thisisausername
08-02-20, 23:29
Hello everybody! It's been a while, huh? I posted on this forum once and then forgot my password and never logged back in again...So I guess it's time for a proper introduction. Call me Elena. I've been suffering from generalized anxiety and health anxiety for the past seven years (I'm 21!), I'm on anxiety meds and starting therapy next month, and I'm studying to be a lawyer. (I'm also fluent in 4 languages, so if you need some translation done, let me know. ;)) Now that we've got the introductions out of the way, let's get to why I'm here.
I've been worrying about colon cancer for 10 months now, ever since seeing a bit of blood in my toilet and being diagnosed with hemorrhoids. Things were fine for a while, I was starting to forget my worries, but then I read an article about thin stools being caused by colorectal tumors a week ago and my bowels have been all over the place since then. I've even had pencil-thin stools for the past two days! I'm figuring this has something to do with my anxiety (or else the timing is very convenient!), because I'm sure everything was normal two weeks ago, and last month, and the month before that...
So my question is: could my brain really be creating this symptom? And how do I stop it?
I've been worrying about colon cancer for 10 months now, ever since seeing a bit of blood in my toilet and being diagnosed with hemorrhoids. Things were fine for a while, I was starting to forget my worries, but then I read an article about thin stools being caused by colorectal tumors a week ago and my bowels have been all over the place since then. I've even had pencil-thin stools for the past two days! I'm figuring this has something to do with my anxiety (or else the timing is very convenient!), because I'm sure everything was normal two weeks ago, and last month, and the month before that...
So my question is: could my brain really be creating this symptom? And how do I stop it?