Just saying hi!

[annalossmann]

Hi everyone, I am writing from Germany... am English but married to a German man. Have a growing problem with anxiety about illness... don't want to admit to it, but now after a few sessions of being convinced I am going to die, I am recognising a pattern in my behaviour. I don't know what happened to the self-confident person i used to be in this respect! My latest thing is mouth cancer, and i have just given up smoking (for about the 5th time) - I have no real reason to think I have it, just some pain in my face, which wasn't really there until I started reading all about mouth cancer being on the increase last week in the papers. I feel like, why should I be lucky, loads of other people aren't. But am too scared (and feel too stupid) to go to the doctor. Now the whole area which I was initially worried about is throbbing constantly - it feels like it is taunting me. Does anyone out there understand what I am talking about? Be glad to hear from anyone who can help! Bye for now!

[Meg]

Health Anxiety is a growing problem fuelled on by Googling and media scaremongering.

You are not alone

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Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com

Your anxiety is the human representation of the pictures that you paint using your many vivid colours of revolving and reoccurring thoughts.
How big is your gallery ?

[trac67]

Hi,

Welcome to the forum, you will get a lot of great advice here and make some good friends.

I went throught the whole health anxiety thing myself, so I can understand how you feel, it is very hard but you have to think logically about any symptoms that you have.

By being positive, you will find it really helps.

Feel free to pm me anytime.

Take care
Trac xx

'Live your life with arms wide open, today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten'

[dream]

hi annalossmann
welcome to this site there are lots of great people on here who have got lots of great advice and will give you lots of help ,
every one on here will understand what you are going though,
take care
denisexxx

denise

[pinkscrumpy]

Hiya

A warm welcome to the site. I am sure you will find it very helpful.

[^]

MANDIE XX

Will I ever escape this?
Will I ever be free?
Wake me up from this nightmare.
Please just give me the key!

[clickaway]

Hi Anna and welcome,

How well are you able to distract yourself? I think that is the key, as otherwise you will continue to focus on this imaginary ailment.

Keep reading and posting here, and you will progress.

Take care



Ray

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.
~Mark Sanders and Tia Sillers

[sueiamnew]

Welcome Anna!

[nomorepanic]

Anna

A warm welcome aboard.

I too went through the whole throat cancer thing last week cos I have had a recurrent sore throat so I was convinced it had to be cancer. I know how hard it is to forget about it and searching on the internet is fatal!

Anyway I hope you can get some reassurance on here.

Nicola

[annalossmann]

Thanks everyone! this has to be the friendliest site I have ever found. feel a bit isolated stuck out in Germany. Will keep in touch!
Bye for now,
Anna

[aussiegirl]

welcome anna [^]
i agree everyone is friendly here :D

PTSD sufferer 2 yrs
married mummy to 3 kids

[bluesparkle]

hi anna
yes this site is great... and very friendly...
i dont suffer from health anxiety but i know there are lots of people on here that do and there is also lots of advice on here...
if you are feeling lonely why not try the chat room in the evening... people tend to be in there about 8pm ish...
rach

[kazo]

hi

welcome to the forum

kazo xxx

[chucklehound]

Hi Anna and welcome to NMP where you will get lots of support and make some great friends too!:D

Take Care

Chucklehound

xxxx

[Karen]

Hi Anna

Welcome to the forum.

Karen



It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

[alexis]

Hi Anna and welcome, I think you are right about this being the friendliest site, take care

love from Alexisxx

If I help one person today it was worth getting up.

[wobily_lin]

hi there

wecome to the site. i like so many do understand. some great support on here.

take care.xxx

lin x