CJH86
27-03-09, 19:59
Hi all,
Am just really curious about the nature of health anxiety....i am a sufferer and things like google do fuel my HA (and almost everyone elses!) despite actually being in the 'health field' and having knowlege of how the human body, diseases and the dreaded symptoms!!
I have noticed posts on conditions i've barely even heard of and people using a lot of medical jargon......so this got me thinking. :)
Im interested for my own curiosity to find out from people who are not from a medical/biology/healthcare type of background....If
- If the internet wasnt at your disposal would you look at medical books for anwsers? (interestingly my medical ref books are the last place i look!)
- Do you learn about the biology underlying the medical condition you are worried about in order to understand it better?
- Do you tend to dispute what a healthcare professional tells you as you think they are missing the point, or you know better? - Im not being harsh with this one and pease dont take offence, i do it myself and always have!! sometimes we do know our own bodies better and what they are telling us:). But imagine the role is reversed, its not nice when you've worked so hard to be where you are and you feel like someone who has googled something is undermining you, it really makes you feel kinda bad to be honest...............But im also aware when you have HA and fixate on what you might have it is very difficult to think otherwise no matter what anyone says...no matter how much experience they have and what title they have before their name! Ive had some very strange HA things in my time (vCJD for example!)....and i look back and feel embarrassed as i should have known better!:blush:
Am just really curious about the nature of health anxiety....i am a sufferer and things like google do fuel my HA (and almost everyone elses!) despite actually being in the 'health field' and having knowlege of how the human body, diseases and the dreaded symptoms!!
I have noticed posts on conditions i've barely even heard of and people using a lot of medical jargon......so this got me thinking. :)
Im interested for my own curiosity to find out from people who are not from a medical/biology/healthcare type of background....If
- If the internet wasnt at your disposal would you look at medical books for anwsers? (interestingly my medical ref books are the last place i look!)
- Do you learn about the biology underlying the medical condition you are worried about in order to understand it better?
- Do you tend to dispute what a healthcare professional tells you as you think they are missing the point, or you know better? - Im not being harsh with this one and pease dont take offence, i do it myself and always have!! sometimes we do know our own bodies better and what they are telling us:). But imagine the role is reversed, its not nice when you've worked so hard to be where you are and you feel like someone who has googled something is undermining you, it really makes you feel kinda bad to be honest...............But im also aware when you have HA and fixate on what you might have it is very difficult to think otherwise no matter what anyone says...no matter how much experience they have and what title they have before their name! Ive had some very strange HA things in my time (vCJD for example!)....and i look back and feel embarrassed as i should have known better!:blush: