Anxiety

[Clairelou69]

Hiya my name is Claire and I'm new on here xx I suffer from health anxiety and at minute have a bad cold so I'm really struggling sick of been made to feel like I'm stupid or silly because of the anxiety

[Lucas29]

Hey, anxiety is a geuine conditon we cannot control, so if anyone makes you feel stupid or silly because of it, then screw them, their not sympathetic people, they are not people I would want in my life. Treat yourself more kind, understand millions of people feel the way you do everyday, you are not alone with this x

[Clairelou69 in reply to Lucas29]

Thank u so much for your reply it's nice to know I'm not alone with how I'm feeling and that there is people out there who do understand x

[NemoAbella]

Hey I'm NEMO I just got diagnosed with GAD 2 weeks ago. Anyway, welcome! Sigh...IDK what to say bcoz I am still nee to this GAD world, but uumm.. just stay positive and yeah, we are here to listen God bless

[Clairelou69 in reply to NemoAbella]

Hi I'm 32 and I have been like this since I was 18 haven't​ many friends because people just don't understand x

[Betha in reply to NemoAbella]

How did you get diagnosed

[NemoAbella in reply to Betha]

Thru my psychiatrist. I told everything from day 1 to present, all the physical and cognitive stuff.

Are you okay? Uuummm...you can ask me anything and hope I could help

[Betha in reply to NemoAbella]

I'm having a hard time. I had pelvic pain and my doctor has yet to call me but the nurse said nothing urgent. Now my stomach is bothering me and I am so afraid of pancreatic cancer or stomach cancer. I am so afraid I am peeing in a cup to check my urine color. I check my weight and I noticed I have lost weight which scares me even more.

I have gone into the bathroom multiple times to see if I am yellow in my eyes or skin.

I feel like I don't want to talk to anyone and I feel sick. But yet I'm hungry

[Betha]

I am trying to figure out if this is what I am struggling with!

[Taranicole31404]

I too suffer from health anxiety and just this past week I went to promo care because I have been getting supper short of breath and they did an X-ray then were like it's your anxiety you need to see a psychiatrist and get on medication. So I left still short of breath all day and made to feel stupid. I feel the doc at prompt care saw I suffer anxiety and was like she's crazy. I know how it feels to be sick and feel like your crazy. Hang in there a lot of times your anxiety makes you feel worst. I know if I get any aches or pains I freak out. I literally am 27 and think everyday I'm dying.

[_sincerelynina in reply to Taranicole31404]

Same here.

[Agora1]

Hi Clairelou69, Welcome to the anxiety forum...Having a cold for the average person is just about being miserable for several days. When you have health anxiety, it's about being hit twice over in fighting 2 things at once. Hope you start feeling better soon. Take care. x