Re: Health Anxiety & me.
Manc12,
Welcome! I hope that you find the the help you are looking for here at No More Panic. You seem to be in a much better spot than I was when I found this site. Much like you, I stumbled upon NMP while in the throws of a health crisis, mine was lymphoma. After several doctors visits and some incredibly logic jogging posts by in-tune users on this site, I was finally able to snap out of it. I finally got into some therapy where we worked on the underlying issues causing my anxiety plus some excellent cognitive behavior therapy to give me the tools for when my HA flares. HA will always be a part of my life however I've been able to manage the times in a much more healthy manner since I've gone to therapy. I now follow and respond threads on NMP as part of my own recovery in *hopefully* helping others through it as well.
Best Wishes.
__________________
I asked myself one day, "What if I actually don't have cancer? What if I'm not really dying? Then surely I'm alive and should be living."
Not a doctor or a psychologist, just a guy who's been to a lot of them.