lofwyr
01-09-15, 20:13
In the beginning of the summer I had a very legitimate, not HA cancer scare. I had a mole that went crazy. Even the doctor who took the biopsy thought it would be modular melanoma, the deadliest kind. It was, however, an unexplainable fluke and the mole was benign. No cancer at all, yay! I should be able to move on with my life.
I wish. Sadly I have a lot of moles, and I mean a lot. I have always hated them simply on cosmetic grounds, but lately I am looking at each one like a time bomb stuck to my skin. I really feel myself obsessing over them. I find myself avoiding going outside when it is sunny. I can feel the unhealthy self checking habits coming back.
For those with similar mole problems, what sort of things get you through? I have had a pretty good run with no HA of late but it feels like it is sliding back into my life and a lot of the cbt tricks do t pull my mind away from the mole worry.
The other issue is when I thought I was looking at cancer I jumped in a did a lot of research about melanoma. Now when I did it I was just trying to be proactive in potential treatments. Naturally I thought I had cancer. As it turns out now I have filled my brain with so much knowledge about melanoma I wish I could Unlearn it all. I don't Google anything but this was different.
Anyway, rambling now. The short question is does anyone have a notion of how to overcome mole worry?
I wish. Sadly I have a lot of moles, and I mean a lot. I have always hated them simply on cosmetic grounds, but lately I am looking at each one like a time bomb stuck to my skin. I really feel myself obsessing over them. I find myself avoiding going outside when it is sunny. I can feel the unhealthy self checking habits coming back.
For those with similar mole problems, what sort of things get you through? I have had a pretty good run with no HA of late but it feels like it is sliding back into my life and a lot of the cbt tricks do t pull my mind away from the mole worry.
The other issue is when I thought I was looking at cancer I jumped in a did a lot of research about melanoma. Now when I did it I was just trying to be proactive in potential treatments. Naturally I thought I had cancer. As it turns out now I have filled my brain with so much knowledge about melanoma I wish I could Unlearn it all. I don't Google anything but this was different.
Anyway, rambling now. The short question is does anyone have a notion of how to overcome mole worry?