health anxiety I need to chat

[Prettywoman82399]

I have suffered with anxiety disorder all my life. My health anxiety surface 9 years ago. I had it under control the last few years. Until recently I had kidney stone surgery and was laid off my job after working for 16 years. Now I’m hypervigant of everything in my body. I get sick a lot. ( ear infections, strep, whatever is going around) I constantly hear from family this isn’t normal to always be sick and on antibiotics. Which doesn’t make me think less about my health. I’ve been in a dark place lately. I’m constantly shaking and very irritable. I have a toddler 4 that is constantly getting into trouble and my insides cringe. I have no family around to just take him and get some space. I’m just very scared of everything again and I thought I had this anxiety under control. Someone please chat with me that I’m not alone.

[davidthecoder]

Just wanted to say I see health anxiety posts around here pretty often, so you certainly not alone here. I have it myself. The fear can feel overwhelming, and even comes with a physical component. That varies from person to person, but it is our fight or flight response overacting. It is trying to protect us, but it is causing us to feel paralyzed instead.

Luckily there are a variety of treatments that can help. People do overcome this, and you can be one of them. I am certainly not saying it is easy, there is work involved. And often money as well as therapy is recommended to give you strategies that you can use. Maybe you are already doing that though.

Good luck and I am glad you are here with us.

[TheLongDream]

Hello. A chat with a good person would be nice, and something I haven't done lately, too lately. I am ready to chat, if you feel like chatting. 🦋

[punkster]

This is very random and kinda gross, but I used to get sick all the time with colds and sinus infections. I was either coming down with something, had something, or was getting over something (these illnesses were real). I started drinking a lot of water, and learned not to pick my nose or touch my nose with anything other than a tissue. That was many years ago now, but I no longer get sick all the time. I am prone to health anxiety, but have learned to deal with it except when it comes to Covid. I still have a hard time with this.