Goldendoodlea
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My health anxiety is over the top! Is anyone else
My health anxiety is over the top! It controls all of my thinking at times. Is anyone else like me?
ocdmememachineocdmememachine
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I think its mostly when i am triggered by something. So if someone dies due to a health issue around my age thats a trigger for me
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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@ocdmememachine Me too!
SaberStarsSaberStars
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I’ve definitely become more anxious about my health recently, every small thing I’m convinced I’ve developed something or that I’m getting sick, I think I’m constantly sick and constantly ill and that other people just don’t notice it or something to that effect, it’s not fun
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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Yes me too. Except I am terrified of cancer. So I always go there when I have something.
SaberStarsSaberStars
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@Goldendoodlea Me too; I’m super scared of skin cancer and that’s taken form of excessive amounts of sun screen and avoiding the sun where I can because for some reason I’m so convinced I’ll immediately develop skin cancer (specifically melanoma for some reason) it’s really such a strange thing to try to explain to someone 😥
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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@SaberStars No I totally understand and get it! I worry about not just skin cancer but melanoma too. I think because you can die from it.
JaclipJaclip
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@SaberStars My OCD is all about skin cancer. It didn’t start out that way but it morphed into it a couple years ago. I have been working really hard doing ERP to try and minimize my fears. I have seen the dermatologist probably a dozen times in the last 4 months and I feel so embarrassed. I go and have him check something and by the time I get home I’ve noticed something else. It’s awful but it’s been getting a bit better since NOCD. I’m sorry you’re going through it too but you’re not alone.
SaberStarsSaberStars
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@Jaclip Thank you so much for sharing your experience, I can’t even imagine how draining that must be, I wish you only the best take care; you’re also not alone and im glad things have improved for you 🩷
sophialsophial
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24/7. it rules my life :( i’m so sorry you go through this too
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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@sophial It rules mine too! I am sorry for you as well! I would not wish this on anyone.
Plums44#Plums44#
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I am going through the same thing. It controls my life 24/7.
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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@Plums44# I am sorry! It is debilitating sometimes isn’t it! I hate it! I just want to live my life in peace not constantly worrying that I have cancer.
New PerspectiveNew Perspective
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It’s like a looming loud over my head all the time. Then it causes my symptoms to get worse
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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@New Perspective Yes! Exactly!
StormCStormC
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@New Perspective Yes, and constantly scanning for something else 😞
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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@StormC Yes! When I get rid of one thing something else gets in my head!
Jersey JayneJersey Jayne
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Absolutely. We think it stems from growing up with one parent having a brain tumor, and the other parent having severe health anxiety as well. It sucks aşş!!
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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@Jersey Jayne My therapist says it is something g we are born with and cannot help. It is how our brain is wired.
CBraichCBraich
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I am going through the same thing. I was on Lexapro for 2 years and it helped ( I would still freak out over any doctors appointment), but i recently went off of it, and all my fears are back full force. I am constantly checking my body, and don’t notice anything off, but of course my brain tells me I’m in denial and I’m missing something. It’s horrible.
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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@CBraich Yes I take Lexapro too! It helps but not much! And yes!!! It is horrible!!
StormCStormC
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Constantly. I’m so sorry others are battling this too!
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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@StormC I wish there was a Medicine that would help
GoldendoodleaGoldendoodlea
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I also stress out about whether to go to the doctor or not as I worry about catching something early before it’s too late. My doctors have always been so nice, but I worry that they just think it is all in my head and blow me off chalk it up to the fact I have severe anxiety.
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