Totally obsessed
14-03-10, 21:59
Hi all, I am new here today and came to this forum looking for help.
I am overwhelmed with anxiety about health. I have always had a bit of health anxiety but never to the extent it is now where it cosumes every waking thought! I have epilepsy since age 22 and this does not worry me too much but I am obsessed I am going to die with some sort of cancer. I am at the point where I just canīt keep going to the doctor every time i have something wrong. I have been seeing a psychotherapist who is doing some sort or cbt with me explaining that if I keep insisting on tests all the time it is just fuelling my anxiety and yes, I will feel better at the time -until the next time!!!!!! I am 40 years old and other than a smoker and epilepsy am healthy. But as I know i shouldnīt smoke I am absolutely convinced i am lung cancer and also feel I deserve it for being so stupid to smoke. But, despite all this worry - I just canīt seem to stop. I have just thrown out 1/2 pack of cigarettes and I AM going to stop tomorrow. I have a pain in my outer arm at the moment which I am convinced is caused by some sort of lung cancer called Pancoast!!!!!!! Yes I have been on every single website there is and analysed every single symptom. How do you control this - I should be enjoying life, not sat in doctors surgeries and worrying all the time. Any advice, help or anything would really be appreciated.
Totally Obsessed
Live in Spain and happily married!
I am overwhelmed with anxiety about health. I have always had a bit of health anxiety but never to the extent it is now where it cosumes every waking thought! I have epilepsy since age 22 and this does not worry me too much but I am obsessed I am going to die with some sort of cancer. I am at the point where I just canīt keep going to the doctor every time i have something wrong. I have been seeing a psychotherapist who is doing some sort or cbt with me explaining that if I keep insisting on tests all the time it is just fuelling my anxiety and yes, I will feel better at the time -until the next time!!!!!! I am 40 years old and other than a smoker and epilepsy am healthy. But as I know i shouldnīt smoke I am absolutely convinced i am lung cancer and also feel I deserve it for being so stupid to smoke. But, despite all this worry - I just canīt seem to stop. I have just thrown out 1/2 pack of cigarettes and I AM going to stop tomorrow. I have a pain in my outer arm at the moment which I am convinced is caused by some sort of lung cancer called Pancoast!!!!!!! Yes I have been on every single website there is and analysed every single symptom. How do you control this - I should be enjoying life, not sat in doctors surgeries and worrying all the time. Any advice, help or anything would really be appreciated.
Totally Obsessed
Live in Spain and happily married!