Spiralling

[axolotl]

because I've associated it with something 'bad'

I still worry you only have a surface level understanding of anxiety and probably need a longer course of treatment to change your thought patterns.

If that's patronising I apologise, but it's how you come across.

A very simple tactic is to say to yourself "I'm having a thought that I have..." rather than "I have..." or "I might have...". It helps you get into your mind that it's your thoughts about a situation, rather than the situation itself, that is causing anxiety.

Was anything like that covered?

[helenhoo]

It was, and I was doing well.

for instance freckles spots i would be like 'monitor' but ignore it

Smell for instance very likely be because i now have a common cold and post nasal drip is a thing - logic, highly lilely or my unwashed hair but because I've read so much net funny smells associate with brain tumors and seizures

[Gary A]

Wouldn’t the logical thing be to wash your bloody hair rather than posting on an Internet forum?

Stop this drivel.

[helenhoo]

my boyfriend said inside nose can smell anyway when you have a cold. True?

[Gary A]

my boyfriend said inside nose can smell anyway when you have a cold. True?

I don’t know what that means, and I’m going to once again ask you to engage your brain and try and reason this one out yourself without coming here asking pointless and, frankly, bizarre questions.

I’m beginning to think you just make things up so that you’ve got an excuse to post inane nonsense on this board.

[helenhoo]

Inside of actual nose has a smell when you have a cold?

I haven't smelt it yet today but worried it'll come back.

[Gary A]

Inside of actual nose has a smell when you have a cold?

I haven't smelt it yet today but worried it'll come back.

Again, use your brain and at least try to be logical. You’re apparently an educator, yet some of the stuff you post is akin to questions asked by an 8 year old.

[Catherine S]

The forum owner as well as her team of admins have constantly appealed to Rebecca to give the forum a break....for her own good of course. She has constantly ignored their requests to do this, so why don't those of us who know her do them a bit of a favour and stop reacting by posting on her threads.

I've stopped posting on her threads myself, much less than I ever did in the past, and ive always said that even people posting to tell her off is still giving her the attention she seems to want.

Who knows if this girl just enjoys winding people up or not...the jury is still out on it, but if nobody answers her then she loses her 'audience' and perhaps she will eventually stop with the nonsensical 'health' issues, instead of thread after thread of people trying to reason with her. Because it doesn't work does it. People can contact her via private message of course, but my guess is that Rebecca would soon get bored with this way of communicating.

Cath S

[Gary A]

Point taken.

[helenhoo]

I asked my boyf he ever smells things that aren't there and he said yes.

I remember three weeks back i could smell citrus in his bed faintly but thougjt to self it could be the washing powder, thought nothing of it.

Nothing yet today eitjer so is it likely it was my greasy hair.

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well? can anyone relate? are these true phantom smells?

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Do people not think whay I'm describing are phantom smells?

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chap is saying he's annoyed, he said he sniffed my hair when it was greasy and it was the smell I described and he gets whiffs of himself now and then too. So not real phantom smell? please reply