Hows the lockdown treating you all mentally im not gonna lie it is affecting me quite abit especially this week..I suffer with overwhelming health anxiety have done for almost 20 years its been a complete nightmare..mine started when I lost my mum to pancreatic cancer secondary liver cancer back in 2007 she lasted 7 weeks after diagnosis broke me to pieces...since then I've suffered with health anxiety badly at the minute because I'm bloated and got back pain my anxiety has taken me to when my mum got diagnosed so I keep thinking what if ive got what my mum died of I know I sound selfish with not being diagnosed with anything Like that and with the pandemic my probs are not merely as bad as everyone else's but this literally sucks the energy out of me completely...im on meds I have been for a long time but when I'm like this they make no difference ti my anxiety...is anyone else getting like this xx nàtxx
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Hello Nat
No doubt this will be your anxiety and maybe IBS that bloats your stomach up and the more you worry the worse it gets
I totally get when a loved one dies with something how it affects us HA sufferers and we are just waiting for something to happen to us but remember that was your Mum bless her this is you and you are not your Mum
I always have a bloated stomach but I do have IBS
I have been having the worse stomach upset ever for the last 7 days as well as waking with shoulder pain and only got 3 hours sleep last night and I know the fear you feel as I do to but I also know my anxiety will not be helping
If you cannot settle then ask your Doctor hopefully they can reassure you and maybe you need your anxiety med upping ?
This lockdown is getting to most of us now it is a scary time we are living through and to those that suffer it certainly is magnifying our fears , you are not alone x
Thanks so much for this i know everything your saying is right I also have ibs and its been terrible this week everything I eat its flared it up.. so I know that's not helped I know its all anxiety but the physical symptoms are dreadful aint they xx
HiIt has been 7 days now and sorry for TMI but I cannot eat as much as a biscuit without running , I woke up after just 3 hours sleep with pains in my stomach and had to get up , I am feeling weaker by the day , I have spoken to my Docs and they are saying a bug or IBS but still you do sit and think what this long with no break !
Mind you with all these meds I now have to take I know it has been a couple of months but I am wondering if I am reacting to something as I am one of those that can take something for a few months be fine then all of a sudden I get problems with it , even though the Docs try and tell you that you would have had problems sooner for me I don't always find that is the case
Let's hope Nat things get better soon , I really hope so for all that are suffering in whatever way things are affecting them x
That was me 2 weeks ago I had to buy some iron tablets to perk me up abit Thanks for your reply
Nat
Oh yes yes yes, many do get like that. You know with depression and enxiety, I don't think it is curable. One can get treatment and be able to manage it. When it comes to negetive thinking, I don't think anyone can change that bcz we can't predict what will happen and when it does happen, the mind just get out of control. I have never been diagnosed with severe depression but when the mind start wondering, there is no stopping it. What I usually do is go to my natural remedy which is breathing exercise which has been my life saver. As for this Covid thing which forces us to be squashed in a house full of people, that is a story of another day, I wish I was locked down at the zoo...(joking).Girl, u have had it bad. I am reading ur story I know I lost a mom like 11 years ago, I was never close with her. She was up and down but not with us, so losing her was not that bad (hope I am not bad for saying that-there was no bond between us). It must have been hard for you especially if u were close. The worse part is that u also think u have cancer as well. Plz, do not fix ur mind on What has not been proven. There is no point in worrying about something that myt not even happen. What if it happens? Are u going to double worry? No luv, if the doctors have not said u will inherit cancer, don't stress about the unknown.
You haven't said anything bad with regards to your mother as I'm not close to my father he was a narcissistic bully who physically and mentally abused me for over 15 years..so I understand how we have no feeling for a parent..my mum on the other hand was my mum and dad my best friend and my comfort blanket all in one so when I lost her It destroyed me ...but ive learned to live everyday as it comes not a day I dont think about her but I have to carry on as I know its what she would want me to do...but since her passing ive developed health anxiety so every pain I get I automatically think its what she died of its horrible ive had therapy but cannot shake the health anxiety I know what you mean why worry if its nit diagnosed I just can't shift it out my head
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