I vomited tonight and I'm going to die..

[dbeck128]

The reality of health anxiety is just this. It can't be as simple as food poisoning, or a 24 hour bug. No. In our reality the worst possible outcome is what the future holds for us. We KNOW we are on our last leg. That even though our family says it's okay we are skeptical they're holding out what they might really know. Health anxiety isn't just being afraid of death. No. There's a million different levels.

Its staying up until your eyes are so heavy you are basically asleep because if you close your eyes "you're going to die".. its swaying back and forth or pacing the room until someone tells you "You standing makes me anxious" .. its living life in a bubble because if you dare get into that car you'll have a crash and die.

You see yourself in every worst scenario. You see everyone else happy with their advances in their life and suddenly you hate yourself because your anxiety makes it hard to go to work. To meet people. to take new opportunities.

Its SO much more than being afraid of dying. Hear us out. Validate us. And stop telling us we're being irrational. Because in our mind it all makes sense.

End rant. Thanks for the read

[sweetiepye]

Tell me what validating you would look like. Are you asking people to assure you that the imagined is real ? What purpose would that serve ? No one will be able to help you if they can't be honest with you. Pam

[hypercat54]

Yes the symptoms are very real and no one is dissing them. But the way to start recovering is to take charge of them and recognise that no matter how bad you feel that this is anxiety and it is not going to kill you. It may feel like you are dying but you aren't. x