lovelife
21-02-09, 11:05
:) Hello - umm i'm steffi and have health anxiety. I study psychology with the aim of being in a profession where i help people with these problems. So it's a bit ironic!
I've had it mildly for a loooong time. Noone explained heart burn and palpitations to me when i was younger so i was a 10 year old thinking she had heart disease haha. Then a couple of years ago, the morning after a night out where i had been worrying about a cut on foot (gangrene) and shivering (hypothermia) i had what turned out to be a panic attack. That just opened the lovely gates and i was having them all the time. The stupid thing was i was crying in worry and laughing at my own 'stupidity' at the same time. I taught myself some things and managed to stop the actual panic attacks. Now its just worry.
I don't put myself in situations where i know i'll end up worrying later (eg. eating food thats 'use by' is today) and it generally works well.
In the end i'm hoping that my direct experience will help me help others in future. Other people can't understand what it feels like so are likely to think 'hah stupid person thinking they have cancer' on some level.
Oh and i'm not scared of the pain or illness =) - just death. I really love life and the idea of dying early is horrible to me.
Soooo that's me :yahoo:
*EDIT: Sorry, it didn't occur to me that 'hola' isn't english. I use it instead of hello casually. But the title of this thread is 'Hello' for those that don't know =)
I've had it mildly for a loooong time. Noone explained heart burn and palpitations to me when i was younger so i was a 10 year old thinking she had heart disease haha. Then a couple of years ago, the morning after a night out where i had been worrying about a cut on foot (gangrene) and shivering (hypothermia) i had what turned out to be a panic attack. That just opened the lovely gates and i was having them all the time. The stupid thing was i was crying in worry and laughing at my own 'stupidity' at the same time. I taught myself some things and managed to stop the actual panic attacks. Now its just worry.
I don't put myself in situations where i know i'll end up worrying later (eg. eating food thats 'use by' is today) and it generally works well.
In the end i'm hoping that my direct experience will help me help others in future. Other people can't understand what it feels like so are likely to think 'hah stupid person thinking they have cancer' on some level.
Oh and i'm not scared of the pain or illness =) - just death. I really love life and the idea of dying early is horrible to me.
Soooo that's me :yahoo:
*EDIT: Sorry, it didn't occur to me that 'hola' isn't english. I use it instead of hello casually. But the title of this thread is 'Hello' for those that don't know =)