Re: So I have Health Anxiety..... what now? am I going to die!?!?
That was the best post I've red on here yet and I'm trying this process out for myself starting tomoz thank u so much xxx
Re: So I have Health Anxiety..... what now? am I going to die!?!?
Re: So I have Health Anxiety..... what now? am I going to die!?!?
I can't believe they is other people who have Health Anxiety its ruining my life. I am too scared to go to the doctors even though I know I should. I am pleased that I am not alone with Health Anxiety. But the thought of going to the doctors fills me with absolute fear. I am currently having CBT but I don't think it is working.
Re: So I have Health Anxiety..... what now? am I going to die!?!?
The one thing I keep noticing is that an awful lot of people with anxiety health issues are the same as me.
I have a terrible fear of taking tablets. I have not told anyone that. Not my doctor or any of my family or friends.
I thought I was the only one with this problem.
Thanks people for sharing
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relief just came over me..i cried ..lol. I know i have loads of support from family but no amount can help as much as real life stories of others suffering the same. I have been on here time and time again. only when i feel bad and i have to admit..i come on to post and hope someone will help. i have replied to post etc but never really read a lot. WHAT A MISTAKE!!! I dont feel so alone anymore. Everyone struggling to work out this horrible feeling should read this and similar. helps to know other people feel your pain! xxxx
Re: So I have Health Anxiety..... what now? am I going to die!?!?
Hi there
I hope this thread is still going. Thanks for the words of encouragement and the best advice anyone can give which is "D O N O T G O O G L E". I have resolved never to google anything again, except how to find information on why Goering lost the Battle of Britain and how I can get a review on a new video game.
I am 51 years old and recently found something I posted nearly 2 years ago with the same sort of symptoms I get now. Guess what... I am still here... the symptoms went away and then they came back.
Thanks again
Mark
Re: So I have Health Anxiety..... what now? am I going to die!?!?
I've had HA for over twenty years now and one of the most helpful things is hearing other people's stories, it makes me feel so less alone in this craziness. I also like the fact that we can laugh at ourselves and each other.
I have found the following things helpful:
Completely cutting out sugar and alcohol from my diet made quite a big difference (yes completely cutting out sugar... it's tough)
Keeping busy. I now have a full time job as a teacher which oddly enough seems to have helped because it's so full on, it totally keeps my mind off my mind! And interestingly I find that I get my worst HA attacks during the holidays when there is less activity for my mind.
Breathing exercises and meditation are mildly helpful.
Finally, in my case, understanding that my parent's emotional unpredictability and unavailability when I was a child has led to patterns of being someone who is constantly scanning for invisible danger and trying to predict when something bad is going to happen without any logical cues. It's not an uncommon pattern.
Re: So I have Health Anxiety..... what now? am I going to die!?!?
Hello to anyone reading this. I will apologize now for the fact that this is going to be a bit long winded. I found this forum yesterday (googling, of course, but this time keyword "health anxiety") and read over many of your posts. I am hoping that others who find this forum in the same way I have, or that those of you who return often posting and reading posts, will read this and that it might bring some positivity, peace, and hope to you.
My story begins, the best that I can remember, sometime in August of 2010. I honestly cannot recall being so worried and anxious prior to that time. Though, rational thinking tells me that I must be prone to worrying in order to find myself here and feeling this way. And the feeling..... how I despise it!! Lately my thoughts are, "this isn't me" "I don't want to be this person" "I cannot handle feeling this way anymore" "I must be going crazy!!"
I think this may have been a good place for me to have landed. After all, to recognize that you might be going crazy, or worse, making yourself go crazy, may in fact be the first step in breaking a very negative cycle. I have heard it said that "true crazy people are the people who are crazy but believe they are sane." It's a rather simple and silly thought to have bring so much peace at this time, but I will take what I can get. If the best thing going for me right now is that fact that in all this irrationality I am still somehow rational about being irrational, well then.... I'll take it and run with.
Re: So I have Health Anxiety..... what now? am I going to die!?!?
Oh my goodness,everything in this post is me! I have been fighting this awful cycle and just want it to end. So glad im not alone.
Re: So I have Health Anxiety..... what now? am I going to die!?!?
Your post was so well written and describes my life almost verbatim. I struggle every day. Thank you for writing. I hope to meet people to converse with because it seems we are all very like minded. I used to take so much pride in who I was. The ability to analyze and almost seemed to have a better grasp of reality than most. Now it seems to be a curse. I over think everything into a deadly disease. Your plan is a wonderful one - I would love to hear how u are doing with it on a daily basis.