Trigger factor
Mind & stress
People say stress, anxiety and low mood, or moments of excitement, fright and dealing with people, set off or worsen their symptoms.
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- “I've noticed that any kind of stimulation of my nervous system such as drinking coffee, getting jumpscared, or laughing really hard triggers shakiness and panic.”
- “My triggers are porn, excitement, social pressure, eating high histamine foods (leftovers, cheese, wine etc).”
- “I also get the same effect from just being excited about something (like going to a friends house or something) but not as severe as porn.”
- “Customer service is the worst for POIS imo”
- “I get derealization from eye contact that but usually only in POIS.”
- “Adrenaline is a trigger for me”
- “I had been sleeping roughly 4 hours a day for weeks... severe stress + sleep deprivation that started it all. I had one day off came 4 times... I knew something was wrong with my body.”
- “When I'm under particularly high stress, the brain fog / inflammation response is much more intense.”
- “Exercise and anxiety /nervousness both cause me to have worsening cognitive issues now.”
- “I had been concealing the fact I was gay for a period of 3/4 years and doing very well in my academic exams...so I was under a lot of pressure all the time then”
- “Don’t have fear or anxiety about POIS. It will increase it more.”
- “I had been abstaining from orgasm for about 3 weeks. I had some POIS symptoms that were appearing from general horniness, unrelated anxiety and exercise.”
- “when I'm anxious my symptoms seem worse”
- “Stress and social confidence issues; father's death possibly worsened symptoms.”
- “I do get similar, but much milder, symptoms from anxiety/weight lifting though”
- “I think it's caused by chronic stress and anxiety.”
- “Stress makes it worse.”
- “I had some POIS symptoms that were appearing from... unrelated anxiety”
- “I thought it was because my dad passed away but I only started to feel like this 9 months after.”
- “stress, which is highly connected to neurosis, is a great factor on how intense the POIS symptoms are”
- “Whenever I exercise or get nervous my sinuses block up and I have thick mucus.”
- “this continuous guilt due to the intense personal conflict created this neurosis”
- “I get the same symptoms when I excercise or get nervous or am stressed.”
- “Reduce stressful situations as much as possible***, and don't overthink about what has already happened or dwell in guilt.”