mathmajor
21-02-10, 23:01
Hi all. I am posting to see if anyone can identify with me.
I am overcoming (or trying to) my health anxiety. I avoid a lot of situations as to not set off my panic but I literally examine myself or think about it several times a minute unless otherwise preoccupied. As I said in my previous post, I'm pretty sure I have something wrong with me, although my doctor doesn't seem to think so, but they can't prove it.
I shower and dress in the dark, and refuse to look at my bodily excretions. I cannot look in the mirror without checking myself. I do not google anything even remotely health related. I do not watch medical shows. I pretend like my symptoms don't exist. It's the only way I can function.
I have this nagging feeling like I'm ignoring something important and that I'm in denial and something really is wrong with me. I bargained with myself that I'll go back to the doctor if I really feel bad or if my family identifies a reason for me to. I can't call my doc every time I find something... he'd throw me out.
Anyone feel the same?
MM
I am overcoming (or trying to) my health anxiety. I avoid a lot of situations as to not set off my panic but I literally examine myself or think about it several times a minute unless otherwise preoccupied. As I said in my previous post, I'm pretty sure I have something wrong with me, although my doctor doesn't seem to think so, but they can't prove it.
I shower and dress in the dark, and refuse to look at my bodily excretions. I cannot look in the mirror without checking myself. I do not google anything even remotely health related. I do not watch medical shows. I pretend like my symptoms don't exist. It's the only way I can function.
I have this nagging feeling like I'm ignoring something important and that I'm in denial and something really is wrong with me. I bargained with myself that I'll go back to the doctor if I really feel bad or if my family identifies a reason for me to. I can't call my doc every time I find something... he'd throw me out.
Anyone feel the same?
MM