new with health anxiety

[dominoaimee]

Hello everyone. I suffer extreme anxiety over bleeding to death since I suffered a haemorrhage after having one of my children five years ago. I even fear my menstrual cycle and can't stop fixation on the amount of blood I loose. It has given me depression and I feel so low. I want to be able to beat my anxiety.

[Annie0904]

Hi Welcome to NMP. have you had any counselling to help with your fears?

[dominoaimee]

No counseling as such just my cpn that deals with anxiety and depression after child birth. I am really struggling though.

[Annie0904]

Maybe you could ask your gp about cbt?

[dominoaimee]

It is something I am considering when I am mentally a little better. Do you have any strategys that help calm your anxiety at all ??

[Annie0904]

The best thing to do is as soon as you get a negative thought, change it to a positive one. There are some good workbooks on this site that you might find helpful http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/consumers.cfm