I suffer from heath anxiety and have been good for over a year. My FIL passed away a bit over a month ago. I did not feel anxious. But then my stomach started hurting in the center, then maybe on the sides. It didnt feel like a nervous stomach at all. Of course my head has been telling me since then that I have pancreatic cancer, There are days I feel the pain more than others but I cant stop the darned thoughts in my head. Some days are ok otherss are not. My other FIL {husbands step father} was diagnosed with cancer just 17 days ago and passed away yesterday. I just cant get the thought out of my head. I talked to a few of my fiends who are nurses and they feel it is nerves since I have no other symptoms. Of course when they tell me that, I feel I have other symptoms. THis is an awful nightmare I cant wake from and am finding it difficult to even force myself out of bed. I just want to know I am ok and have some reassurance. I had a ct scan last year and everything was clear in that area and I had my physcial in Feb and all bloodwork was in check. Normally my stomach aches feel much different and not prickly like this one. Does anyone ever suffer with anything similar? Please no negative stories..Thank you for listening. I also tae Effexor XR and Klonopin daily. Any advice would be apprecaitated.
I have definitely been through what you are going through now. I also had the stomach pains. Also thought I had some terrible disease. However, you have to realize that emotions can get so bottled up that even if you don’t feel you have a nervous stomach, the stress can cause symptoms such as pain.
stress and anxiety can cause all sorts of symptoms, I have had them all! I had testing done and had a mild case of gastritis which was causing the pain. I am totally convinced that gastritis was brought on by anxiety and stress. I was mentally torturing myself with fear and worry when actually nothing serious was going on. I was prescribed antacid medication which got rid of the gastritis.
what happens is that when we let fear take over in our mind, our brain reacts, it sends out adrenaline which can increase our anxiety. I got trapped in the circle of overthinking, anxiety, negative thoughts, and fear. You have to break that circle! You have to do what is called a fact checking. That means that you have to remember all your tests were normal., and You are not the person that had cancer. They are totally different from you.also, you have health anxiety which causes negative thinking. this is fact checking.
I read a book called finding quiet which really helped me break that circle! And example is any negative thoughts I have, the first thing I do is acknowledge it for a few seconds. Then I say “I know what you are. You are a negative brain message not based on reality. You are catastrophic thinking. I do not have time for this . Goodbye“ then I immediately think of something positive or go do something else. you have to be consistent with this every single time. Eventually your brain will take over and eliminate the negative thought. I feel so much better and more at peace. My body has relaxed a lot more and anxiety symptoms have been reduced by 95%. You can do this too!counseling also helped me get a totally different perspective. I wasted over 20 years with worry when nothing bad ever happened. That is a huge regret I have. Take care of yourself! Stay busy! Do things for others which takes the focus off yourself . Do things that relax you and make you laugh and smile. Don’t torture your mind anymore. 
Thank you so very much. I am going to take your advice and fight the beast within. I am going to find that book and also read it. I have so much to be thankful for and I am wasting my time for sure. Thank you for the advice and support.