sunny_lizz
07-04-16, 11:59
Hi there,
so I´ve been suffering from Health Anxiety for almost a year now. How I got there is a pretty long story & really doesn´t matter that much. As I am a studying Psychology 600km away from my parents´ home, I started living alone 1.5 years ago (before the anxiety started). It all went pretty well so far because I´ve mostly been away for around 8 weeks only. Now it´s gonna be 4 months & I don´t have an as busy schedule at uni as I used to. Right now I´ve been home at my parents´ for almost 2 months and my anxiety has set pretty low in general. Tomorrow I´m going back to my own place though and my anxiety has suddenly set in again. I´m scared I´ll get seriously sick while my parents are about a 6 hour drive away & that I won´t know when/how to get help. I do live with a flatmate but we´re not exactly friends, rather co-existing really, so that doesn´t help. My mom has always been the only one to be able to calm me down & here I can just go & tell her that something´s aching & she´ll easily talk me down. Being at uni that doesn´t go so easy.
Any tips on how I could make this easier on myself?? Has anyone had a similar experience & got out of it okay?
so I´ve been suffering from Health Anxiety for almost a year now. How I got there is a pretty long story & really doesn´t matter that much. As I am a studying Psychology 600km away from my parents´ home, I started living alone 1.5 years ago (before the anxiety started). It all went pretty well so far because I´ve mostly been away for around 8 weeks only. Now it´s gonna be 4 months & I don´t have an as busy schedule at uni as I used to. Right now I´ve been home at my parents´ for almost 2 months and my anxiety has set pretty low in general. Tomorrow I´m going back to my own place though and my anxiety has suddenly set in again. I´m scared I´ll get seriously sick while my parents are about a 6 hour drive away & that I won´t know when/how to get help. I do live with a flatmate but we´re not exactly friends, rather co-existing really, so that doesn´t help. My mom has always been the only one to be able to calm me down & here I can just go & tell her that something´s aching & she´ll easily talk me down. Being at uni that doesn´t go so easy.
Any tips on how I could make this easier on myself?? Has anyone had a similar experience & got out of it okay?