View Full Version : Its Amazing- Now Im Waitin For My Next Disease..
my latest disease was lung and bone cancer, after convincing myself i had this, the symptons were getting worse, i came on here and sum1 else had the same symptoms, it turns out i just had pulled cartilage, nw my symptoms av dissapeared-wonda whats next
football12345
03-02-09, 08:40
Yeah the same thing happens to me symptom wise... It sucks.
I wish I had the answer b/c I can totally relate. I just ordered a book about HA and coping with it. I will post what I think about when I get it. Anyway, this stinks for all of us. Far too often my first thought in the morning is about my health. I spend too much thinking and self diagnosing. This board helps and I very grateful for it. Try to distract yourself and DO NOT GOOGLE. Good luck.
J2
whats the book called and is it any good ?
cazzmatazz
05-02-09, 15:18
I have been reccomended a book called Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway by my GP. He sais it is really good with some common sense stuff which will get me thinking - cant wait to give it a good read!
randomworry
06-02-09, 00:08
hi OP i dont mean to be rude becuase i have bad health anxiety myself but dont wonder whats next just go out there and enjoy yourself! you get me!
make this your last obsession.
all the best
i dnt literaly wait and think of diseases, and im not one that it affects my life as in its the 1st thing in my mind its just whenever i get a cold even i multiply my symptoms! i dnt wait to find something wrong with me!
wildlife71
06-02-09, 01:46
if its the same book i have "feel the fear and do it anyway" by susan jeffers it is really good, I go back to it time and time again gives me such a confident boost talks about the inner chatter " the voice within the head that constant chatters away at you"
Another book that i have which was recommeded to me by my CBT therapist is "Reinventing your life" by Jeffery E Young and Janet Klosko, talks about "life traps" and we all have one of those but all have idividual ones. This book too gives you a massive insight on yourself that you prob dont even recognise at this point till you read it then you can relate with it.
hope this helps
Heather
Littleweed
06-02-09, 07:08
I too have read this book "Reinventing your life" by Jeffery E Young and Janet Klosko, and Feel the Fear Both well worth the read.
im just like you claire i,ll read something in the press or see it on TV and all of a sudden i think i have it.the sensible part of my brain tells me not to be so stupid but the stupid side takes over and on to net i go to try to match my symptoms.with diagnostic sites you can always get a match for any disease you want.and it is almost an addiction to go on them even though i know it will only cayse me upset.
thats me! ppl in my family died of lung cancer so obviously i have it, my mum died of a heart atack the same age her father did so obviously i will, jade goody has cervical cancer so nw my normal smear a yr and half ago was wrong.i laugh at myself somtimes
I was going to do a post on this re Jade Goody. I didn't know her cancer had spread until I just read it. How awful, and so young. I am working on my Health Anxiety, so I guess for me to think I have cervical cancer is a normal irrational thought? ut no real as Jades is? This is a big one for me to fight.
xx
PS, hows the snow for you all xx
All my thoughts are irrational i just need to make myself understand that..easier said then done. bt the jade goody scenario makes me worry 2...
The snow or rather lumps of ice now where i live, i love it so no complaints frm me lol x
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