What is this 'mental pressure'?

[saxdude731]

For three years I've been in a really weird state, and the one constant thing has been a pressure that I feel on my brain. I don't know if it exists or not though because I have had delusional symptoms before... The feeling is like energy held up in the brain, because if I try really hard I can sometimes move it around slightly. But I can't get it to go away and its reaally bothersome and restricting. I heard a thai monk once speak of 'mental power', a pressure that restricts the nervous system when you meditate too much (and restrict thought- which I can relate to).. but I didn't start meditating until after this started.. I am quite extreme in terms of eat well, exercising, and have tried both allopathic medication, holistic (acupuncture and hypnotherapy), and therapy to try to figure this all out, but nothing has worked! I'm sure that most would immediately think its depression, but I think depression has become as a result of this..

[surfergirl10]

I can feel pressure like sinus pressure then I can feel weird areas of lightness in my frontla lobe areas. Then when I am right in the mind, I feel the back of my brain connected. Hmmm

[Hensley258]

I also had this same symptom as a result of my Depression.

It kind of feels like a hacking feeling in your head. To me it kind of felt like something was pressing down on my brain.

It's such a weird sensation that it's really hard for me to find proper words to describe the sensation. The one thing I know for sure is that this sensation is connected to my severe Depression. The worse my depression is then the worse this symptom is.

My meds do a lot to eliviate this pressure.