Piercing anxiety.

@Miss understood I did the piercing like a week ago, I’m reallt happy with my piercing, healing process is good so far byt I keep seeing these videos on tik tok sayidn that it got rejected, not pierced deep enough etc and now I keep checking my piercing, taking photos of it and askinf peoples opinions which ofc (on Reddit ) was mixed. Even wanted to book an appointment with another piercer to look at it (which I know it’s ocd and I don’t wanna look stupid).

@jdskjdje I understand, you won’t look stupid I can assure you because there are people that go to these tattoo shops not only to be sure their piercings are healing right but that just maybe their tattoo isn’t to their liking as far as the healing process and want to make sure that over time it will be to their liking but not to expect results in their own timely manner. All of our bodies react different and just because your may not look like it’s healing it very well be but not to your expectation of time. I worried about mine also but I followed the paper work procedure on keeping it clean, using neosporin so I knew with following directions it would heal in time. Just get it checked out if it will ease your mind. Try not to look at it as an OCD issue, just that you would like to know if it’s healing correctly so that you feel more comfortable knowing you taking care of it is paying off and in no time it’ll be healed and no more checking. 🌺

@Miss understood It’s healing really well like nothing alarming(I would say)byt yk the white thing around the piercing hole that we get the first few days?? Like dead skin or either lymph fluid etc which is normal I’m so scared that it’s not that and it’s an infection in progress. Ecen thought I don’t have any throbbing pain, or feeling jt warm and all the infection signs. Or even if I get a little pain which is also expected, like let’s be real I did the piercing a week ago a little pain is understandable but even so I get scared. Or I get paranoid that I will accidentally bump it or drug it and then it will reject. Or I get paranoid that I don’t clean it well or that my room is not sanitary enough (I’m a uni student living alone so sometimes it can be messy ) and that I will get infection. Also the comments from the reddit post sayidn I don’t have the anatomy?? Like?? I wish I could send u a pic of the piercing so u can also see what im talkinf about. These thoughts/worries become a nightmare at night. Never thought in my life I would get triggered by a piercing. I wasn’t like that younger. When I was 12 I went to someone and had a helix by a piercing gun and didn’t give a f. It didn’t go well I removed it byt I didn’t get anxious or paranoid. I did a smiley on myself Alsi at 13 with a sewing needle. Like how did I become like that.

@jdskjdje With everything I have going on in my life I have the same struggles as if how did I just wake up one day on high alert having severe anxiety and panic attacks that last all day and most of the night. The fight or flight is quite miserable too. Not sure how these mental issues happen but here I am year 5 still looking for help and possible solutions. I get why you’re scared, i understand everything that could possibly be a cycle of worry. I’d have it looked at so that you feel some reassurance. I’m pretty sure it’s just healing and reading about possibilities could scare you but I wouldn’t recommend reading about health issues because they became a problem for me too bc I read so much negativity that I would become more frightened and worried consistently. It’s something I try my best to stay away from bc the information can sometimes sound scary and trigger intrusive thoughts. It’s okay. 🌺