Consider The bad times as down payment for the good times! Hang on in there
You clipped my post to suit this response.
I understand that point.
The chances of getting cancer when you have no cancer symptoms are nil. Given the vast majority on here who haven't been diagnosed then the symptoms weren't indicative of cancer.
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That's just a reassurance test though and keeping the importance of the fear going. Compulsion.
I would seriously question any doctor giving one and whether it's ethical.
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I agree.
People complain the non anxious treat their anxieties as trivial yet within the anxiety community the same occurs.
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I am not saying it is trivial. Extreme anxiety is a disorder and it need to be taken seriously. Not the imaginary disease of course but the anxiety in itself as it is seriously damaging to the life quality on the sufferer. No one should walk around fearing cancer all the time of course, but sometimes there is a strong reason why people fear it. After alll; all of us have at least 25% chance of getting cancer one time in life. The chances of getting brain eating amoeba is.....well it is zero.
That's a good point. That being said, it all comes down to how you accept uncertainty. Just because getting cancer is a 1 in 4 in a lifetime and statistically, getting the brain eating amoeba is as close to 0 as one could possibly get ever, ever, ever, ever... it still comes down to that niggle of uncertainty, statistically valid or not, over whatever the fear is. I certainly never thought I'd have the health issues I faced. I can tell you 1st hand that the thought comes to mind when the angina acts up and I'm thinking heart attack or my neck and throat are screaming and I'm thinking... uh oh... And my chances statistically of something being wrong are pretty high! BUT.... those moments are fleeting and don't control my life. I'm rarely if ever on the cancer forum unless I get a message and I've not been on the heart forum I was part of for over 5 years now.
The bottom line to me is knowing that I have no control over my fate. Nor do you. You can make the most profound decision in your life and be in a car wreck the next day. So whether it's the big C, a heart attack or you make it into the record books by getting a brain eating amoeba or bit by an invisible bat, it's about enjoying the time you do have because let me tell you, the worst regrets you have in life are not the things you did, but the things you didn't do due to fear.
Positive thoughts
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