tjb113
16-08-16, 06:32
There is one thing I've noticed now in my years of living with health anxiety. We all are guilty of going to Google or forums like these and looking up articles and posts of people who are experiencing issues like we are. It might help us feel better to know others are out there dealing with the same things, and maybe if it didn't end badly for them then maybe it won't be so bad for us. That gives us hope, though that's usually where this all falls flat.
What I have noticed from viewing forums like this, other forums, comment areas on threads, and so on, is that people come to the forums to report their problems and report what they're dealing with but you never see the resolution. The posts always end with the outcome up in the air and that really negates the greatest benefit that these discussions could have, and that's to provide some closure to those who read about what we're dealing with. I find others with my symptoms, there might be a back and forth with other users about the symptoms, but then it ends. It could be 5 years since that post occurred but that person never returns to say how they're doing, what the tests found, what they found out it was, or anything of that nature. In the end I think this often only makes matters worse for those of us who come across those discussions. I think it's very helpful to others like ourselves if we followup with what we're dealing with, but maybe that's just me.
What I have noticed from viewing forums like this, other forums, comment areas on threads, and so on, is that people come to the forums to report their problems and report what they're dealing with but you never see the resolution. The posts always end with the outcome up in the air and that really negates the greatest benefit that these discussions could have, and that's to provide some closure to those who read about what we're dealing with. I find others with my symptoms, there might be a back and forth with other users about the symptoms, but then it ends. It could be 5 years since that post occurred but that person never returns to say how they're doing, what the tests found, what they found out it was, or anything of that nature. In the end I think this often only makes matters worse for those of us who come across those discussions. I think it's very helpful to others like ourselves if we followup with what we're dealing with, but maybe that's just me.