My new obsession is any little pain I feel around my heart or arm is a heart issue even if I know deep inside is no my thoughts will try to convince me that it is and that I should be hyper super alert of any sensation for “safety” well today I stopped the hyper focus on it and just letting the pain be there I felt so risky like I was risking my life but pain when away and I felt so much better after taking the “risk”
That's the ticket. Same happened to me. Once I stopped hyper focusing all that went away
@MisterNegative Yes sometimes is hard no to focus though but I think it take a lot practice
@Monii You can do it. It takes time but I got over it in about 4 months. Meditation and mindfulness helped immensely
@MisterNegative Yes I want to start practicing mindfulness I used to be so good at it I need to go back to practice it
I relate so so much, right now I’m dealing with that with my leg. Thank you for helping me realize it’s possible!!
@angiew58 I remember last year exactly in January starting the year I used to have this obsession about blood clot on my leg I was so hyper focus on my leg because I used to get thoughts about how blood clots cause pain and stuff in the legs and I was having exactly same symptoms i went to the doctor got it check and everything was fine I overcame that obsession by accepting the thoughts and the anxiety symptoms that it used to bring me now I don’t even care about clot the other day I got the thought what if I get a clot and I was like whatever lol it don’t longer cause me fear or anything You will overcome this I know is so hard but looking back it was so hard but so worth it :)
@angiew58 Your welcome it is possible it just take time and a lot practice even me sometimes I think is so hard and wouldn’t be possible but looking back I overcame so many ocd themes and then I think how could I even double this when I been here before and overcome it then. I remember is ocd the double disorder make us double everything
@Monii Thank you so much! Yeah the pain in my leg mainly my hip is causing me to have intrusive thoughts about having to get it amputated or developing a really serious medical condition…insurance issues prevents me from seeing a doctor but it’s probably actually good for my ocd to deal with the discomfort!
@angiew58 Ocd like to create the worst scenario for everything one thing that help me with health ocd is knowing that if something really really is wrong and need my assistance my body will let me know our body will let us know for sure if something is medically wrong we don’t need to be watching or monitoring symptoms we can trust our body I know is hard because I think what if I don’t pay attention to my body and miss something and something bad happens it will be my fault but no that’s no my job to pay attention to sensation my body my brain is designed for that and it will let me know for sure if something is wrong When you can get it check out but I think it just your ocd because even when we get something check out and is clear those thoughts still going like what if the doctor missed something what if he didn’t check enough? And blah blah ocd thoughts is always double and uncertainty with ocd I know I hate it
I went from intrusive thoughts of hurting people, thinking I did horrible things and not remembering it like running people over with my car etc, to my brain trying to convince me I that I had split personality disorder to now health anxiety. The intrusive thoughts weren’t as bad as this. I’ll get physical symptoms like my heart racing, chest pain, can’t swallow. It’s been causing panic attacks but I’m constantly scared I’m dying. If my mole looks like it changed I freak out and think I have cancer. I had to get a stethoscope to listen to my heartbeat to make sure I don’t have an aortic aneurysm to buying a Fitbit to constantly check my pulse. I went to the ER bc I thought I was dying and now I’m paying a 2 thousand dollar bill when they say my heart is fine. It’s just exhausting.
I have gotten maybe about 8 EKG’s within the lest 2 years? I’ve also gotten an echo done, and I got a heart monitor to track my heart over the course of maybe 2 weeks, back last year. Even though I have been to the emergency room so many times because of panic attacks that I thought were heart attacks, and went with a Cardiologist I still obsess and worry. I always think that I am going to develop some kind of heart problem after getting the tests done. Like if they’re just suddenly going to appear/my heart will suddenly have an issue. I especially get nervous when the pain is in the center of my chest + I get a tight feeling like I have pressure on my chest and can’t breathe completely. Please someone share their experience of how they controlled their health anxiety, especially if it’s related to this.
Yesterday I had a good day after I decided to not let any thought or feeling ruin my day. My intrusive thoughts and hyper awareness of consiousness/thinking was still there. But my day was more than okay. I even felt normal some moments of the day 🤓 Let’s do the same today. Lets live with the ocd instead of trying to escape it at all times.
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