lalouba_jane
08-08-2013, 02:37 PM
Okay so, my biggest problem, and I'm sure this can be said for most of you... Is googling for reassurance.
We Google, not because we want to be told we have cancer, heart disease, or a DVT, but because we want to read stories of people who have had our symptoms and lived to tell the tale!
As we all know, this is never the case. Google is a bigger hypochondriac than all of us put together and instantly leads us to believe that we should make arrangements for our impending funeral.
I came up with a little solution, or at least one that I have found extremely helpful that I thought I should share.
If you MUST Google (although avoiding it and speaking to a doctor is obviously preferable!) make sure to include the word "anxiety" with your symptom.
For example; "chest pains anxiety."
Instead of being inundated with countless pages full of heart disease information or stories of people who have dropped dead, you will receive pages with people going through the exact same thing as you, explanations for why anxiety causes chest pains, helpful tips to ward them off, etc.
Doing this has saved me from several potential panic attacks. Please try it :)
I hope this helps somebody. x
We Google, not because we want to be told we have cancer, heart disease, or a DVT, but because we want to read stories of people who have had our symptoms and lived to tell the tale!
As we all know, this is never the case. Google is a bigger hypochondriac than all of us put together and instantly leads us to believe that we should make arrangements for our impending funeral.
I came up with a little solution, or at least one that I have found extremely helpful that I thought I should share.
If you MUST Google (although avoiding it and speaking to a doctor is obviously preferable!) make sure to include the word "anxiety" with your symptom.
For example; "chest pains anxiety."
Instead of being inundated with countless pages full of heart disease information or stories of people who have dropped dead, you will receive pages with people going through the exact same thing as you, explanations for why anxiety causes chest pains, helpful tips to ward them off, etc.
Doing this has saved me from several potential panic attacks. Please try it :)
I hope this helps somebody. x