good evening.
i dont know where to start! i am so so so tired of this! i have health anxiety and i know it. it flares up now and again and im in the second week from hell!, i have terrible indigestion and have a constant burning feeling in my stomach and my back. i am loudly belching all the time and its horrid! i get the odd pains in my arms and burning up by my throat. i have been on and off omeprazol for years but they dont seem to do anything any more. i am convinced i am going to have a heart attack or stroke or something. i do smoke and i have been smoking abit more lately due to work stress and lost my dad back in september and looking after mum etc. i had a camera down the nose last february and all fine. i have also been regularly taking my blood pressure and iulse rate and ixygen and its all fine even when i feel really bad its fine but im cant stop stressing about it! the main issue is i can not seem to take in enough air and feel like i need to fake a deep breathe all the time and just feel crap!! GP have always just out it all dowm to anxiety as i have had th is before but dont think this bad but cant even see a GP at the moment ! just feel sooo rubbish, i can do wverything i usually can and do t feel out of breathe and can hold my breathe in for 10 seconds no problems but still convinced i have aomething bad ! any suggestions/ hwlp plz
sorry you are going through this. ive anxiety for over thirty years and have had every symptom you can think of. One thing I want to encourage you to do is to get some virtual counseling if you can’t go see somebody. you need support right now .
more than anybody on this site can give you. you need regular weekly or biweekly counseling. I’ve been through it all and it’s very difficult to try to manage alone.
I can tell you that it’s important to learn how to stop overthinking! you must remember that you are using emotional reasoning to come to the conclusion that something is wrong with your health. Emotional reasoning is not based on fact it’s only based on fear which is not based on reality. Emotions cannot diagnose . we cannot depend on fleeting thoughts to tell us what is going on.
think about what you said. You said you convinced yourself something is wrong. But what do you base that on?
FEAR stands for false evidence appearing real.
When we have anxiety, our mind actually CREATES awful scenarios regarding poor health and bad futures that are NOT BASED ON fact!! Become Aware of that and always remind yourself of that!
im only writing these things because I’ve been through that. I convinced myself over and over for years and I never had anything wrong that could be diagnosed. I had severe unmanaged anxiety and stress for a very long time. all that stress eventually produce gastritis which is miserable.
i would suggest that you practice some mindfulness breathing exercises several times a day. they are found on YouTube. Proper breathing is a big key to lowering the anxiety and getting breathing regular and relaxed . there’s also a great relaxing meditations for anxiety, overthinking, fear, etc on there . also there’s some great talks on anxiety too.
dont let fear and negative thinking control your life! don’t ever give into it. Be a Fighter for yourself!
I never got control over it and as you get older, it can get worse if you don’t start now. if there’s anyway you can stop smoking that would be huge!
So, Get counseling as soon as you can.
and practice relaxation techniques such as meditation. Do things that relax your mind. Do some yoga, take a nice hot bath, take a walk, take up a hobby that you can do at home or anything that brings you some joy.! 
