Anyone else suffer from health anxiety?? I am going through some things health wise and I am having a really tough time trying to keep my health anxiety in check. I feel like I'm losing myself 😔
I 100% am going through health anxiety. About two months ago I was sick and somehow I spiraled it into having cancer in my head. My anxiety is out of control to the point where I'm in a bit of a funk or depression. My suggestion for you is seek counseling or groups that deal with the same issues that you have. Talk therapy works amazingly.
Omg that is my fear right now! Not in my head but I found a lump on my left ribs a couple weeks before Easter and about 2 weeks later I got numbness on my back at the same level where the lump is on my front ribs and it hasn't gone away. It's been with me 24/7 since middle of April. My Dr ordered a cat scan of my chest w/o contrast which was normal and that was that.
My mind keeps telling me I have cancer in my ribs and spine. I'm so depressed.
And what freaks me out is many years ago I had a dream. I was in the hospital and the Dr told me I had cancer. The dream was very vivid.. in my dream I had just not long before had a baby. I just recently starting thinking about that dream cause if what I'm going through and I had a baby 2 years ago. I don't really remember any of my dreams esp not ones from 7 or more
Years ago. It really freaks me out.
Hi,
I suffer with terrible health anxiety too at times.
Your Dr has done a thorough test and you don't have cancer! If you did it would have showed up, you don't! 😊
It is hard for us when our mind runs away with things. It will pass.
I also do what you do, by associating one thing with another to convince myself what I feel is correct. For eg-your dream.
This was just a dream due to your anxieties, nothing more.
Try and relax, I have a couple of benign lumps, I had one on my leg which was just a fatty lump. And an osteoma on my head, again benign. The lump will just be something similar to what I had on my leg.
The feeling in your back opposite the lump will be caused by the anxiety I get allkinds of similar feelings too.
The Dr has checked and everything's fine, try and relax. I starting swimming this week on my Drs advice, I also listen to mindfullness videos in you tube which help a lot! xx
Thank you for your response. I don't think the numbness is anxiety though it's causing me to be very anxious. It's just on my left side a tad under the wing to my midsection and extends slightly into my side. I am waiting for my insurance to approve the thoracic spine MRI my nuerologist ordered. I have been really going through it for a few months now. I was in the hospital for 4 days because I have been getting lightheaded and have blacked out a few times.
I am having a pretty bad night. I have had a toothache for 2 days and it's causing me a bad headache all day today. I really just want to sleep
Yes really badly every time am I think am getting better new symptoms come and am back to square one i have new symptoms of crushing chest and a cough that won't shift now pain in chest and it's going into my back so I automatically think the worst
Yes, horrible HA here!
I have thought I had:
Brain Tumor
Multiple Sclerosis
ALS (Lou Gerhig's)
...and back to MS, currently.
It's a scary thing, especially when symptoms start to manifest and do not go away even when you're told none of these things is wrong with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6evET79JOhY&lc=z134xf3axs3xjtpax04cetojsmz0cx4hod4 if you're interested, I made this video so people hopefully won't feel as alone in this. It chronicles my struggles with health anxiety, and my most recent battle with ALS fears.
Peace!
I will have a look ty ♡