everthine22
18-07-13, 20:50
Hi, just to introduce myself. I am a 23 year old girl, never had any health issues/hospitals trips in my life. Basically, lately i've had a raft of blood tests and other tests to determine why i was having some IBS symptoms, which had gotten worse over last few months. All tests came back as normal and all my other health aspects are fine, i have no pain or weight-loss or fatigue; anyone would say well, you must be fine, the tests say so, so stop worrying.
But i have got it into my head that the tests were all wrong and i am ill, and that maybe the tests were wrongly performed or they missed something. I have noticed this is a common thought pattern of mine, as today i went for tests at a sexual health clinic (i suddenly had a panic and decided to go get tests, despite having no real reason for doing so), and i have convinced myself the same again will happen, the tests might get done wrong or lost or switched. I know its unlikely but my head is just pushing itself to the limits with the anxiety.
I think all this was triggered a few years ago, when a very close family friend died of cancer, aged just 26. Ever since then i have been paranoid every time i get ill, or a stomach ache, or anything. I have convinced myself i am going to die of cancer. No of course, anxiety or not, this could happen, it does happen, its a crappy world at times. But i'd like to stop bothering my GP and everyone around me with my incessant worries.
Any thoughts?
But i have got it into my head that the tests were all wrong and i am ill, and that maybe the tests were wrongly performed or they missed something. I have noticed this is a common thought pattern of mine, as today i went for tests at a sexual health clinic (i suddenly had a panic and decided to go get tests, despite having no real reason for doing so), and i have convinced myself the same again will happen, the tests might get done wrong or lost or switched. I know its unlikely but my head is just pushing itself to the limits with the anxiety.
I think all this was triggered a few years ago, when a very close family friend died of cancer, aged just 26. Ever since then i have been paranoid every time i get ill, or a stomach ache, or anything. I have convinced myself i am going to die of cancer. No of course, anxiety or not, this could happen, it does happen, its a crappy world at times. But i'd like to stop bothering my GP and everyone around me with my incessant worries.
Any thoughts?