Are Stress and Hypochondria symptoms directly related?

[anxietymcc]

I've had a big stressful project at school this week and a pinpoint pressure/pain in my head has come back in these last few days. I am always worried about brain tumors/aneurysms, and every once and a while this syptom flares up, but I don't have others .I haven't been sleeping my normal amount either. Sometimes I worry that the stress could be causing actual medical problems, but then I think about the fact that it has come back during a stressful time and not when things are okay, so I am less worried.

Do pinpoint/pressures and pains in the head, not one sided by like a specific spot (i.e temple)  relate to stress. Maybe neck issues?

Thanks,
Jack

[dle589]

I'd say definitely true. Stress often causes our bodies to tense up, which can cause all types of random pains. Also I have read that stabbing pains or like a shooting pain in certain spots of your head can be linked to anxiety too. Stress itself can't really cause a lot of medical problems, I think over time stress can wear down your immune system which can lead to infections and things like that, but I doubt it can cause tumors and aneurysms. I think people would be dropping like flies if it did. Stress can do a lot of weird stuff to your body, but overall I don't think it's anything to worry about and it should go away when your situation becomes less stressful.