Constantly worrying about health..

[mrredwood]

Hi

I've suffered anxiety/agoraphobia for years..I have anxiety every day but i constantly worry about my health..I also worry about my family's as well..if I get a headache I worry if its a brain tumour..if I get a twinge in my chest I think it's a heart attack..if I have loose stools it must be stomach cancer..I'm worrying 24/7..the thing I don't want to!! But everywhere I look be it on tv or in a newspaper or on the Internet all I hear is cancer,stroke,heart attacks..
I just wondered if anyone feels the same way or maybe any ideas on how to worry less

[packergirl]

I do the exact same thing!! I swear it's society and the world we live in now. my mother who is 67 does not understand all the worry our generation has. She didn't grow up with it constantly in her face that she would die from something. I don't know what it is, but I totally feel what you do!'

[nathanaelking]

I lived in fear for years and it ruined my complete life. I want to be very honest with you. We practice fear, anxiety and confidence. One day i decided i am going to study about anxiety and i have written a simple book. So finished NLP training and now i am Clinical Hypnotherapist.
I want to encourage you is just think about courage and confidence most of the time, and change will happen.

You have taken a very good step that you stopped input that stimulates the anxiety and other problems. So congratulations :-)

[mrredwood]

Thank you both for replying and I hope your both well..another thing that's drives me mad is worrying what foods to eat..one day something is healthy for you the next it's a food to avoid..even the tablets I take called citalopram I've read can affect your heart over a long time and higher dose so that's another thing to worry about lol..

[LalaJ]

I feel the same way quite often, you're not alone

[str8trippin]

I'm exactly the same way. I've always had headaches...never thought anything of them until I started having severe anxiety a couple of months ago. Now, I've had a tension headache basically every day since the end of May and am constantly thinking it's something horrible. Every little pain I feel scares me. I keep telling myself that certainly in the amount of time it's been since the tension headaches started along with the anxiety, if it was something serious, something else would have happened by now...but my mind just isn't convinced by that, and it drives me crazy! None of the doctors I've seen have seemed to think it was anything I should be really worried about (I've been to the ER about my headaches, as well as seeing a primary doctor), but nothing gets rid of them and it is by far the scariest symptom I have. I'd give anything to have a normal day where I didn't have any physical symptoms bothering me, or any worries!

[CathHelena]

Im with you! This is excatly what i suffer from, A's we speak i have a on going / off going pain in my leg, and in my mind i Think i'm dying.
But i know its my mind playing tricks on me :)

You are not alone, This sucks!

If i ever wanna talk, write me a personal message :-)