red dot on skin

[Bigboyuk]

Tbh Helen you avoid answering the questions we ask ATB

[venusbluejeans]

in reality I know I can stop it.

Helen, I say again, you know how to stop it...... so stop it!

[helenhoo]

I'm now worrying about a red dry spot on my cheek which I'm sure has shrunk but worried it could be skin cancer....

what on earth has bought this back?

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sorry Venusbluejeans and bigboyuk

[nomorepanic]

You have not been practising your CBT coping methods so now you are spiraling again.

You don't need to post and tell us about every lump and bump - you need to learn how to rationalise it yourself.

You really don't have anything wrong with you - you are looking for things to post about and trying to make an issue of things are really not a problem at all.

[helenhoo]

It's horrible, spots, lumps, marks, freckles.

The red dot thing of this post is still there too. I need to grasp the reins because I'm driving myself mad. I'm definitely back in routine of checking skin again.

[nomorepanic]

We all have them though - you are just focusing on them.

Stop checking and start living :-)

[helenhoo]

I know we

but it's new ones that scare me.

[nomorepanic]

You will get new ones every day of your life to be honest.

[Bigboyuk]

Helen start practicing what you learnt from your CBT sessions ok then come back and tell us ok ATB

[MyNameIsTerry]

How can you cut down your compulsive checking? Stop completely, distraction, gradual elimination?

How can you cut down on your reasurance seeking? Again, as above.

You know this is just a new obsession and matches the ones you had in the past. You know they came to nothing other than anxiety. So, now it needs to be about sitting with those thoughts and not reacting to them.