I have never suffered from any form of anxiety up untill this year and im 31 now,it all started at the start of the year when my eye condition started to progress and for some unknown STUPID reason i googled eye cancer just what was i thinking!!!!for 2 weeks solid i googled everyday eye cancer symptoms and was in the mirror checking them on a constant basis convinced i had it CONVINCED there was no other thing it could be right? Untill i finally saw my eye surgeon who told me i 100% didnt have it,PHEW.Then a week later i had a urine test done for a pre operation assesment and boom there was a slight trace of blood in it so what do i do?i google youd think id of learned my lesson but nope...convinced i had kidney or bladder cancer CONVINCED there was nothing else it could be right? Repeated 6 urine samples(clear)and about 20 doctors visits later i didnt have any of them cancers PHEW survived again...then my stomache started making all sorts of sounds and i had a hard stomache and constipation for a few weeks now this was deffo colon cancer it couldnt be anytthing else right??? After 10 more doctors appointments and days and weeks of googling turns out i didnt have colon cancer?survived cancer again,id become a complete nervous wreck!!!stopped leaving the house stopped going out with friends stopped doing all the things i loved to do put a few stone in weight on and spent most of my time in doctors surgeries and on my phone googling infact im that clued up now on all these diseases i think I could be a doctor😂...some of the things i used to do and still do that people probably can relate to are id come back from the doctors slightly relieved then within an hour i would start to worry i had forgot to tell the doctor about a particular symptom so i would panic they had miss diagnosed me and the worry would start again,i would notice every single twitch pain or sound in my body and think it was a symptom,the hours and hours of googling i have done is frightening really......at this minute i have ms or brain tumour because my body is constantly jerking vibrating and shaking lets be honest its probs all the stress and anxiety i have been going through all these months about HEALTH ANXIETY....i feel for anybody with health anxiety and going through the same thing i wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy.i started cbt after the new year and im really looking forward to it and hopefully kicking this health anxietys arse!!!
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Originally Posted by Blonde123
