Sick with a cold and super anxious! :/

[MM]

Everyone around me is sick.. I'm surprised it took so long for me to catch it.

I think being sick with any kind of virus really increases my anxiety. On a daily basis I'm weak and tired and lightheaded just from anxiety alone, but when I'm sick, everything is so much worse! I can barely get up, I can't sleep, I can't eat, my dizziness is incredible. It absolutely feeds my health anxiety brain, it makes me think I have something worse than I actually do.

My question is: do you normally get super sore, tired, weak, and dizzy when you're sick? Does it make your anxiety go up?

[Cusper]

yes and yes! i had been sick this weekend and felt the same way it was terrible. it's a few days later and not even remotely as bad. Just try to sleep it out and let it play itself out. Hope you feel better!

[Avasmummy_x]

Yes yes yes ! I've just been through this. Your immune system is lower when you have anxiety so you pick things up earlier which makes viruses take longer to go and can feel like they're hitting you harder as your body is already 'weak! As such. Don't worry x