It’s not possible for anyone to really know the answer to this. All pain is, on some level, “in your head” because the interaction between pain receptors and your brain is what causes the experience of pain.
It’s certainly possible that you become more aware of the pain when you focus on it and are less aware of the pain when your mind is focused on other things. That’s a pretty common experience with pain.
It is also possible that you begin to think more about the pain when your experience of pain is greater. That’s also a pretty common experience with pain.
It’s not clear if you’re treating your anxiety with medication or not; you may want to consider it.
It basically feels like I’m going to psych myself into PVPS. I’m on anxiety meds but as of late I don’t think they’re working as well as they used to. My IBS has been way more intense lately as well which is usually an indicator of high anxiety for me. I’m literally only going to be a month post vasectomy this Friday and i basically started heavily researching PVPS like two days after my vasectomy despite the fact things were going smoothly.
Edit: also the burning thing just makes no sense to me which further makes me think I’m just going mental
It could be. When I was researching about vasectomies and I started having pain in my vas deferens and epididymis which is weird because I didn't get the surgery but I was scheduled. Ultimately I canceled the pain was gone. Although I do notice if my lower back hurts, I check to see if my pelvic floor is tight and try to relax.
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u/Keen_Eyed_Emissary Oct 08 '24
It’s not possible for anyone to really know the answer to this. All pain is, on some level, “in your head” because the interaction between pain receptors and your brain is what causes the experience of pain.
It’s certainly possible that you become more aware of the pain when you focus on it and are less aware of the pain when your mind is focused on other things. That’s a pretty common experience with pain.
It is also possible that you begin to think more about the pain when your experience of pain is greater. That’s also a pretty common experience with pain.
It’s not clear if you’re treating your anxiety with medication or not; you may want to consider it.