Kayla1992
12-05-16, 12:06
I have been a severe health worrier my entire life! (I'm 23)
I have tried every thing possible to try to help:
Medication
CBT
EMDR
Hypnotherapy
Counselling
just to name a few. I have begun to feel like health anxiety is a part of who I am and that it has become so ingrained into my personality that I will never be free from it :( Its almost like I feel that I don't know what else to do or think if i'm not worrying.
I do have good periods without worry which can lust up to a couple of weeks, but some new symptom will pop up again and I will go back down the spiral.
Lately however I have decided to go from reading other people's posts to posting one myself!
Often when I read someone else's worries and concerns I can see it objectively and often I think "oh why are they worrying about that?" or "if only they were my symptoms then I wouldn't worry because I can clearly see that that is nothing serious"
However for that person I know they are super scary! I know all my family and friends think those things about me when I complain about my latest deadly fear, however when it is happening to you, you cant see the objectiveness. All you can see is the dark scary place that your mind is taking you.
I have attempted to post on here many times before and got to the point where I have written out my worry only to read it back to myself and think "Oh, I can see this now as if someone else has written it, and how silly it sounds to be worrying about it" and then I never post it.
By putting the worry into words on a page rather than words in my mind helps me to take a step back and see the issue from afar.
This has helped me see the issue as others would see it in me and it helps to put it in perspective.
This doesn't always work though as some fears just dig their claws in so deep that it feels like nothing will help.
I have some quite bad fears a the moment, but I will save them for another post.
Sorry this is quite long, but it is a technique that I find can help in some situations and I hope it helps others too.
So logically write out what it is you are concerned with, take a step back and then read it again from an objective point of view as if you were reading something someone else has written and then see what you think of it.
I find little things like this help to make life a little easier
I have tried every thing possible to try to help:
Medication
CBT
EMDR
Hypnotherapy
Counselling
just to name a few. I have begun to feel like health anxiety is a part of who I am and that it has become so ingrained into my personality that I will never be free from it :( Its almost like I feel that I don't know what else to do or think if i'm not worrying.
I do have good periods without worry which can lust up to a couple of weeks, but some new symptom will pop up again and I will go back down the spiral.
Lately however I have decided to go from reading other people's posts to posting one myself!
Often when I read someone else's worries and concerns I can see it objectively and often I think "oh why are they worrying about that?" or "if only they were my symptoms then I wouldn't worry because I can clearly see that that is nothing serious"
However for that person I know they are super scary! I know all my family and friends think those things about me when I complain about my latest deadly fear, however when it is happening to you, you cant see the objectiveness. All you can see is the dark scary place that your mind is taking you.
I have attempted to post on here many times before and got to the point where I have written out my worry only to read it back to myself and think "Oh, I can see this now as if someone else has written it, and how silly it sounds to be worrying about it" and then I never post it.
By putting the worry into words on a page rather than words in my mind helps me to take a step back and see the issue from afar.
This has helped me see the issue as others would see it in me and it helps to put it in perspective.
This doesn't always work though as some fears just dig their claws in so deep that it feels like nothing will help.
I have some quite bad fears a the moment, but I will save them for another post.
Sorry this is quite long, but it is a technique that I find can help in some situations and I hope it helps others too.
So logically write out what it is you are concerned with, take a step back and then read it again from an objective point of view as if you were reading something someone else has written and then see what you think of it.
I find little things like this help to make life a little easier