Hi all, a friend referred me here and I'm so glad she did because its a relief to see similar stories to mine as far as health anxiety goes.

I've been deathly afraid of MSA (multiple system atrophy) for months now. I'm only 19, and despite one of the diagnostic criteria being aged older than 30, I am still completely convinced I have it.

I read about it when i was researching muscle twitches and it instantly became my new fear. Since that I've had on and off urinary symptoms that have been driving me insane. I've been so worried about being incontinent that it may have caused some actual symptoms for me. Yet I refuse to believe it's anxiety for some reason. Deep down I know I don't have this but its this nagging anxiety in the back of my mind saying "what if you actually do?"

Anyways, has anyone else ever had this fear or something similar? I've been disheartened by how few people seem to be worried about this disease and I have very few people to talk to about it. My family is sick of me talking about it because they think it's completely irrational. I know it is, but I also don't.