Hi All,
It's been a while since I posted, I used to post mostly about depersonalization, which has thank god pretty much gone away. The one dreadful thing that I just could never overcome is my severe health anxiety. It's over little things really...and every week it's something else, I'm hyperfocused on everything, last week my ears were ringing, (at least I thought, all I did was try to listen to see if they were)the week prior to that I was obsessed with my pupils, I thought they looked dialated, not realizing pupils dialate with different lighting. The summer was the worst becuse I was suffering from allerges, and I also have TMJ and I thought I had all kinds of thngs because of that, and it took me 2 doctors and an ENT finally believe them. I'm constanty worrying about getting sickand getting tumors, and it;s realy annoying. Now my latest is all ay yesterday and today, I just do't seem to feel hungry, no other symptoms present, I'm just not hungry and I'm usually always hungry, so now I keep googling as I alwas do and getting all kinds of scary ideas. I'just getting over that time of the month, and last week with my pms I practically ate everything!! Does anyone else go through this, and if so how do you cope??
Thanks!
Help! Extreme worry over every body symptom...
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You are not alone, by any means, NyGirl7! I have the same problem. I just got my lab results back for my thyroid and lipids and everything was perfect. Yet, I worry constantly every time I have a little pain. Thank goodness for Xanax. I have a prescription and have only taken about 7 of them since January of this year but my anxiety really acts up when I am under stress.
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Hi i was in the same boat as you guys but then i began to think everything was wrong with me then came that dreaded foirst panic attack it took me off my feet after that it was constant anxiety about what was wrong with me i took test after etst and my anxiety got worse until i endedup in the hospital afraid of my own shadow. I did everything i could find to get rid of my anxiety i have been off work now for6 months and i had gotten to the point were i was afarid to leave the house in case i pass oput of do something stupid cause so many people told me horror stories about their panic attacks. I no longer think anything ios wrong with me excpet for anxiety and i havs started going outside mopre often again cause im wasting my life away with worry about what might happen belive me I pretty much think the worst in my head on what could happen to me out there
some day i find m,yself going dopwn the same track and i make myself come out of those thoughts its been a long hard road and now i realise my thoughts are just thoughts and im not going to waste anymore of my presioyus life worrying about what might happen
i dont google anything anymore and I tend to now say its just anxiety and that question always comes up in my head what if its not but then i say it is dont worry
some day i find m,yself going dopwn the same track and i make myself come out of those thoughts its been a long hard road and now i realise my thoughts are just thoughts and im not going to waste anymore of my presioyus life worrying about what might happen
i dont google anything anymore and I tend to now say its just anxiety and that question always comes up in my head what if its not but then i say it is dont worry
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Hi Selly, sounds like you and I both have some hyprchondria in common. I have all these aches and pains and weird sensations and I often think that something is terribly wrong with me. We have to learn to just zap those negative thoughts right in the bud! Don't entertain them at all. Don't give them one second of your time. Trust in your body, trust in your inner strength and trust in your God! I don't know if you are a religious person but asking the Lord for strength for the day and thanking Him for each and every breath that is in your lungs helps me huge. I get comfort in praying and I feel better. Don't let those negative thoughts take hold. I know it's hard but the more you replace a negative thought with a positive one it will get easier. God Bless and good luck.
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One of the best pieces of knowledge and advice I've received has been that our brains will pick up one thing after the next thing after the next to focus and worry about because that's it's nature right now; it's the habit we've built unknowingly. It's not until we wake up and recognize that this is the case and then tell that junk to take a hike, does it start to quiet down.
Start to watch the pattern. Notice that when you "put down" this worry, that in a few days or next week you will have picked up another one. It will keep happening. It gets to be an interesting thing when you can almost watch yourself get "hooked" on a new thought.
Giving it, and all the ones that WILL come for a while, an attitude of "whatever" will start to loosen it's grip and intensity. It will take a while and you'll get caught up in it again, that's to be expected, but the more knowledge you remind youself of that this is all it is, the more practice you get. Practicing this very difficult attitude of "whatever" is the most challenging thing you'll ever do because it takes such a strong decision of your will, especially when your mind is screaming and wanting you to focus on this worry (whatever it is at that moment) and tricking you into thinking you can "fix" it. You can't. The only way to win is to give up the fight.
God has a big plan for this junk you're in; this season will prove to make you stronger. Hold tight to Him and trust that what you learn through the knowledge you receive is what He is giving as truth to bring you through it!
Practice, practice, practice. Say, "no, thanks".
Don't try and run from the thoughts, just let them ramble.
Start to watch the pattern. Notice that when you "put down" this worry, that in a few days or next week you will have picked up another one. It will keep happening. It gets to be an interesting thing when you can almost watch yourself get "hooked" on a new thought.
Giving it, and all the ones that WILL come for a while, an attitude of "whatever" will start to loosen it's grip and intensity. It will take a while and you'll get caught up in it again, that's to be expected, but the more knowledge you remind youself of that this is all it is, the more practice you get. Practicing this very difficult attitude of "whatever" is the most challenging thing you'll ever do because it takes such a strong decision of your will, especially when your mind is screaming and wanting you to focus on this worry (whatever it is at that moment) and tricking you into thinking you can "fix" it. You can't. The only way to win is to give up the fight.
God has a big plan for this junk you're in; this season will prove to make you stronger. Hold tight to Him and trust that what you learn through the knowledge you receive is what He is giving as truth to bring you through it!
Practice, practice, practice. Say, "no, thanks".
Don't try and run from the thoughts, just let them ramble.
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Hi! Thank you for all of your posts. This has been a wonderful forum. I needed to hear some similar stories to mine, so I know I am not crazy. Somewhere on the forum I read, that simply just practice telling yourself that this is panic, not some life threatening illness, just panic. Seems so simple, but I am trying it and it's helping. And I just must say I did not do Lucinda's entire program but I have read her books 3 times so far and they work WONDERS!!!
Thanks to all of you who have had the courage to share your story, it has helped me a lot. I have panic disorder and I guess hypochondria. Just yesterday morning I flossed my teeth and must have done it too hard and saw a little blood and thought I had gum cancer...HAHAHA...I have to laugh...it's stupid. I loved the girl that didn't realize that her pupils change size in different lights. We have to laugh at ourselves, it's a great way to get through it. I have been to the ER and 3 doctors in the past 3 weeks....had every test etc. and not surprisingly...I am just fine.
I was diagnosed with panic disorder when i was 21, now 32. I overcame it and lived "normally", as we call it, for many years. It has reared it's ugly head again, but now the fight is on!!! I am accepting of what I have...when you accept it, you believe it...meaning, when you accept you have panic disorder/anxiety etc., you can tell yourself that all the aches, pains, dizziness, stomache pains etc. etc. are just anxiety, not death.
My prayers are with you all. keep posting, I need, as I am sure we all do, some positive energy!
Thanks again.
Thanks to all of you who have had the courage to share your story, it has helped me a lot. I have panic disorder and I guess hypochondria. Just yesterday morning I flossed my teeth and must have done it too hard and saw a little blood and thought I had gum cancer...HAHAHA...I have to laugh...it's stupid. I loved the girl that didn't realize that her pupils change size in different lights. We have to laugh at ourselves, it's a great way to get through it. I have been to the ER and 3 doctors in the past 3 weeks....had every test etc. and not surprisingly...I am just fine.
I was diagnosed with panic disorder when i was 21, now 32. I overcame it and lived "normally", as we call it, for many years. It has reared it's ugly head again, but now the fight is on!!! I am accepting of what I have...when you accept it, you believe it...meaning, when you accept you have panic disorder/anxiety etc., you can tell yourself that all the aches, pains, dizziness, stomache pains etc. etc. are just anxiety, not death.
My prayers are with you all. keep posting, I need, as I am sure we all do, some positive energy!
Thanks again.