I am so afraid of death .. my body feels like it’s dying everyday. I wake up and I feel so ill... my hands feel so weak and tingly... my body sore from being tense.. when does this pain end?? It’s been a month and half already and it hasn’t stopped.. I need some type of hope or faith that this will end 😢 I am scared everyday I have an illness.. is this what anxiety does to you? How long does it take to get through this..
It does get better I have been like this for 5 years off and on its something to me that will never go away just have to learn to manage it . which I am still learning to do
Have you seen a doctor or psychiatrists and have you been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder? When you say you have an illness do you mean a physical one? There are many people here who feel the way you do.
Hey there. , firstly let me say your NOT dying !!
Over the last yr I’ve been 100% convinced I’m dying of various cancers.
Migraines =Brain tumour
Stomach ache =colon cancer
Left back pain =pancreatic cancer
Mole on leg = nodular melanoma
The list is endless. !!!
I ve no idea when this gets better if it ever does , but I know that I can give myself symptoms of all these things. I have spent hundreds of £ on private scans etc , and I’m not kidding you , as soon as the results come back ok ALL my symptoms go.
My latest issue was the worst. I convinced myself I had a pancreas issue and had left back pain for SIX months. Every single day without exception. I had a colonoscopy and CT scan and everything was normal. Literally my back pain stopped the day I got results.
Anxiety itself is THE WORST ILLNESS. Talk to your dr. Have you got a friend / partner you can talk to. Life is too short to spend the entire time worrying. ♥️
Yeah I’ve been to a doctor and have been diagnosed with severe anxiety and depression. I just feel like crap everyday that makes me feel like it’s something more serious or if this is normal when you have this mental disorder..
Isn’t it insane how it makes us feel and think like this? I keep having headaches.. I think I have a brain tumor.. that goes way and then my neck hurts or armpit then I cry and think I have lymphoma. My hands tingle and feel weak and I fear I have MS. It’s just so awful. I have already spent so much money on doctor visits and they say I’m fine. I just have the hardest time trying to trust them. Google is my enemy.. it always convinces me I’m dying of something and I freak myself out. I wish my friends and partner understood. They just don’t understand if they haven’t gone through it themselves. I just pray one day I wake up and won’t feel like this again. Can I ask what distracts you when you have bad anxiety?
Should definitely see your doctor. I am the exact same and I’m now on a waiting list for therapy... it doesn’t get easier but as you go on you learn to deal with it, I was always convincing myself I was seriously ill I’ve had blood tests etc it’s all anxiety mines health anxiety sounds like something you have. I hope you feel better soon
Opiates reduce the pain threshold
This is me the past few days.. Had a baby several months ago and developed hemorrhoids tmi I know.. but now I’m CONVICED I have colon cancer and have been having stomach pain to go along with it. It eats away at me, I feel like I can’t even look forward to my future because I’m SO conviced im going to die soon. I’ve had multiple tests, blood works, scans and I’m still not believing something isn’t wrong with me. Have appointment on Tuesday to tell my dr I think I have colon cancer now. I think she just thinks I’m a joke at this point and it’s so embarrassing because I am 100% certain I have these diseases. I’m so scared and upset because I feel like colon cancer has been my issue this whole time now.. Maybe it was causing all of my anxiety and weakness?? Ughhh why me!!!
The whole issue I have is nothing distracts me 😔. I try so hard. But every advert on tv / radio every article I read is about death or cancer.
I am on antidepressants now ( since Jan this yr, this has helped But doesn’t get to the root cause.
I am 50 yrs old and at the age of 16 I nursed my sick dad , and then when I was 29 I had a severely disabled daughter, and in between all this I worked in a nursing home. And I think my issues began way back then. J definitely have an issue with aging and dying.
I suppose one thing that I say to
Myself is that if I was seriously ill, I wouldn’t be here now.
You need to trust your dr and probably the hardest thing ever for me was to stop googling !!!! It will ALWAYS come around to death ! Because that’s the “part” you choose to believe. Not the 101 other illnesses it could be.
Someone compared my problem like having 3 weather apps on your phone. They all say something slightly different. And you will always chose the one you like the sound of the most.
Do you see what I mean ?
Xx
I couldn’t agree more! I open a magazine, BOOM. Cancer article. Every infomercial- cancer. It just scares the crap out of me and I’m so tired of hearing all the possible Outcomes. 😢 I am so sorry to hear that. I truly do hope you feel better. For me, it’s hard to point out why I became this way. I know my job stressed me out so much and was a cause but I just lost it one day and now I’m going through this crap. 😔 I just wish I had the energy to go out already.. I miss my old life and I am so young.. I wouldn’t wish this on anybody 😢
HEY your definitely not alone on this!!! I’m exactly the same I suffer from health anxiety really bad I constantly think I have a brain tumour today I had an anxiety attack and it lasted over an hour I thought I was dying it was the worst thing I ever experienced in my life I couldn’t stand up I was shaking like a leaf my legs were dead they were so sore, I had an empty feeling in my chest I sat down for hours unable to move I was sweating but cold at the same time! So now that it’s passed ive got a banging headache and my whole body is aching from head to toe and I’m super tired 😓 your deffo not alone I’m always here for a chat if you need to! That was the longest attack I’ve had for a very long time
I’ve been seeing a doctor every two week.. have a appt next week for check up on my anxiety.. my health anxiety has always been terrible and now it’s the worst it’s ever been. They told me to call for therapist but I don’t even have the energy to leave my house yet.. I wonder if I will ever get to that point. Thanks so much xx
Oh my god I am so sorry to hear that. I really hope you do calm down and feel a lot better!! I literally wake up so sore, my hands tingle and feel weak. My headaches come when I’m having a really bad day. I just can’t stand it anymore and nobody around me understands. I’m glad I’m not alone and that you feel my pain! Thank you ❤️ I just wonder what helps to distract these thoughts or to even feel this way.
Omg im sorry your going through this its so awful and scary to feel like this i first got anxiety when i was in elementary school through high school cause i was bullied the whole time so i got social anxiety then i got robbed at gun point when i was working so i got very bad anxiety of working anywere with people i got IBS when i was 21 so i got really bad anxiety of going anywere because of fear of having a accidents my pants. Then my mom died in a car accident so i got scared to go in cars but then i got in a very bad tour bus accident that injuried my back and neck and knees that had surgery on my lower back so im in pain every day and got real extream PTSD of going anywere on the road then my dad got lung cancer me and my sister were trying to take care of him it was horriable watching him suffer being so scared to die he sufferd for 2 yrs and passed in front of me at his home it was so horrifing watching him die and i couldnt help him. So ever since that happend to me i got real bad health anxiety ever little pain or cough i freak out that something is wrong with me and go to the hospital. Or doctors office and every test you can think of were they just send me home cause everything is ok with me i hate this feeling i feel off all the time like im not me like someone else is in control of my body i cant breath i feel numb all over ive tried sucide cause i couldn't stand living like this anymore then i come back to reality that how can i do that just end my life when im ok nothing is wrong i have no cancer that my dad sufferied with cancer and he wanted to live but couldnt fight it anymore. So i just try to live with it the best i can . im going to see a therapist soi can learn to cope with this. I would like to makr freinds on here who are going through this also. God bless you all
Hey girl! Can I ask what is causing you stress at the moment? Is there a deeper root to all of this? Also how old are you?
Hey! Tbh I have no idea at all. I knew I always had anxiety through out the year. At work I would get so stressed out I would always have to rush to the bathroom because I would quickly feel dizzy and faint and panicky. Towards the end of my last few months there it had gotten worse to where I couldn’t even talk to customers without feeling panicky or stressed. I went to a music festival for a weekend and came back and that’s where it all happened one day. I just felt I’ll and I cried everyday since and all these symptoms started happening. My doc and mom think my body just hit overload and shut down. I would work 10 hr shifts back to back 5 days a week, and on my days off I would just be out. Could this be true? & I am in my early 20’s.
I was exactly the same didn’t want to leave my house but then you get to the point where I watch my boyfriend and mom start to break so I had to do something about it so I built up the courage to go to the doctors and they told me to refer myself so I did and I’m now on a waiting list. I just thought I was having a bad day when it first started until it didn’t go away. I wish you all the best x
So sad, im the same I constantly think I’m dying even if something starts to hurt. Every time I go out I feel panicky for no reason it’s like I’m trapped and can’t to anything. My auntie was murdered by her boyfriend 3 years ago and my therapist said it’s all related to that it’s crazy how 3 years down the line and it’s hit me bad. The worlds a scary place x
We all should go in a group chat and talk as we are all going through the same! The fact we ent alone and there’s other people in the world going through it