Anxiety off the charts.

[L-Cat1958]

Hi,

As I am new to this forum I'm not sure my issue can be addressed as anything but foolishness but to me it is real.

Being orphaned by the age of 13, I have so many issues regarding going to the doctor as I look upon them as giving bad news. Having said that my doctor told me I have high blood pressure & need to take medication to control it. When I go to his office it's higher do to my anxiety. Its also high here do to my anxiety. I look at the machine and wait for the bad news so I avoid it. What can I do to get past this. Trust me I realize my issue is way north of crazy but I truly do struggle with this daily.

[PullingThrough]

Hey L-Cat! I had kind of a similar problem. I knew for a long time that there was something wrong with me because I kept getting what i thought were like mini heart attacks (now I know they were panick attacks) and for the longest time I didn't want to see a doctor because I didn't want to hear the bad news. After a while my anxiety got really really bad, and I came to realise that even if I avoided going to the doctor, the problem was still there and it wasn't going to go away and it wasn't getting better. Even if I was gonna get bad news, at least there was chance for me to get better.

[L-Cat1958 in reply to PullingThrough]

I agree with you 100% nothing will get better without a doctors care its's just that I have to get over my fear of doctors. The logical part of my brain constantly tells me how juvenile my thoughts are but.... at the same time so it would seem that my sense of fear wins. I will continue to pray for healing not only for myself but for others that struggle with anxiety as it can be so crippling. Thank you for your response.