ArykaLinn
02-23-2009, 04:44 AM
I think one of my biggest fears with my panic attacks/hypochondria, is that I wont be able to tell the difference between an anxiety attack and if something is actually wrong. I'll call my Mom crying, and as usual, she'll yell at me and tell me it's anxiety. When I ask her how she knows she always says "Because you get it all the time!"
But no matter how hard I try not to, I can't help but worry that it's not actually anxiety...that it's really a health problem that is similar to anxiety and doctors are just overlooking it because I'm what seems to be a healthy 20 year old. My BP is always great, same with EKG's, chest Xrays, ect...But I'm always afraid of that "what if" factor.
What if it's not just anxiety anymore...What if this time it's the real deal and I end up dying because I ignored it...
Does anyone else get this?
But no matter how hard I try not to, I can't help but worry that it's not actually anxiety...that it's really a health problem that is similar to anxiety and doctors are just overlooking it because I'm what seems to be a healthy 20 year old. My BP is always great, same with EKG's, chest Xrays, ect...But I'm always afraid of that "what if" factor.
What if it's not just anxiety anymore...What if this time it's the real deal and I end up dying because I ignored it...
Does anyone else get this?