I have had anxiety for a year and I am worried about what damage it can do to the body.
I was reading about stress and that it could cause a number of diseases. I am very scared of cancer especially lymphoma. Can anxiety and stress make it develop?
Hi!
Prolonged stress can cause conditions. But in order for them to cause diseases like cancer, your stress has to be literally out of control & very persistent.
However you would be aware if these things were occurring. Like stress can cause heart problems, but you'd probably first be diagnosed with high blood pressure. It's a process & your body will give you signals if it's under too much stress.
No one from my knowledge has ever just up & died from stress. They've died from the prolonged complications of stress. But like I stated it's a process. You don't just up & get it. No one just really up & gets heart disease.
Anxiety alone cannot harm you. It won't kill you. It can cause problems, but they're not life threatening. Like acid reflux, innflamation, back pain, coordination problems.
You cannot listen to Google all the time. It may be true that stress can cause problems, but stressing about stress is just going to cause more stress lol. You need to live life regardless of what happens. You can't live thinking about dieing. Youre not really living if thats how you think. You're going to be okay.
See a doctor first before anything. Once you see them & you have no physical problems, you need to calm yourself.
Like Jessixa said, your body will give you signals on the way when it’s under too much stress. Such as your blood pressure going up, or you get an acid feeling in your stomach and you get bloating, indigestion, some people get headaches, constipation, tingling in arms and legs, and on and on and on. I had my first symptoms of anxiety when I was in my 20s. I had many physical symptoms but none of them has lead to anything serious. Just a few days ago I had a endoscopy to look at my stomach because I had terrible bloating and indigestion for two months. I was scared but found out it was only gastritis which is an irritation of the stomach. Mine was from stress. But yes, anxiety and stress can cause things like high blood pressure and after a longer time possibly heart disease and other conditions but you can stop these before they happen by taking good care of yourself!
Worry is a useless emotion and can cause you to feel ill. As it did me. Live your life and be happy. Eat healthy. Get exercise. Get involved in something in be active!
If you have a lot of anxiety, speak with a counselor who can help. Do things that relax your mind like walking in nature, listen to great audio meditations on YouTube for anxiety. I do this every evening when I lay down to sleep. Don’t live your life in fear like I did because I wasted 20 years of my life doing that when I could have been enjoying everything. It’s definitely not worth it.
if you constantly worry about cancer you will be not truly living. You will be a prisoner of fear . Even people without anxiety and stress have no guarantees in life. I have learned to live my life and enjoy every day doing something I love. I learn how to smile and laugh more instead of frowning and worrying. Life is too short for that. 🌸🌸🌸😁
Jan you’re a star. I love reading your responses. Very reassuring and comforting.
She is ❤. She's helped me out a lot. One beautiful soul. God Bless.