Re: Soooo... Anyone else had a premonition? Please help me.
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Just wondering whether anybody else has "known" that they would die / had a certain condition. I don't just mean "what if" or "I feel like" or "I'm scared that". That's what my anxiety used to be like, and I'd do anything to be like that again!
I ask because the reason my fear and dread is so extreme at the moment and I can't function as a human being is because of one singular event, a "premonition".
I was going through a fairly complicated miscarriage, but I was coping fine. Until one point, two months ago. The doctor said I'd need a general anaesthetic to finish getting everything out. At that point, I knew I'd die if I went under general anaesthetic. I told the doctor this (quite calmly) and she obviously thought I was nuts and I spent the next two weeks desperately trying to find an alternative.
I ended up having an MVA under local anaesthetic. But since then, things keep going wrong. The MVA missed a bit of tissue, which came out by itself later. My HCG has been slow to drop. Now I have ovarian and uterine pains that I'm going to go to the doctor about.
I feel that I can't escape my fate. If that one event hadn't occured, I wouldn't be like I am now. How can I have such extreme health anxiety based on one event, one thing a doctor said, a "premonition", if it isn't true?
It's worse because to be honest I can't find anybody else who's experienced something like this. Please help me.
I can relate to this so much, as you know I too suffered a miscarriage and I feared it was going to happen - and sadly it did, in the exact way I imagined as well :( It is so tough as our hormones are still racing around, and when you have anxiety and/or health anxiety anyway then something you fear actually happens - it can reinforce our irrational fears/phobias very significantly.
I am scared now that every fear I have from now on will come true. At the moment I am scared of the c-word in my womb/ovaries, stomach and breast. It is horrible, and the fears consume me.
I am seeing my GP on Thursday and I am absolutely bricking it. I go to a big health centre and it is very hit and miss as to whether or not you see a GP who is sympathetic to health anxiety. I am dreading needing tests!
Anyway I just wanted to say you aren't alone, and I understand. This WILL pass though, I promise. We can beat our fears. Our minds are so powerful, health anxiety is a horrible thing to live with but it is definitely possible to beat it
Big hugs x
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