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For a week now I have both a painful hip and sore ribs. I put the painful hip down to a pulled muscle; last week I did a lot of heavy and awkward lifting and I cycled with very strong headwind. The sore ribs I put down to me sleeping in a different position than normal due to my hip.
However, last night one of the nearby cafés had their music on really loud and I put in my earplugs. And I noticed that my heart rate was a bit higher than normal. Not a lot, but still. And I realized I was having a sneaky anxiety attack.
I've had one before, it isn't like a normal anxiety attack where breathing can get difficult and my heart rate shoots up. But with a sneaky one I breath shallower than normal, I obviously tensed the muscles around my ribs, hence the sore ribs. The other time I had a sneaky attack my leg also hurt, albeit a bit lower down. Eventually it turned into a full anxiety attack and caused me to go to the doctor. Who explained that the pain (and tingling, which I don't have now) in my leg was down to the shallow breathing.
So I'm now trying to regulate my breathing and have my body relax. I'll expect it'll take a couple of days before I get it under control and hopefully the pain in my hip will disappear. An full blown anxiety attack is easier to get under control than this type of attack, because it's so subtle.
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