Why does every ailment I get have to be life threatening its never some minor ailment

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Hi

Its health anxiety

I used to be really bad with it , I have it slightly now , but nothing like I used to suffer

Its awful I no & its only been years of suffering that eventually I have learnt to train my thinking to be more rational , even though I no this is not easy

Having said that , the problem I have now is when I no I really do need to see GP , I dont want to because I am afraid they will find something wrong

Thats the thing I often wonder , the fact I have health anxiety , then why wouldnt I want to be checked , but then I suppose thats the answer , we are afraid to find out we have something wrong

Sorry my answer could be better , but I am tired tonight & this black box I can see reminding me the posting guidelines i am finding very off putting

You are not on your own though with these thoughts

Love

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Thanks for the reply sometimes people with ha are afraid of going to their GP where I go too often

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Well I was like you , always there , never was away , now I have gone opposite

I think we go for reassurance , with Health anxiety , but then some where I realised all the reassurance in the world was never going to work

So would set myself goals how long I could keep away

With every extra week , I did , it slowly gets a bit better , but it is a slow process

Dont get me wrong though my mind still gets carried away

This will get better

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I agree reassurance doesn't last only a short term fix it must be very frustrating for our health providers

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Welcome to the club Millbrook!

I was walking my dog last year in the summer, so was wearing shorts, and spotted this big black spot-like thing on my leg I hadn't seen before. My mind went into over-drive and you can guess what I thought it was - black and irregular shaped festering on my leg. Easily 5mm width.

With shaking hands I turned my leg to examine it closer, and it fell off!

It was a splodge of mud!

Yet my mind had jumped straight to the worst possible case.

Like you I do it every time I have the slightest worry.

It's part of our anxiety. I know this but it still catches me every time.

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My therapist says I have Health Anxiety but I really only worry about my heart. If I feel a pain in my head I just think it's a sore head, or if I spot a lump(that isn't in my breast) then I just put it down to a spot. My worry is I'm going to have a heart attack...in fact I worry myself so much that I'm worried my worrying brings one on. It's horrible and today I have a hangover and it's making me fear it more xx

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I am exactly like you examine everything have just had 2 bouts of diarhea in a month so am beside myself thinking what now together with constant headaches and depression and it probably all combined but how do you break the cycle. Not much help to you but at least it may help to know you are not alone. Take Care.

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I didn't realise there were so many of us out there. Thanks for the support nice to know you are not on your own