like anxiety or panic attack and there is a separate disorder called depersonalisation disorder in it’s own right. If it gets worse or carries on longterm or gets much more acute it would be good to start treating it. Learning bio feedback or de-stressing techniques would help as will meditation or yoga. Other sorts of exercise will help burn off worry and fear, we were born to produce adrenalin when we are scared and that provokes the fight or flight syndrome with racing heart, sweating and in some cases loss of control of the bowels and bladder and even vomiting. These were designed to help us be as light and fast as possible to run away or to be as strong as possible to fight the predator. Adrenalin is what helped a mum to lift a car off her child when it was run over! A feat normally impossible for a young lady.
It sounds as if you are a high state of anxiety all the time from morning to night and anxiety can be one of the symptoms of depression, they often go hand in hand. Feeling guilty is another symptom of depression.
What was that about being possessed and being in control of your body? Was there any specific reason for you to fear that? Did anything actually happen or is it a fear that it may happen?
I’m sorry that you had to wait 6 months to see a counsellor, it’s a service that is heavily over subscribed and under funded and too many people could do with it. Even if you reached the 6 months wait the chances are it will be 6 sessions, or if you are considered bad enough maybe 12. Still I think you should get back on the list (or ask if you can skip it since you already waited 6 months the first time)
Would it help to share more here about what things you feel guilty about?
You seem to be working yourself up into a terrible panic about all this which is going to make you feel adrenalin rushes all the time instead of the odd time here and there when we all get scared.
The obsessive thoughts may turn into OCD at some stage if this isn’t dealt with.
I really do think that a suitable counsellor could help you through all this a bit at a time and teach you how to be calm and not panic. I hope that you can get the help you need soon.
Chris asks…
i want my g.e.d. and im only 16 school is just so much stress and i have so many questions?
okay so i want to get my g.e.d. and be done with school its really stressing me out im only 16 i have got the shingles over stress and problems that i am having..
im not the type of person that like to drop out or quit anything but school is just to much with everything i have going on right now so my question is.
could i not drop out of school and go take the g.e.d test and pass it and then quit school?
or would i have to be a drop out to get my g.e.d.
can you get your g.e.d. before you quit school?
admin answers:
It depends on what state you live in. In most states you need to be 18 or have dropped out for over a year.
Mark asks…
Does severe stress and fear make a person break out in shingles?
admin answers:
Yes this can happen when body under stress the shingles virus had been laying dormant in body stress reduces your immune system giving the shingles virus opportunity to erupt
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