i’m so afraid of having cancer. bc i always think of you have it you WILL die from it which isnt accurate at all. im also SCAREDDDD of going into a coma SO BAD. but im so scared to go to the dr. im thinking ab all of the symptoms i have & other things & i keep making myself think i have cancer , then if i do & when i go to the dr they tell me i have it but what if i only have 2 months to live. im so scared. i hate this.
I’m so sorry that sounds so scary!! I’m a sure you have heard it all before but ocd is about facing your fears. Which sort of makes being scared a good thing. It is so draining being brave, but it is important to your future! Bravery doesn’t mean not being scared, it mean being scared and living anyway. It sucks so hard rn I know, but you being scared is literally you being on the right track. Ur doing great so far, even if it doesn’t feel like it. I wish you so much love and strength.
@JessIsConfused thank you! 🩷. im trying to help myself by pushing myself but i don’t want to push too much. i want to visit the dr but im very very scared.
I literally feel like I am reading like an entry from my own journal 😭 I am so sorry you are going through this, it is so tough and I also thought similar especially since I lost 8 pounds in a short amount of time and that is sounding the alarm for cancer but idk why yet. It sucks but you have to sit with the uncomfortable emotions. Health anxiety is no joke.
@Emma34 it’s so scary. me feeling like i’m gonna pass out is my biggest problem , that’s what scares me the most & is most of my concern.
@Emma34 i hate health anxiety it sucks so bad
@kayla. Yea that was my biggest a few months ago until it changed 😭 I thought I had POTS or hypoglycemia. I couldn’t even go outside cause I was scared I would faint. It felt like the same feeling you get if you had low blood pressure or if they took too much blood or something. I would get tunnel vision, a pit in my stomach and breathe heavily. It can happen due to dehydration also. Have you had those symptoms or you just have a fear of passing out?
@Emma34 i have those symptoms , my legs start to feel like jello , i feel like im walking slow then i just feel like very light , its not really even like a dizzy feeling
@Emma34 mine is so bad to the point where i can’t work anymore , i can hardly even get out of my bed to go to the kitchen.
@kayla. Yes that is exactly how I felt too! Good news is that even though you feel that way, it’s harmless. Feeling faint feels scary but it doesn’t mean it is because of something concerning. It can be cause of low blood pressure and dehydration. For me it was dehydration. Just drinking water won’t do, you have to drink water with a pinch of salt. Why don’t you try it out and see if you feel better. Also it looks like you feel faint at first and then start to have a panic attack (which is why your legs feel like jello) and that was exactly what was happening to me. I overcame it by forcing myself to still walk. When I felt dizzy, I would go down to my knees, put my head between my legs till the feeling subsided and slowly come back up. See if that works for you also but start off with doing that with someone you trust so you feel comfortable before you do it on your own. I couldn’t fully enjoy my vacation because I was suffering over that.
@Emma34 so just try water and salt? then try and just push through it , & if it doesn’t get better take a small break & try again? i know it doesn’t always have to be something bad but anxiety makes me feel like it is , which is the way that anxiety works! so i just try and push myself through it. my boyfriend got me up to go to the gym and i did for about 20 minutes & i actually felt pretty good after!
@kayla. Yes exactly that. Make sure it’s only a pinch or else it will taste bad and you will want to throw up😭it will help with any dehydration that is making you feel that way. Yes since it is anxiety, the more you give in to it, the worse you will get. Don’t push yourself beyond your limits but do it incrementally. Keep increasing and make sure you go down to your knees immediately if you feel faint and put your head down between your legs so the blood can rush back up to your head. And that is great! Gym will help a lot (just make sure you aren’t lifting heavy cause that will make you feel faint, hold that off till you feel better) and that’s how you know it’s anxiety cause gym makes you feel better 😭
@Emma34 i know it’s mainly my anxiety which gives me some comfort but anxiety makes me think it’s other things (which it could be) and doesn’t mean it’s cancer. i will definitely try these tips. tysm.
@kayla. Anxiety ALWAYS makes you think it is cancer 😞it wants you to feel as much fear as possibly but dizziness and feeling faint is like a hallmark anxiety symptom on its own. You will be okay because now you are being proactive about it 😊let me know in a few months after you recover!
@Emma34 i definitely will, tysm for listening & responding back!
Also is there a way you can have someone go with you to get like a full panel to check if you are not anemic or diabetic cause those can also make you feel that way but only a doc can find that out for you so I recommend you get checked out (not for reassurance, just one time) and check your heart also because PVCs (which are harmless) can also make you feel this way. I have PVCs and that could also be why I felt that way.
@Emma34 yes, im scheduling a appointment soon! it’s just so nerve racking. bc im also SCARED of the dr , it also makes me feel like im going to pass out even to think ab going to the dr so im scared of that bc ik it’ll be worse once i get there
@kayla. One thing you can do is prep yourself by like having a list of your symptoms so you don’t forget and also remind yourself that the doc is there to help you. And also very important, when the doc takes blood from you make sure you lie down flat completely and stay there like 5 minutes before you get up and get up slowly. Think of the doc as your friend who is trying to make you feel better. Most likely it will be nothing. A doc is a human who became a doc to help people, you can think thoughts like that to calm you. Doc will see you for like 10 mins so it won’t even be for a long time (the office wait might be though) and one thing that also calms me down is telling myself that if something bad were to happen, they will automatically send me to the hospital so it’s like the safest to be there. They will know what to do.
@Emma34 i will start writing my symptoms down as i feel them. especially bc it’ll help too knowing i’ve felt like that before so it’ll bring comfort for my later self. it’s rlly not the dr it’s more so the hospital that scares me but i think when i go to get like blood work done it’ll be more of like a office type of thing so it’ll be a little less bad
@kayla. What you can do is write down symptoms in your calendar so you can track it every month especially if it can be due to your period or if there are any patterns. Yes the doc office isn’t like the hospital so if that is what you fear, don’t even worry about it! Most are like offices with medical equipment there. You will be in and out before you know it!
@Emma34 it’s not the dr it’s everything else , like the equipment, the environment.. ugh it’s just so frustrating that this normal stuff causes such a big fuss with me. i also know going is going to worsen my symptoms like passing out.
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.
I am really suffering with health anxiety at the minute I am absolutely PETRIFIED of cancer and Im only 17 its draining the life out of me Ive had a cough / cold for two weeks now and ive felt itchy - Has anyone else ever just felt really itchy Im terrified in case I have cancer Im really really petrified I get so scared of death im really frightened SO frightened Im so so scared of the C. Uts scary
I went to internal medicine today, and i'm not perfectly healthy, My liver is a little bit fat, I have to lose weight so thats okay, also I have gallsand, which is not gallstone yet but it can become that if its not treated. Now im like these arent big problems but when i heard these I started to overthink and think about the worse that I will have gallstones cause the doctor said I have it cause it runs in my family(my mother/grandmother and uncle had it) and I just think that it wont go away, and even if i doesn I will be worried all year if it came back. Im just so afraid. Also they said I should go get a blood check, but I said i will hesitate now cause last time i almost fainted and felt horrible the whole day, and now i hear from people i know that they went and they felt sick and vomited there. But the overthinking comes from me thinking if these little symptoms I experienced which I thought its because of anxiety, was because of health issues then the other symptoms I experience sometimes (headache and lightheadedness) are there cause of another health issue, and im worrying about my health, im afraid of death, i keep imagining myself if they tell me that i have terminal illness or something really bad and i dont know how to handle it. Now i feel nausea and i would say its because of stress but i keep thinking that its because of the health issues I have...I don't know how to handle this fear, if you ask others or therapists, they will say "yeah everyone is afraid of death and suffering" or "Try to think about something else" and i wont pay for advices like this...
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