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I have this too. I always over analyze every pain I feel
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Your Exposure are your thoughs therefore the response prevention would be not doing compulsions. So no googling, no doctors Be brave I know it’s freaking hard. I’ve been there and slowly getting out of it
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This is me 100%. I'm working through it in therapy.
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You probably need help from a therapist. Maybe call the nOCD? You can start out with writing down all the things you do to calm your self abd diminish the anxiety: googling, going to the doctor, ruminate and so pn. These are your compulsions. Compulsions feed your OCD, you probably know this. You can make a plan to stop these compulsions. Your goal has to be no more googling for answers. I know people speak out with their doctors and they give them guidelines when to search for health care, and everything beyond this is OCD.
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I understand, I’m going through this subtype right now. But i started seeing a nOCD therapist and the greater goal has been getting rid of the compulsions while understanding when it is reasonable to call the doctor. We just started but the whole process already feels really hopeful and promising. Also my regular CBT therapist I see for anxiety hasn’t really helped in this regard, and I heard it could make it worse. Def reach out to a nocd therapist or at least someone who specializes in ocd!
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I've been dealing with a similar situation. I'm sorry that you're going through it too bc I know how much it sucks. I've gone to a few doctors and gotten a few tests done but it never "feels right" when they tell me that I'm ok. It's like I'm looking for a problem or something... my therapist recommended that I do get fully checked out before we start ERP because on the off chance there is something wrong he'd take to make me think there isn't. I got checked out head to toe, got a few tests done, and now I know that I'm ok and anything that follows is just OCD
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tell me why… idk if this is just me but i’m so scared i have ovarian cancer, kidney stone, kidney failure, UTI, hernia, or something wrong that’s making my lower stomach to my inner thigh and pelvic area. i have an uncomfortable feeling. it was hurting more last night then it is today… everytime i pee it doesn’t hurt but i somewhat still get the uncomfortable feeling down there and feeling in stomach. i’ve been googling and idk what to do because i’m scared of the doctors and i haven’t had a physical like in 2 years and i’m like scared if i go to a physicial i will have something wrong with me like i have cancer or something that i don’t know about. something tells me the pain tho in general is something gastrointestinal related but idk if could mean i have pain down “there”…. i took a tylenol last night it helped a little but then it still kinda occurred and i took a tum and it’s still the same i think it’s still occurring since i’m so hyper focused about it. idk i’m just like ugh my OCD was doing so well i just can’t tell what it is or if something is wrong i’m just scared :( i hate when having certain pains i freak out.
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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.
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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.
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