Thank you for taking time to respond to me. I am thankful for your input. You seem to be very understanding and relatable.
At the time when it happened I kept it all to myself for months, nearly a year. I did eventually talk about it all and now I find it easy to talk about.
I live in Minnesota so I was able to go to the Mayo Clinic ENT and also neurology department and I’ve never been more disappointed, especially in their ent department. It was awful. I actually felt stupid for being there. The woman I saw there was so low on compassion! It was upsetting.

I have not talked to anyone specializing in that area of expertise but I did tell the voice therapist that I saw from the university of MN. He asked me specifically.

I keep “maybe it is just from holding tension“ but I also keep thinking there has to be more to this being that the pain is so great no matter what I do. I am definitely going to try and do more to relax the area. Any suggestions?