Laves
16-03-11, 20:52
Hi,
I get sick a lot, two weeks rarely passes without me getting sick. Having had a recent blood test I know now that this is not because I have an underlying health problem (thank goodness). It is most likely because of the exhaustion caused by regular bouts of acute anxiety. The hold of this anxiety is intensified by my main focus, illness. In essence, I get anxious, become quickly run-down get a virus, get more anxious as I begin to deteriorate into a state of illness, recover and then anticipate the next bout of illness which leads to the beginning of the circle again.
One of the worst aspects of the vicious circle is that, for other people and often in my own reflection, my health anxiety leads to a position of scepticism about whether I am actually ill.
Another difficult aspect of my situation is my difficulty in demarcating the symptoms deriving from illness from those deriving from anxiety. This leads to a situation where I am unsure of how to respond to my body. Do I challenge the anxiety and do things normally
This would not be so bad if I didn't have obligations. I have to work, when I am sick and can't work, I don't get paid. So basically, my anxiety is directly effecting my quality of life. I am broke, I am missing work as we speak and, right now, I can feel myself getting ill.
I am desperate, how do I get out of this situation? I hate this.
Please give me some advice.
I get sick a lot, two weeks rarely passes without me getting sick. Having had a recent blood test I know now that this is not because I have an underlying health problem (thank goodness). It is most likely because of the exhaustion caused by regular bouts of acute anxiety. The hold of this anxiety is intensified by my main focus, illness. In essence, I get anxious, become quickly run-down get a virus, get more anxious as I begin to deteriorate into a state of illness, recover and then anticipate the next bout of illness which leads to the beginning of the circle again.
One of the worst aspects of the vicious circle is that, for other people and often in my own reflection, my health anxiety leads to a position of scepticism about whether I am actually ill.
Another difficult aspect of my situation is my difficulty in demarcating the symptoms deriving from illness from those deriving from anxiety. This leads to a situation where I am unsure of how to respond to my body. Do I challenge the anxiety and do things normally
This would not be so bad if I didn't have obligations. I have to work, when I am sick and can't work, I don't get paid. So basically, my anxiety is directly effecting my quality of life. I am broke, I am missing work as we speak and, right now, I can feel myself getting ill.
I am desperate, how do I get out of this situation? I hate this.
Please give me some advice.