I hate to start off things like this. Once again, I'm scared. At first it was heart problems, now it's infections. I've seen a couple people with meningitis. Not in person, but on social media. But infections like meningitis, sepsis, scares me so bad. Now I'm obsessed with washing hands & not touching anything. I'm scared of going to school. Then the fact that these viruses are already in the body is what gets me. Every little headache, sneeze, back ache, cough, or fatigue, creeps me OUT. Then I end up Googling meningitis & seeing yhe symptoms & how deadly it is. Although some of these iinfections im scares of are rare, im still afriad. I wont touch anything, i won't eat anything unless i know for a fact it's okay, i continuously ask questions, sometimes I think I have an infection & might not know it. I'm aware that people who die from most infections are people who have autoimmune diseases like lupus. I have a friend who has lupus & she's a whole lot less worried than me. I'm just overly cautious about everything i do & im tired of it. I didn't use to be like this. Ive mostly got over my fear of my heart, but now its infections. Before i even knew of these things, i wasnt worried at ALL. Everything was bliss & i didn't care about stuff like that because i knew I was healthy. Now, eventhough i know im healthy, i still worry. I have no idea why. My family members keep telling me in not the same. I wanna be normal again.
At least your anxiety over heart problems (or the lack of them) has gone.........
I do think you're focussing on one thing after another. What will be next on your worry list, my love? Try to see things in perspective. You have anxiety disorder (health) and some CBT would probably help.
Some people find that relaxation tapes are very good, too.
I know it's dreadful 😩. But you're right. Its just anxiety & i need to understand that. Its literally one thing after another
Hi Jess. I got rid of social media. It helped me a lot with my anxiety issues. And I haven’t missed anything about it
other than things that were making me feel bad. and I stopped googling things as well. The mind is extremely powerful and can convince you of things. Now I ignore my body unless it’s something persistent that invades my daily life for an unacceptable length of time. I find that I don’t notice every little thing that way. Keep busy and happy first. Then if negative things keep interrupting that without you thinking or looking for them, then start taking it seriously. Not A cough or A bit of back pain once in a while. And bad things will get worse if serious. Sepsis and meningitis will make you incredible ill and hospitalized before you die from it.