Health Anxiety

[warkie]

Anybody suffer from health anxiety,im bad with it at the mo xx

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Yes hun , i do suffer with it , have for years & for me its got worse as the older you get bits & bobs do start going wrong , just adds to the anxiety that was already there !

It can be a struggle ..suppose you will have been seen by GP & had most tests done that there is to have done ?

I no most of us do ...now we have to start believing , that can be tricky , changing our way of thinking

Try not to go looking for things wrong , the more we focus we will come up with something , well i no i do

See this as your health anxiety , & keep telling yourself thats what i suffer from , not the other things my head wants to say

Have you had counselling or anything ?

Keep talking , & no you are not alone

Love

whywhy

xxx

[warkie]

Thats what scares me when people say theyve had it for years,i dont want it for years,ive got the perfect lifestyle,a gorgeous little girl,a beautiful home and mortgage free at 30,were going away to disneyland soon and dreading it due to this horrible disease xx

[Hidden in reply to warkie]

Hun , sorry didnt mean to upset you , just because I have had it years , doesnt mean you or any one else will

I started young & there wasnt as much help as there is now & people didnt talk about it either , that has all changed now

Some people are like me , others this comes & goes , I still have & am working on making this better

xxx

[Bramwell]

I've had it off and on for at least 20 years I'm afraid. It can go away for years as mine did but then slowly creep up on you again.

Mine really kicked off when my father died in 1995, then subsided until I hit 50 in 2007 and since then it's been off and on bad to worse. I agree with Whywhy, the older you get the worse it seems to get.

My only advice is don't Google. You WILL find you have a terrible illness without doubt!

[loopsyloo]

Hi im only 25 have 3 amazing kids and suffer with health anxiety . Mine has only started in the last 6 months - it started with me worrying constantly thats my childreb had something seriously wrong with them n then got to the stage where I was ( and still am some days ) convinced that I am guna get ill or die n what will happen to my children then !!! I have just started CBT and tablets 2 weeks ago and i have to say it has had a really positive impact on me so far. I have had more good days than bad and for the first time in a while I feel positive .

I agree with the other 2 post dnt look for things wrong with you or you are bound to find something minor that will cause you endless worry n certainty dnt Dr Google . According to that everything is terminal . Ppl on hear have really helped me so keep posting n try n stay positive xxxx

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Remember your Claire weekes

Love the agoraphobia book and the nerves one too, in fact I'm off for a read now

Wishing you well

xxx