Always Thinking The Worst

[Danidavidson]

When it comes to my health, I tend to worry a lot. I used to look up what I thought I had online, but I've stopped that. I know that only leads to bad things. I mean half the time you are never right, which is why I knew that i had to stop looking. So, I still worry, but now I just tend to go to a doctor if it's serious. The last thing that I want is to get super sick and have something worse happen.

 

[Corzhens]

I remember my husband having that attitude. That was so many years ago when he had lost his job. He became a pessimist and a little change in his body would make him worry. Like a sore throat, it can hound him such that he couldn't sleep at night thinking it might be cancer. Even when he wakes up with a slight pain in the knee, he would be worried that it is something critical. With every day life, he could manage but I know he was suffering. When I am at work, he was always worried that something bad might happen on my way home so what he did was to pick me up in the office... and that entails additional cost that ate a bit of our dwindling finances. But that feeling of negative vanished when he got a new job.

 

[Alex]

There are people who are natural worriers and I also have Virgo in my astro chart which probably adds to it. I like to think I am realistic and prepared when I do think of the worst case scenario, and while some see it as pessimistic that's just how I am. Some days though it does happen, so at least I am not so surprised, but I think at times anxious people can overthink. I know I do and I can't help it so I try to distract myself with some simple task around the house or watch a sit com.


I find that is the best way to stop overthinking things for me, but each of us may have our own way, for example walking the dog, or going for a run. Some days I like to fold all the towels in the airing cabinet and I stop thinking about things that aren't necessary or imminent.

 

[oportosanto]

When it comes to health we need to be alert, but we cannot be thinking about the worse all the time because that will drain our energy. I had several diseases as a kid and that created a trauma on me, I tend to think the worse, but I also try to snap out of that and see things as they are.

 

[Roscas]

Too much information is information overload. I know the effect of self-diagnosing and reading/browsing on health issues and concerns directly affecting the self. The overload obviously may affect the method of thinking of our brain, causing us more anxiety....leading to depressive moments. I have been there and done that. Best to check and consult with the learned, knowledgeable, professional but do not forget to get another opinion and not just one, to be sure. I always thought the constant and chronic pains in my chest was due to a lung or chest ailment. More often, what I thought was affirmed in some search sites I browsed on. Lo and behold.....when the company doctor (when I was working) ordered (yes, ordered!) me to go to the doctor and underwent some tests, I never thought the ailment was cardiovascular! But when I found out the facts, I was able to take control of my signs and signals. So the lesson is always listen to your body and let the doctor determine if what you heard is right!

 

[sidney]

I don't worry that much about my health, although if some weird occurrence happens to my body I tend to google it to see what it's about. Like I discovered I have paresthesia, the feeling of needles piercing your feet or hands, but I still don't know what causes it in my case. I don't get worried about it though unless the condition is life threatening.

 

[pwarbi]

I'd imagine that this is more common than ever before, and with more and more people having access to the internet these days (and it becoming harder than ever to get a doctors appointment) the first place your going to look is online to see what might be wrong with you. As others have said though, having information at your fingertips can be a good thing but it can also work against you as well, and with human nature seeming to be to look on the negatives side of things, we are automatically drawn towards the worst case scenario.

 

[Sue]

I always think the worse when it comes to my health. I fear going to the doctor or ER thinking they are going to find something terrible wrong with me. As soon as I see a doctor I become very anxious and I have difficulty breathing. I start to sweat so whenever they take my blood pressure it is always extremely high. My doctor once told me I had "white coat syndrome" because I became so worked up over seeing a doctor. When I have something wrong with me I immediately go online and try to self diagnose myself. A lot of times I have been right on with it. I like to check it out on line first before I decide if I should see a doctor or not. If I have can fix it myself I would rather do that then go to the ER.

 

[fuzyon]

It's a tricky situation you're in, it's a good idea to search online for your syptoms to see if you have anything serious going on but at the same time you can end up worrying for no reason, I know how weird it is. Going to a doctor isn't as easy for everyone either, a check up without health insurance can cost a lot. What I recommend is going for a full check-up and a blood test once every 6 months, that should be enough.

 

[kgord]

I think you are not alone with this fear. I think alot of people have concerns about their health and it is a fear that might consume them. I think the easy access to information that we have on the internet has fueled some of these health related fears, because it is very easy to look things up and be concerned that you might have the worst case scenario of whatever it is they are looking up. It is just one of the things that people might do when they have time.

 

[DDNatureLover]

It's natural for me to think the worst regarding my health, because many of my family members died at this age or even younger. I have no doubt that I will eventually succumb to cancer, and when I was at the ER recently, I got some bad news that could relate to that, so it's been on my mind a lot. There's nothing I can do about the situation, however, since I can't afford treatment, so I'm trying not to focus on that right now. I set tasks I can manage, and work on those, and am trying not to let the things I have no control over impact my stress level, which could exacerbate the situation.

 

[Laneorexorcist]

I don't really worry too much about my health when I am getting sick or I am already sick... But I tend to worry about my dog's health, does that makes any sense? He's kind of old now and every little unusual thing that he has on his skin, teeth, etc. it can be something really big for me, and just as you, I google his symptoms and I usually think that is the worst thing, and at the end of the day it endsups being nothing. And I have tried to not worry too much about it, but it almost seems impossible for me, I think that I need to stop doing research before taking him to the vet.

 

[Norjak71]

I am the ultimate pessimist. I always fear the worst and make even the smallest things into big things. I have bad OCD and bad anxiety as well so that doesn't help either. I worry about my pets health and my parents health as well even though they are both perfectly fine, I just worry about the future in general.

 

[rz3300]

Well I have always had a little theory about life. I always think of two scenarios whenever I think ahead to how something may go. I think about the best case scenario and what would happen if everything goes perfect, and then I think of the opposite This is the worst case scenario, when everything comes crashing down. Every time, though, it is somewhere in between. I guess that is just another form of seeing the worst, but I guess it is a little more balanced so maybe this is a little bit better. Thanks for sharing.

 

[oportosanto]

The fact is that a lot can happen so there is no real reason for us to expect the worst. More, when we do expect the worst we are automatically increasing the possibilities for that to happen. So, nothing like being positive and expect good things because we will be open to them.

 

[NormaD]

When it comes to your health, have you noticed that the person who speaks most about health has it, and the person who speaks most often of illness has it. You tend to get more of what you focus on with your thoughts. And the same way that every thing in this entire universe was created twice, so it is with your health. What I mean is that everything, this computer or phone that you are using, the chair that you're sitting in, your clothes - everything in your physical world had to be a thought before it could be a thing, therefore even your state of health has to be a thought before it can manifest in your life. So make sure that your predominant thoughts are those of health, fitness and wellbeing.

 

[amy88]

I too can be a chronic "googler" when it comes to being sick. I look at every symptom and naturally if all I have is a headache but the symptoms point to a brain tumor then I start freaking out and assuming that has to be the cause of my head hurting.


I've tried to stop looking at Google too. A lot of the information online isn't the most reputable either so it can be easy to be lead down the wrong path with things.

 

[oportosanto]

Actually I do like to be informed, but I don't use google to look for diseases that often because I can get lost in all the information that is available. Also, I agree with what you say NormaD, there is no point in thinking about the worse because there might be no relation at all between what we think and the condition we are suffering from. We are better off consulting a doctor if we have any sort of doubts.

 

[Lucky120]

Yes, I understand what you are saying. I suffer from Chronic Migraines and I am always thinking the worse because I know what they do to me. I hate thinking like that because all I am doing is making it worse for myself. I try and just take my medication and do a little meditation. I take the time to breathe and reassure myself that I am going to be fine. This started happening when I had a migraine so bad that I went into a panic attack, so since then I would always have my mind set on trying not to have another one or what will happen if I have another one and I am home alone. Thinking positive is one thing that I am trying to make sure I do and not worry so much.

 

[Sarah8924]

I've had that attitude. Its hard to fight. I dealt with it just yesterday and ended up blowing my gaskets. I do recommend to anyone having this issue to check out Les Brown's speech "Recondition your mind", I listened to it three times this morning after such a rough day yesterday.