grimboddy
09-03-18, 17:43
(possible tw for mentions of scary illnesses)
hi everyone... after a short period of doing pretty well with managing my anxiety i'm coming back around the bend and i've landed right back in a dark place.
it seems like every little thing sets me off... last time i was hitting a rough patch with health anxiety i was absolutely convinced that i'd contracted rabies from my (vaccinated) dog after he left a surface scratch that didn't even break the skin. that lasted for nearly three weeks before subsiding and looking back on it it was unbearable. my physical symptoms became absolutely debilitating
NOW i'm worried about limb threatening illnesses after a patch of skin on my right arm warmed up a little bit. i KNOW i know better but it kind of feels like that doesn't help. no matter how much i try to reason with and fight against those feelings of worry and dread and tell myself that "i'm going to be okay, it's nothing", i just get even more worked up.
i'm really at the end of my rope; i cannot end up back in that place again. i can't take nearly another month of non stop anxiety and panic attacks. does anybody have any words of advice or comfort? it would really be appreciated.
hi everyone... after a short period of doing pretty well with managing my anxiety i'm coming back around the bend and i've landed right back in a dark place.
it seems like every little thing sets me off... last time i was hitting a rough patch with health anxiety i was absolutely convinced that i'd contracted rabies from my (vaccinated) dog after he left a surface scratch that didn't even break the skin. that lasted for nearly three weeks before subsiding and looking back on it it was unbearable. my physical symptoms became absolutely debilitating
NOW i'm worried about limb threatening illnesses after a patch of skin on my right arm warmed up a little bit. i KNOW i know better but it kind of feels like that doesn't help. no matter how much i try to reason with and fight against those feelings of worry and dread and tell myself that "i'm going to be okay, it's nothing", i just get even more worked up.
i'm really at the end of my rope; i cannot end up back in that place again. i can't take nearly another month of non stop anxiety and panic attacks. does anybody have any words of advice or comfort? it would really be appreciated.