SCARING MYSELF THINKING I HAVE CANCER

I’m on day 8 of my period and still have some light bleeding when I go to the bathroom. I have read this could be anything from hormones to cancer. I’ve had irregular period’s recently. It’s not super abnormal for me to have irregular periods but I’m getting scared that this period might just not stop. I’m so scared of going to the doctors and getting checked, I hate the whole process and the waiting game. I can’t stop thinking I may have cancer. Just freaking out.

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

Ditch the online research, when I struggled with health anxiety really bad (I still do sometimes) I would look up canker sores and find a way to make it the worst thing in the world. Try to shift your focus to something else like a show, book, or whatever you are into. Good luck I hope you feel better

Worry24

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Thankyou I’ll try to stop googling. I’m really giving into the compulsion and it’s not making me feel any better. I guess I will just have to wait and see and if I’m still bleeding for a very long time I will have to get it checked. There could be nothing wrong and I’m just freaking myself out for no reason idk .

VGH

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@Worry24 I struggled with health themed OCD for years. My absolute number 1 rule is don’t Google. It isn’t helpful, and acts as a checker my compulsion for someone with OCD. I know how hard it is to not focus on your fear, but it’s like any other theme, the more you focus on it, the less clarity you have.

VGH

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

*checking/reassurance seeking compulsion for someone with OCD

ListenToTheWind

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

If you have the appointment, stop researching or talking about it until then. If you can. I know it will be hard.

Mjdawn

Date posted: 2y

I so understand! I’ve been struggling today with convincing myself I have multiple sclerosis. The thoughts are draining. Each time I forget one, a new worry appears. Google is the WORST. I can’t give much advice because I’m struggling right here with you. It’s so hard to not give into just googling.

Scappian

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

Have you hit the sos button in the nocd App and chose Somatic? I have similar health anxiety and that is what my therapist told me to do.

Niamh182

Date posted: 19w

Bowel / colon cancer fear

Hi all, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here but i have thankfully been getting better with my Health OCD and haven’t felt the need to come on here, however I’ve fallen back into the trap and can’t even function without panicking and worrying at the minute! I was very stressed a few weeks ago over life scenarios when I started seeing a lot of signs and symptoms of colon cancer in young people on social media, I didn’t think too much of it. However of course a few days later I start having the symptoms! Sore stomachs, constipation etc. I have been so worried, I went to my doctor and got constipation medication for a week which I took but since stopping I have the same symptoms and more and I am worried so much everyday I’ve been hyper aware of my bowel movements! I have even been trying to force myself to go when I feel like I don’t really need to which in turn has caused haemorrhoids and some blood, which has made me even more anxious!! (Note: my partner actually thinks I’m going to the bathroom a normal amount and am not even really constipated anymore but I’m convinced I am) I feel like I’m going crazy and no one seems to think my worries are rational - can OCD/ anxiety impact your bowel movements and stomach? I’ve never really had this and I’m petrified of it, I hope someone else has had this scenario before and has came out the other side (edited)

savannahframe19

Date posted: 12w

i’m actually freaking out rn

for women…. a couple of days ago i was having woman private pain when touching it and then now i’m having some stomach pain like i need to use the bathroom… but everytime i move in a position like bending down i get the pain like a sore pain or something “down there” i’m so scared i’ve been googling and i’m so scared if i have cancer or something that could lead to death… idk what to do i’m actually so scared if i have something that i don’t know about i thought i had a UTI a couple of months ago and i didn’t i was fine since i got tested for it…

savannahframe19

Date posted: 11w

idk why my OCD is glued to this

so about a week ago around june 12 or 13 coming back from the beach i was having vulva pain on one of the lips then eventually i went to grandmas house and everytime i bent down or moved around i was having some sharp pain “down there” eventually i was scared and then it started to kinda hurt to pee… and i was like ok this is kinda worrying me eventually i forgot about it for two days it didn’t hurt but then i come back and start to have it again. so then i was like okay i’m just gonna schedule a doctors appointment. i schedule my doctors appointment got tested and i was negative for UTI but i was having bad lower back psi so they sent off a cultural test and told me a few days after that i have bacterial vaginosis so i was like ok i’m guessing to get antibiotics for it… i get the antibiotics yesterday theyre capsules i can’t swallow them but i cut them and put it in apple sauce where it was so gross the smell was awful and the taste was awful… atp i got a liquid i haven’t took it yet.. but my stomach has been hurting and had numbness and weird tingling feeling down there… where it’s scaring me and now my stomach hurts almost like cramps but it makes me so nervous… i keep thinking i have ovarian cancer or some type of cancer or a cyst or kidney stones… even tho they told me i have bacterial vaginosis somehow i can’t believe them… but i soon start my period on the 30th and my OCD gets so bad 2 weeks before my period and symptoms start a week before my period… idk i’ve never had this OCD go out for so long but like my urine looks fine it’s just when i pee now it’s almost feels weird idk my stomach is hurting rn when i lay down and i’ve been freaking out ugh. and this morning i had sorenness down there… i also had some inner thigh pain… i can’t stop googling i keep thinking it’s something worse than i have from what the doctor told me

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