My positive brain MRI experience

[LisaLisaD]

Hi guys,

I have an anxiety disorder and went through a brain MRI last year, which was ordered by a neurologist. I have pretty bad health anxiety and was super, super worried about having it done. I had read ALL kinds online about how horrible it would be, and had tried to prepare myself for a terrible experience.

What I found was that it was actually completely fine.

I wrote a blog post to try and help other people with the same fear. It's detailed (and also talked about the evolution of my health anxiety and how it affects me on the whole) and I've described the MRI bit by bit. Warning: it's long, but in it I talk about the noise, the headgear, the space, the bed you lie on, the amount of time it took, and anything else I worried about before I had it done.

If you feel it might help and would like to read it, it's here:http://wp.me/p5ELtX-1l

If it helps just one person I'll be pleased.

Sending good stuff.

LD