Issy_Bum
07-01-07, 19:29
I've never really known what the name of my problem was. I know I don't have social anxiety, I just refer to myself as an anxious person but I wonder if I could be suffering from health anxiety?
- I always jump to the worst conclusion (bump on the head/headache = brain haemmorage, flu = menningitus, aches and pains = the flu/heart attack).
- I worry a lot about going blind or having a stroke.
- I quite often contemplate how unpredictable life is, etc.
- The thing that makes me panic is the idea that I may faint, even when I feel well and have a full stomach.
I'm a lot better now than I was and these things don't plague me as much, it's just an occasional "oh my gosh, what if!?"
I just really want to know what's wrong with me and I want to avoid the doctor, I've been there too often, lol. I've also already had one set of therpahy that taught me breathing exercise and other ways of dealing with stress. I don't know if that's enough though, I just need reassurance..constantly.
- I always jump to the worst conclusion (bump on the head/headache = brain haemmorage, flu = menningitus, aches and pains = the flu/heart attack).
- I worry a lot about going blind or having a stroke.
- I quite often contemplate how unpredictable life is, etc.
- The thing that makes me panic is the idea that I may faint, even when I feel well and have a full stomach.
I'm a lot better now than I was and these things don't plague me as much, it's just an occasional "oh my gosh, what if!?"
I just really want to know what's wrong with me and I want to avoid the doctor, I've been there too often, lol. I've also already had one set of therpahy that taught me breathing exercise and other ways of dealing with stress. I don't know if that's enough though, I just need reassurance..constantly.