I suffer with health anxiety, quite severely some of the time, most of the time i can feel it waiting as though im constantly holding it back.
Today however, and yesterday ive only had brief periods of anxiety (i think its cause ive been off work and spent the whole day with my boyfriend who is like my safety zone lol)
but i have noticed that recently (since the anxietys been worse i think) i am an emotional wreck lol. i am always ont he verge of tears, it could be happy tears, it could be empathy tears, it could be hypothetical situations, does any body else experience this?
Thank you in advance
Hi Courtney,
when you say you suffer from health anxiety - what do you mean? Do you fear a certain illness? Do you have physical symptoms that lead to worry? Or do you panic over little sensations and make them feel serious?
i too suffer from health anxiety. I always fear there's something wrong with my heart (like I'm going to have a heart attack).
i know what your going through and I know it's really tough at times - just so you know your not alone.
Charlotte x
Hi Charlotte, thank you for replying! Sorry I didn't go into much detail I was in a rush and I was panicking!
I basically over play every small sensation and it makes me anxious, I know experience very physical symptoms as a result as that so although its very distressing I am used to it but its particularly scaring when I gt a new symptom, for example yesterday I got a visible vein pulsing in my lip... Was so wierd and I find it so crazy that your mind can do that to you!
With regards to the emotional ness it's never sad tears really, I'm not a cryer as such. It's just an emotional feeling really you know when you see someone you feel sorry for for example and it makes you well up, I've found that I've become like that over the smallest things and also when I feel a strong emotion like excitement etc, i may have always been like this but I've completely lost touh with what is normal and what is anxiety at this point.
Do you get like this at all?
Thank you so much for replying
ps. My boyfriend is also terrified of his pulse and his heart and he doesn't suffer with anxiety at all so I hope this makes you feel a bit more 'normal' :-)
xxx
Morning.. Hope your feeling better!
Do you take any medication for your anxiety? Or have you tried Counciling? I'm currently taking fluoxetine and it seems to take the edge off a little bit. It's so hard to calm yourself down though once the anxiety/panic kicks in!
To be honest I'm not very teary unless I'm having an attack in which case I cry every time, it feels so overwhelming and frightening. Surly it's just all part of hormones though. Do you have any sort of concreceptive pill? I was on the injection pill and my doctor told me to stay off it and the oral pills too - she said it can make anxiety worse because obviously it's putting an extra hormone in your body.
Take care x