Why do I have to have Health Anxiety?

[Lonely3190]

Why do I have to have Health Anxiety? It really gets me down and sometimes can't sleep at night.

[Agora1]

Hi Lonely3190 I've always felt with myself that the Health Anxiety came from the

over protectiveness my parents gave me when I was young. Always focusing on

"you will get sick" if....

After a while, your thoughts focus into every little pain or discomfort you get.

You spend years worrying about things that will never happen. As we get older, if we

hear of a friend or family members getting sick, we then develop the same symptoms

even though it doesn't relate to us.

I over came it. xx

[b1b1b1 in reply to Agora1]

Agora, how did you overcome it? Mine does not start until I have an actual diagnosis of something, but then I do worry, I think excessively.

[Lonely3190 in reply to b1b1b1]

Same as you there. The smallest thing sets my mind off.

[Agora1 in reply to b1b1b1]

b1, A certain amount of concern is normal when we are diagnosed with a disorder or a disease. However it become Health Anxiety, when we won't let go of tests that prove to be normal. When we linger worrying that the doctors are missing something. Then our

worry is not about the disease but about the anxious thought. xx

[Lonely3190 in reply to Agora1]

You are right there.

[Lonely3190 in reply to Agora1]

That's how I feel. I just want it gone.

[Agora1 in reply to Lonely3190]

Lonely, you need to find the root of where this came from and then work on

that issue. Something or someone brought a fear in you that your subconscious mind

will not let go of. xx

[Lonely3190 in reply to Agora1]

I already know. Its from hospital last November. I thought my appendix was hurting, so I went to hospital scared and since that night in hospital, I have always had these thoughts.