hi!

I have health OCD and illness anxiety disorder. My experience with this is pure hell, but it’s not constant hell. I usually have a fixation of a health concern, but sometimes I don’t. The health concerns for me are really niche and random and sort of have to fit a specific category for me to panic about them (rare, difficult to find out if it’s true, things that get worse with time, and is deadly). I don’t have anxiety about COVID (besides ofc I mask and am vaxxed), i don’t worry about having the flu, i don’t really worry about cancer. Not everyone’s looks like this but for me, this is what it is

Yup, recovering from health concern ocd. My mind sometimes notices every little sensations and symptom and fast tracks it to cancer or some other serious illness. Alot of rumination but I'm working on better living with my hyper vigilance towards my health.