Health Anxiety

[ashleybakerr01]

I'm tired of feeling my lymph nodes,feeling my heart to see if it's beating right, swallowing hard to make sure I'm able to still... I'm tired of always thinking and worrying something is wrong with me. I'm not sure how to get over this. It started mainly when I startef my meds, and I wish I knew how to make it stop. Any advice on what I can do to get past this?

[ashleybakerr01]

I'm a nervous wreck. I'm constantly scared I'll be allergic to everything,so I avoid touching things and eating a lot of things

[Stippler in reply to ashleybakerr01]

I am sorry you are having to deal with all of this. Sending prayers. 🙏🙏🙏

[ashleybakerr01 in reply to Stippler]

Appreciate it

[Adamj]

I can sympathize with you mine has turned into this horrible thing I can’t even leave my house I feel safe no where

[ashleybakerr01 in reply to Adamj]

I only feel safe in hospital or my bedroom anymore...

[designguy]

I suffered with health anxiety at one time and it is possible to overcome it. What helps is learning what is really going on with with your anxiety and how to constructively deal with it. You can benefit from watching and learning about dealing with body sensations related to health anxiety and to understand that your anxiety is tricking you in to believing the sensations are real when they aren't. It's the stories you are telling yourself about the sensations that are feeding your anxiety and adding to the sensations. The reality is that the more you struggle and fight your anxiety the more it persists and the more you stay stuck in its grip. Here is a link to a good youtube video by Paige Pradko, she is a therapist that had health anxiety and OCD herself and now helps others understand how to deal with it and heal it. Her website and youtube channel has a lot of good information to help you learn to be safe in your own body, hope this helps you.

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