I’m 30. I had my first HA episode when I was very young, maybe 7 or 8. I heard about a woman who had a stroke on tv and later that night I told my parents I thought I was having a stroke! I had lots of worries throughout my childhood. My first really severe HA fear was in college, when I legitimately thought I had a brain tumor. Then it got worse in my 20s after both of my parents had cancer and that’s when I started getting therapy. Still not “fixed” though!

I wonder why it starts. I was actually pretty healthy as a kid and grew up in a loving, calm household. Guess it’s just ingrained.