Health related anxiety.

[courtney67]

Anyone have intense health related anxiety to the point they make them selves sick and self diagnose.. and google... to much. Lol

[Hidden]

Hi Courtney. Yes and I can tell you many of us here have done that. You can be so fearful the feelings that anxiety causes that you literally feel sick and may get sick too. I can also tell you that the worst thing you can do is Google. You end up finding all kinds of stuff and try to self diagnose which stirs the fear and makes you feel even worse. The best thing to do is accept how you feel, let it happen and pass on its own. It's hard to do but by learning to accept the feelings and understanding that that's ALL they are is feelings and won't hurt you, you'll be on the road to feeling like yourself.

[CaraF616]

Yes I do. Really bad... I convince myself I’m dying everyday and make myself sick. It is awful

[Ajrea2]

Hello.. i have struggled with health-related anxiety for the past 12 years. It's the absolute worst. so I get all the physical symptoms and then I will dwell on them and I'll sit and ruminate and make myself sick to my stomach thinking I'm dying. I feel like I've come a long ways from even a year ago but it's all about changing your thoughts. I just try to tell myself that is just anxiety. I've been to the ER and to the doctors countless times and everything came back good so why don't I believe them. Stays stong!

[Hidden in reply to Ajrea2]

So true! I'm in the exact same boat and feel like you wrote exactly how I feel. I'll do better and feel good then for seemingly no reason, am back to health anxiety and the circle continues. It is all about changing your thinking but sometimes it's so hard. I'm struggling with it now. Muscle tension, reflux, stomach issues, tingly, thinking it's a heart thing.....I hate it with a passion.

[karenanxious]

Yes I do also. Try not googling symptoms I know it's hard. I just try and tell myself it's stupid anxiety. I hate the getting sick part also.

I have more stomach issues then you can imagine. Thank you anxiety.

Good luck.

[Lkcox in reply to karenanxious]

Me too

[Tracilou]

This is me too. I'm constantly thinking I have a life threatening illness. I darent Google anything as it makes me worse. I usually put it down to my anxiety but then I worry my anxiety issues are hiding something more sinister. It's a circle I can't seem to break. I feel for you all because it impacts on every aspect of my life. I wish we could all click a switch and be ok. I think I'm going to try therapy again as it's getting worse. It's helped with other things in the past so fingers crossed.

[Lindsey14]

I have health anxiety too