Am I overreacting to my headache fears of aneurysms and brain tumors?

Made the mistake of googling 😩😩 help me please.

I just can’t help it. And you would think I’d be able to stop considering how much worse it makes me feel. I have Pains that come and go in my head. They are not stabbing that are just there. Sometimes they last all days sometimes they last 1 second and come and go throughout the day. The last few days oven been scared of brain tumors. So i looked it up again. And it says less than 1% of population develop cancerous tumors. However then i got reading about aneurysms. And it says that most people die within the first 25 minutes after a ruptured aneurysm. What the heck?!! What if i secretly have one? It says that aneurysm headaches are stabbing worst pain you could ever feel which my headaches are not. But what if i secretly have an aneurysm. It says they are caused by High blood pressure. Which i tend to have every time i go to Doctors ( i thought it was nerves, anxiety, being obese). What if i just wake up i. The middle of a night with a headache that brings me to my knees and it’s a ruptured aneurysm?? I’m more scared about this than a brain tumor. What am i doing to myself? Please help 😭😭😭

Health Concern OCD

Username: MerkavaMerkava

Date posted: 2y ago

Hey, I wanted to say I have fallen down the rabbit hole of googling health problems before. You are not alone. Worrying about obesity and blood pressure is an actual solvable problem via exercise and diet, so I wouldn’t personally lump that under ocd symptoms. However, the fear of a random aneurysm or tumor is classic ocd, since it’s uncertain, painful, and leads to rapid death. My advice would be to live the healthiest life style you can practically manage and accept the fact that you might one day get a tumor anyways do to random chance. Live the best life you can in the present.

Username: Anon17Anon17

Date posted: 2y ago

@Merkava Forgot to tag. My post is below :)

Username: MerkavaMerkava

Date posted: 2y ago

@Anon17 If the anxiety is really bad it can give me a splitting headache, though usually I just have stomach issues when I get anxious. So I understand where your fear of aneurysm is coming from. I mostly worry about having a heart attack from over exerting myself, which has led to me avoiding hard cardio. As for the feeling of it being too late to fix yourself, it’s never too late. The fear that your life is already ruined in the past is one of the way ocd manifests in my experience. It preys on the fact that we don’t have perfect information at all times to make us doubt we will ever get better. If I might ask, what is your current routine and diet to lose weight? Having concrete goals and a routine you can follow can reduce the gaps for ocd to worm itself into. And remember above all else, say maybe to any thoughts that are clearly ocd. Maybe is your best tool.

Username: Anon17Anon17

Date posted: 2y ago

I’m not lumping obesity under ocd symptoms because i know i am obese. Like it’s not a secret. And i know that’s most likely why i have high blood pressure along with nerves and anxiety. It’s just the fact that high blood pressure is so serious and can cause these problems that scare me. Like i know i can lose weight and eat healthy. That is actually what I’m trying to work on right now. But what if it’s to late? What if i already have all these problems? I appreciate your advice so much. I wish I’ve been healthy from the get go but i just wasn’t. I wish i could’ve controlled it better when i was younger. Does your ocd/anxiety ever cause head pains? Not severe and not long lasting but just come and go? This is currently what I’m experiencing and that’s why I’m getting so worked up over everything.

Username: Anon17Anon17

Date posted: 2y ago

I get stomach issues as well. Not as much as a headache or feeling light headed (i feel like these are my main 2). I also have fear of having a heart attack and has led me to avoid hard fitness activity as well! Thank you so much I’m still learning the ways of ocd since I’ve only developed t about 3 months ago. I never realized how debilitating it could be! Like I’ve never realized that what’s going on in my head is ocd. Considering that i have alternating themes. It started out as really bad harm intrusive thoughts and now it’s turned to really bad health intrusive thoughts. To be honest at the moment i do not have a current routine and diet to lose weight. I keep telling myself that i am going to start but find myself never starting. It’s just a struggle because like said above hard workouts scare me do to heart related thoughts, and then simple workouts like treadmills scare me because it’s just me being left alone with my thoughts and i never know where my mind could wander. Thank you so much for the advice!

Username: MerkavaMerkava

Date posted: 2y ago

@Anon17 Start simple. Three times a week with resistance training. Try to find a routine that works for you. Even though it’s scary, ocd tends to get a lot worse if your not doing anything. If you have multuiple things your doing in a day, it’s harder for your day to be ruined.

Username: Anon17Anon17

Date posted: 2y ago

@Merkava Thank you so much. I have noticed that it gets worse when you are not doing anything. Like I’ll be at work and then come home and I’m beyond scared. It’s like I’m bombarded with thoughts the minute i sit down. I know relaxation is quiet time but for the time being i find being at work relaxation because it puts my mind at ease because I’m always on the go.

Username: ahbay 03ahbay 03

Date posted: 2y ago

I have sat here tonight and googled all kinds of respiratory issues I’m sick and scared I’m gonna die. I’m constantly checking my heart rate and o2.. 😥

Username: Travdart

Date posted: 5y ago

Anybody get ocd about their health ? Like I'm scared I'm going to have a brain aneurysm or something. I'm terrified and have convinced myself something is wrong .

Username: Anon17

Date posted: 2y ago

Please tell me someone else has experienced this??

I’m trying so hard not to post on here because i know it’s a compulsion. However I’m just so beyond scared. And this is health related and i know most of you are going to say you need to see a doctor or something along those lines but I’m just wondering If others have experienced anything like this and how to overcome it. I’m so beyond scared of having a brain tumor. Like it’s taking over my life. I’m scared to death of having a seizure because i know seizing is apart of brain tumors. I honestly don’t know what to do at this point. I keep feeling pains and sensations in my head particularly on one side. And because i know that brain tumor pain is normally localized in one spot i am freaking out. My mind keeps telling me “what if you are forgetful” so i keeps repeating my name, where i work, families names, etc to make sure I’m not in confusion and forgetting things. My eyes keep twitching, i am anxious 24:7. And normally being anxious would make me feel better in a way but now I’m scared to be anxious because anxiety could be a symptom of an underlying brain tumor. I don’t know what to do. I’m to scared of going to the doctors. What if they tell me i actually do have a tumor. Would i want to catch it early, of course i would but i am wayy to scared. These pains in my head are so beyond scary. The only thing making me feel somewhat okay is the fact that they come an go (and sometimes all over head as opposed to one spot) Like this morning i was fine with no pains but now they are here and I’m sick to my stomach. I’m also scared of feeling any nausea or stomach cramps because i know that vomiting is a sign of a tumor. And This morning i woke up with intense intense anxiety and i literally had a vision of me in the hospital getting a tumor removed. And it was beyond scary 😭😭😭

Health Concern OCD

Username: Themechanger

Date posted: 1y ago

Health OCD

Can someone tell me how to stop constantly googling every single thing that feels wrong. In the last three days I’ve convinced myself I had MS, I could be having a stroke (multiple times), I have a autoimmune disease and overall something’s wrong with my health. I made a appt to go see my doctor next week to get bloodwork done, which I know is almost like a compulsion because I need assurance that I’m okay, or if I’m not to figure out what’s wrong. My anxiety has made me have so many physical symptoms that I don’t know what’s a problem and what is my anxious brain. Every time something feels wrong I go to dr. Google and then I automatically have some life ending disease. My brain is so tired, I just can’t keep living like this where my mind races and greats new issues everyday. One week it’s health, the next it’s something else, the themes keep changing to keep it interesting and I fear that the mental/physical toll and stress of this is actually going to inevitably harm me. Can someone please give me some advice as to not lose my mind

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