I’m having such a hard time trying to stop researching the internet with my symptoms and blood results!!! I gave a CT Urogram scheduled for Friday afternoon- took the first available one and I know there is not a darn thing I can do about the findings - good or bad but geez why do I continue to keep looking this stuff up & increasing my anxiety?!? I even did it in my classroom today I’m embarrassed to admit! Everyone keeps telling me it’s going to be fine - dr just following protocol- I feel like yelling at them !!! Any tips from anyone that’s had this obsession??? Thank you so much ! ❤️
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I tend to do this too and it increases my anxiety. Try to stay off the internet even though it can be hard! I have a lot of friends who are RN’s and they always say Dr. Google has so much misleading information. Anytime I am triggered I try to remember that and stop myself. Try to think to yourself “is this going to make me feel better or worse?” Try to distract yourself or go for a walk. I probably should take my own advice on this haha but I know it can be hard. Hope this helps a little!
Thank you ! I will definitely try will this make me feel better or worse!! It’s definitely worse 😐
Do you suffer mostly from health anxiety? That’s where my anxiety comes from. It sucks.
Yes I’ve always had terrible health anxiety! It can be quite debilitating and I’m trying so hard to be kind to myself and stop this ! I do have a health scare right now & im forcing myself to keep it together and get all the necessary testing done but I’ve got myself with a terminal illness for sure
Me too, deep anxiety following a serious illness 2 years ago 😕I feel your pain x
Have you found anything that helps at all ? I feel like I’m just trying so hard and nothing is helping - therapy- medication - praying - self care.
I go thru stages of being ok and then not. I go to a meditation class twice a week and talk to friends and family. I had to explore what lay at the root of my fear and I think it comes from childhood trauma. Understanding why my brain works the way it does help. Without doubt right now I need anti-anxiety meds while I wait for tests . Hopefully peace will be with us both soon 💓
I’ll tell you what my 78-year-old Pops says. ‘Put The Googler down!’ He’s hilarious. He’s dying of lung cancer and copd. He refuses any more ‘googler’ information.
Be kind to yourself.
Doaty💛
Oh thank you for making me laugh Doaty❤️ How blessed are you to have such a role model!
I wish I could share him with everyone. Just picture a cranky but loving old man telling you to drop the googler! 😆. And, he’s the one dying!! Stay in the moment luv.
Sending you peace and blessings
He sounds just like my Pop was !! When anxiety started for me in my 20’s I was trying to explain to him how afraid I was to fly. His response- if the plane goes down you just bend over and kiss your a$$ goodbye 😂