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Anyone have health OCD?
Anyone willing to share there health ocd story with me? I’m really struggling with mine and would like to relate to someone and maybe talk about it. Thanks in advance. I’m new here.
Anyone willing to share there health ocd story with me? I’m really struggling with mine and would like to relate to someone and maybe talk about it. Thanks in advance. I’m new here.
im new too! all my life ive been very concerned with health, but ever since covid ive developed hypochondria. its hard, i think im having a stroke or a heart attack or some form of hidden cancer and that im sick but just dont know it yet or that something huge is just waiting to happen. i do regular check ups and i try to be rational about symptoms. the reassurance from doctor and specialist that im okay health wise helps for a while but then intrusive thoughts and fear take over sometimes. it is hard, but rationalizing it and having a healthier lifestyle while doing routine check ups has helped me a ton.
@monicaxoxo I’m the same way but instead of getting reassurance from the doctor I get skeptical like did you really check everything and then panic all day and ruminating. Also I’ve probably been to the ER 30 times so far this year it’s just frustrating. Thank you dot sharing your story!
Health ocd is my main ocd. It used to be heart related but now it’s mostly covid/long covid related being afraid of getting it and getting long covid. Exercise and diet helped my heart anxiety a lot. I had a lack of trust in my own body and building some confidence that I’ve taken good care of it and that my heart can take exercise without issue really helped me to feel less OCD. Ditching the Apple Watch and other checking devices helped a lot as well.
Mine is lumps and bumps related (fear of tumors, swollen nodes, strange moles, etc.) at the moment and fear that any asymmetry in the body means something bad. If I have an itch, my brain says to scratch it but then I start to inspect for any lumps around the area. I literally can’t touch or see parts of my body a lot of the times without having the compulsion to “check”. It sucks
Same! I just joined this group bc I’m desperate
I’m 19 and struggle with health anxiety, contamination, harm, and magical thinking OCD and would love to meet people with similar experiences and hardships because I have never had an opportunity for such a supportive community!
You can laugh at the title if you want, it’s objectively pretty funny. Hi guys, this is my first time on this app and I mostly just wanted to see if anyone out there is in the same boat as me or works in health care and is dealing with this. I haven’t told anyone what’s going on. I’m in my 4th year of medical school and In the past year I’ve developed what I think is pretty bad health OCD. Now health anxiety is a really common thing for medical students to have, I know that. It wasn’t until recently that I realized that the constant lymph node checking, self diagnosing & examining and reassurance seeking could have definitely had crossed the line into compulsions. Both my parents are cancer survivors which is what originally made me want to become a doctor but now every single physical sensation I have sends me into hours or days of rumination that I or someone I love has stage 4 terminal cancer. I spent an entire vacation with my boyfriend having a silent panic attack and convincing myself that he was dying of pancreatic cancer when he just had food poisoning and was fine days later. I had a complete mental breakdown and told myself I had lymphoma for weeks when I realized I could feel some of my own perfectly normal lymph nodes in my neck. My logical brain knows this is completely ridiculous but the emotional brain will not shut the hell up. It seems cruel that I made it this far only to feel like my own damn brain is betraying my ability to think through health situations clearly. I’m determined to get my symptoms under control before I graduate in a year as I don’t want this to affect patient care. Just wanted to get this off my chest and see if anyone else out there in health care is struggling too.
Hey there, Im recently diagnosed with ocd and working with a therapist. My thing is I get focused on how I’m feeling. If I get a headache it freaks me out, I could be congested from allergies and it can spin me out, like what if it’s something more serious, it could be any body sensation that causes me to ruminate. Health ocd? Somatic ocd? Anyone have this? Any tips? Thanks!
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