AVM16
22-11-14, 08:41
Hi, I am 26 and have suffered with health anxiety for 4yr, I can pin point the the exact time it started. I had just bought a flat and was saving to get married and a new car and something just snapped. However, instead of stressing about money etc I was so focused on the headache all this stress was causing I was convinced I had a brain tumor. I was so scared I went to the doctors who reassured my I had burnt myself out with stress. Since then it's got progressively worse, I had a son 3yrs ago and had a few issues after birth with my heart rate (turned out anxiety related) but the doctors thought there was something really wrong with me (blot clots etc). This really scared me and since then there have been more than 3/4 of the time I live in absolute fear that I'm going to die. My most recent complaint and scariest of all is palpitations, it feels like my heart is skipping beats and this REALLY terrifies me, does this happen to anyone else? I have been to the doctors several times who have tried to reassure me that it's my anxiety but I just can't stop thinking about it. I know the more I think about it and concentrate on it the worse it gets, all my back and shoulders go tight. I am currently having CBT and trying really hard with it, but I just feel like I'm wasting my life away consumed in my head and body.
Sorry it's so long, thank you if you have taken the time to read :)!!
A x
Sorry it's so long, thank you if you have taken the time to read :)!!
A x