Well, isn't this a way to make a first impression? I guess I should tell my story:
I've had health anxiety since 2011 and had "diagnosed" myself with diabetes, pancreatitis, neuropathy, and cancers of many kinds including but not limited to colon cancer, testicular cancer, even lung cancer at one point, as well as various niche diseases I can't remember. I used to consult Dr. Google on everything and while sometimes I got reasonable answers, most of the time it lead me to one of those "diagnoses" above.
I had done so well in recent times not being a hypochondriac and I had gone a year without Googling until this last weekend when I was cleaning out my belly button and discovered what I thought was blood and immediately panicked. I looked it up and it said it's mostly an infection but being the nervous wreck I am I looked for other causes and found portal hypertension. I started cleaning the Hell out of the navel and yesterday in today it's stopped bleeding but instead does a clear spot when I clean it out.
Someone on another forum said it was a natural thing after a wound and I want to believe it, especially since there's been no blood, but my irrational side wants to think I'm on my deathbed somehow. I've been a wreck, I've had to force myself to eat, my stomach's been aching, I've had diarrhea, all of which I strike up to nerves, but my hypochondriac side is saying I'm sick and I'm going to die.
Can one of you help snap me back into reality? I'm sorry for my life story but this relapse has hit me hard.