Health Anxiety/OCD

I've found something but i feel very vulnerable going to the Doctors about it. I don't know if it's normal or not. I've had blood tests for unrelated reasons and they came back perfectly fine. So surely if it was bad something would be showing on the blood tests?? Everytime i'm doing better OCD comes back again. I'm so tired of living everyday in fear. And new 'things' for me to worry about is so tiring. Idk what to do anymore. My OCD has been constant all year. Normally i only have my normal rituals and about 8-12weeks of an OCD flare up but this years OCD has been non stop.

Health Concern OCD

divyD

Date posted: 2y

I understand. I swear, my mind gets the better of me at night. Tonight I started to worry if I have cervical cancer and then started to worry if my son has a minor, med or serious version of Thallesemia which he inherited from me, extending to concern about my future children (we are trying for baby #2) as well. Then I started to worry about CV. In my head I started making a plan to ask the dr (but hey, I resisted googling!) which I guess means getting entangled with my thoughts and is a bit of reassurance, isn’t it? What I’m saying is that it’s important to remember that we get tired and there are periods of time where we are more vulnerable to ocd re-emerging.. especially when it’s been pummelling us nonstop as it is. Sometimes it helps to ask such questions to understand our interpretation of our obsessions and put things into a more balanced perspective but you have to go with that and not keep doubting and reassurance seeking. I know it’s hard.

j0vt

Date posted: 2y

@divyD That's also what i was worried about but after some reasearch i realised that what i thought was an issue, was just human anatomy. I hope your blessed with baby #2 very soon!! Yes reassurance seeking is where i fail everytime! I find it so hard to resist asking what i need to ask.

divyD

Date posted: 2y

Yeah I mean that’s great but I get how real the fear is when you don’t know. Thank you very much. It’s actually a scary thought to have more kids because of my ocd. Reassurance seeking is really hard to resist. I totally relate to that. Perhaps you can ration your reassurances, using them only in emergencies. Pretend it cost $10 each time and you’re on a budget. Allocate yourself $20 or something to “spend” on reassurances a week or fortnight. It is a silly way to deal with compulsions and helps keep you on track.

learningtore...

Date posted: 24w

OCD Medical Question?

(TW- Please don’t read if you have ocd relating to one off/random medical events) ^ ^ ^ ^ okay so this is something I’ve been confused about for YEARS and completely sped up my ocd symptoms, I had a one off seizure a few years ago, it wasn’t a major one but enough to have family take me to the hospital afterwards, I don’t remember anything whilst it was happening and I was unwell at the time too. I did all the tests and nothing came back, even tested for epilepsy but I don’t have that. No one has been able to give me a reason and that set off my ocd since mine is mostly based around things I cant see hurting me or others (contamination ocd) or me making the wrong decision (rOCD, real event etc etc) (no clue I had ocd at this point though, only got diagnosed last year) I know they can be stressed induced too but I remember not feeling that stressed that night and not much was going on… Is there anyone that’s experienced the same thing?? Could it be OCD related at all?

tomhyland

Date posted: 23w

disease obsessions

hello. i have been going through health scare obsessions for at least 5 years now and it terrifies me. i mainly fear of cancer. i have no reason to fear of cancer because it is not a predominant condition in my family. i have been to check ups for skin cancer and been told it was nothing which relieves me for a short period of time but then i start thinking of other cancer possibilities :( it doesn’t help that im a smoker to deal with the stress of adhd and ocd which just fuels the obsession of lung cancer. i know it would help my fear to stop smoking but thats easier said than done. i have only been a smoker for 3 years and its the only thing that helps right now. on top of this, my brain makes me believe that every intrusive thought i have WILL MANIFEST into existence just from thinking about it! this has scared me so much in the last 5 years and once i told my mum about it and she said "if you ever got cancer we would deal with it, its okay" but that didnt help it just made it worse and the possibility become more scarier! please help me.

MyMia

Date posted: 23w

Health Anxiety

Feeling pretty good, except tomorrow I have to go for a cataract surgery pre op check up. Hopefully it won’t be a big deal, but am anxious because of my OCD. Just worried about my Blood Pressure, which is normally a little elevated, but overall I feel fine. I get very anxious obviously because of the OCD. Hopefully all goes well.

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