Alice1
22-04-14, 17:16
This may sound counterproductive, and I would heed the warnings on the website and know if it's the right thing for you to do.
But I have found that after browsing the cancer research website and getting more and more panicky from all the statistics about lung cancer and survival rates etc, that after reading the section for people actually dying from cancer, I felt a million times better.
No, seriously.
I can't post links but if you go to the cancer research website-coping with cancer-dying section you'll be able to find a lot of literature.
Suddenly I knew what to expect if anything does happen, and now it doesn't seem scary but just something that can still be controlled even if it can't be cured.
I read it as though I was actually diagnosed (as so many of us who feel this way actually believe we unofficially are) and because it was written for people actually diagnosed, i.e so plainly and matter of fact and with a lot of compassion, it eased my worries completely.
Recently my main focus for feeling better has been to not think the worst of every situation, not in a way where the situation in itself isn't the worst it could possibly be (because it could), but that I had a belief that I wouldn't be able to cope with such a bad situation.
The human mind is extrememly powerful and a lot of anxiety can stem from thinking you're not able to cope and think clearly when you absoulty can. With anything.
Take care. x
But I have found that after browsing the cancer research website and getting more and more panicky from all the statistics about lung cancer and survival rates etc, that after reading the section for people actually dying from cancer, I felt a million times better.
No, seriously.
I can't post links but if you go to the cancer research website-coping with cancer-dying section you'll be able to find a lot of literature.
Suddenly I knew what to expect if anything does happen, and now it doesn't seem scary but just something that can still be controlled even if it can't be cured.
I read it as though I was actually diagnosed (as so many of us who feel this way actually believe we unofficially are) and because it was written for people actually diagnosed, i.e so plainly and matter of fact and with a lot of compassion, it eased my worries completely.
Recently my main focus for feeling better has been to not think the worst of every situation, not in a way where the situation in itself isn't the worst it could possibly be (because it could), but that I had a belief that I wouldn't be able to cope with such a bad situation.
The human mind is extrememly powerful and a lot of anxiety can stem from thinking you're not able to cope and think clearly when you absoulty can. With anything.
Take care. x