I’m twenty years old, pretty healthy and i rarely exercise and sometimes slip up on eating right. I do see a pyschologist and i have been since April. I take a low dose birth control and occasionally some vitamins and supplements. None of it matters anyways, because my head is constantly consumed with having a stroke. I’ll feel a wave like feeling or burning sensation in my head, numbness and tingling in my face/head and arm(i check my face constantly) my head will hurt, and my whole body will just feel off. This has been my ongoing fear for at least two years now. It started with a brain tumor or cancer. Then it went to heart attack and now stroke. I google all of it too, i keep finding articles about young people having a stroke or cracking their neck and having a stroke, i look up symptoms and all of that. To make everything way worse, my grandma on my dads side, suffered a massive stroke that did end up killing her in December of 2017. I try to only talk to my mom about it because I don’t want to upset my dad anymore. I know I’m wasting my life worrying and I’m driving my boyfriend and family crazy. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I just want to be normal and find some peace in my head
first of all, you are 20 years old. The cases were young people have strokes are extremely extremely rare. Of the symptoms you were getting are classic symptoms of anxiety. I have had those symptoms for a long time on and off. I am in perfect health. Anxiety symptoms cannot hurt you. The problem is that you are allowing fear to run your life and make you miserable .
anxiety can cause tingling, numbness, sensations in the head, feeling odd, etc. What you have to do is stop googling! You are reading about things that have nothing to do with your individual self.
Im sorry to hear about your grandmother but remember You are in your 20s, not older., where almost all strokes happen.
i wasted many many years of my life with fear, worry, anxiety. I cannot get back one of those days of my life! Please don’t do this to yourself. You’re wasting days. I truly regret every single day that was filled with worry and fear and so will you if you continue this. When you start to worry, you have to FACT CHECK. :
- you are 20 years old. 99.9% of 20-year-olds are in excellent health
- you have classic symptoms of anxiety that is not harmful
3.you said that you are in general good health - both of your parents are here with you.
i I think that it is very probable that your symptoms are caused by you being anxious about all of this. If you want peace of mind, you can get a check up at your doctors. My guess is that they will find absolutely nothing wrong. I suggest that you speak with a counselor who can help you manage this. Do things to relax . Helping other people keeps your mind off of yourself. There’s great meditations on YouTube for anxiety that I do every day.
and remember this, fear and worry do not add a single day to your life. They only make your life miserable. Take care of yourself, enjoy life, enjoy your family and relationship because life goes by very fast and it would be a shame to waste it!
thank you so much for your kind words, i will do my best to meditate and remember the things you said.
Hi I have to agree with Jan. There is always a good medical reason for a stroke or heart attack and it is usually with age arteries can get blocked or furred up. This usually takes many decades to show itself and would be extremely unlikely in someone of your tender age.
The other reason is I believe genetic but this is very rare and you only read about it because it happens so rarely. So please stop wasting your life worrying about things which will probably never happen.
Google mindfulness which teaches you to live in the present rather than being anxious about the future. x