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chat how do i stop my body from injuring itself by being perpetually tensed up
Short-term solution could be muscle relaxants.
Massage can help (I am skeptical of chiropractics though)
Try looking up the Alexander Technique, it really helped me with being overly tense. If there is a group class near you (sometimes music/dance/performing arts schools have them) you should try it but it's hard to learn without an in person teacher.
Something that helped me is realizing that any muscle group that is tense has an opposing muscle group that, if tensed up, can allow the opposing ones to relax.
Examples: bicep/tricep, lower back and abs (especially sitting!), upper back/upper chest, trapezius muscles/scapular muscles, and in the neck, occipital ligaments in the back vs the ones in the front (but also, gravity can pull your chin downwards to relieve tension in the back of the neck.)