Are We Making Our Selves Sick?

[tina22]

Anxiety can really make you think you're sick and dying, It's truly awful. When I first got anxiety a few years ago, it felt like I was having a heart attack. I had most of the symptoms of having a heart attack. I went to the ER twice for the same symptoms and both times it turned out to be anxiety. After assuring myself over and over again that I don't have heart problems, the symptoms of having a heart attack eventually went away. The thoughts of having a heart attack went away too. After my mom passed away last year from lung cancer and some nerve damage, it's been a fear of mine that that's going to happen to me too. Since then I've been developing the same symptoms she had. At first I started getting pains on my left side of chest and lung area, just like she had. Then I started getting nerve problems, like she had. After getting my lungs and chest area checked and found out theres nothing wrong with me, the pain in that area went away on its own. So now I just have the issue with nerves and I believe my anxiety is causing the nerve problems. From my personal experience I believe anxiety caused all the other problems that I thought I had too. Anxiety can make you think you have a problem when you don't. Anxiety is the negative thoughts in our heads. I think we might be making our selves sick. I think our disease is the negative thoughts and those negative thoughts bring on anxiety and from that we develop real physical pain. I know sometimes anxiety just comes on even when you're in a good mood but maybe there's an underlining of something deeper going on in our heads that we're not aware of and maybe our subconscious picks up stuff that we're not even thinking about. I don't know but I do know that our minds play a big part in how we're feeling. I've experienced first hand that most of the time it's really all in our heads. For me I'm trying to find a way out of my head and to live normal again. Good luck to every one!

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I think alot of it is subconscious...

[Bb53]

Hi try to keep Positive you can do it .reading a great book self help for your nerves!it makes sense all the over thinking we do about our health I google symptoms silly but can't help it😳I'm a nurse so know abit but one week I googled 12 different conditions.keep strong your Mam always with you I lost mine to osphageal cancer.try to distract yourself sometimes I don't want to work or leave my house but life is for living.sending I a hug 🤗

[Peacewithin1]

It's very possible it's the subconscious mind. My psychologist said to change my thoughts but I can't seem to. Everyday I feel like I'm gasping for sir at some point or dizzy or having throat irritation. So stressful. Good luck to You

[Wilburbudgirl]

I have a lot of physical symptoms because of anxiety!

[Icanbeathis2016]

You truly said a mouth full of truth. Well i think it makes a lot of sense. But its so hard to retrain or convince yourself the opposite when you've been thinking so negatively for so long. So i guess the same amount of time it was we spent being negative which turn into physical symptoms from anxiety, which probably took a long time but we didnt notice it effecting us, then it may take that same time or some time to reverse the thoughts and then the symptoms. Ultimately i hope this is all it ever was and we can all find the mental strength to get back to a peace of mind and what we think should be normal for us. I struggle with this too so I appreciate your positive outlook on this.

[Ashleyw1987]

I feel a lot better than I did two weeks ago on citalopram for some reason they didn't work I had so many physical anxiety symptoms you name it and I've had it from burning body burning scalp pains, head pains body spasms and ripples, pain in back, prickling in wrists and neck stabbing pain shoulder pain weird vision, horrible thoughts! Now I'm off them they have died down and I'm on diazepam and setraline on day 3 just feeling very tired still have the occasional head pain but now I'm worried cause I've got bad hip pain again but I did suffer a lot with pelvic pain after my baby girl who's 6 months also I think carrying her in her car seat with my right hand has made he strain the right side of my back 😣 I'm hoping otherwise worried it's all linked together