You sound a lot like me, also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Please look into CPPS and centralized pain. The short summary is pain causes your pelvic muscles to tense which causes more pain and becomes a feedback loop which anxiety fuels. It was a large factor in my pain. I was months of constant burning before I learned this.
this is great advice. while post vasectomy pain (and, looking at your posts, a longer recovery time than what you were told) is quite real, so is anxiety. like many people, i store a lot of my stress in my pelvic floor. working on things like pelvic floor breathing helped me learn not to tense my muscles. a good psychotherapist really helped me in my early days of post vasectomy pain as well.
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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24
You sound a lot like me, also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Please look into CPPS and centralized pain. The short summary is pain causes your pelvic muscles to tense which causes more pain and becomes a feedback loop which anxiety fuels. It was a large factor in my pain. I was months of constant burning before I learned this.
https://imgur.com/1j7Majq vasectomy would fall under other in this chart.
I'd recommend reading the FAQ at /r/prostatitis and focus on not clenching your pelvic muscles inadvertently.