We all know the pattern of worrying about symptoms and then seeking reassurance from others (health professionals, family, friends) to allay our fears. While we want to make sure that we still contact our health professionals in a balanced manner for symptoms (and then trust their diagnosis), the cycle of reassurance is PART OF THE PROBLEM. Asking people at this forum "I have symptom X, could it be [horrible disease]?" is a short term band-aid (if even that) that is not going to do the work to get rid of your actual problem: health anxiety. When you continually seek reassurance, you enable the cycle that you are trapped in, even though it has the illusion of being a reprieve. It's a fake escape.
So what are doing to get better from your actual problem? I ask, because if you don't put in the work, you can suffer from this for decades. I should know, because I have. But I've had enough. I'm not wasting another 20 years of my life on this ****.
So what are doing to get better from your actual problem? I ask, because if you don't put in the work, you can suffer from this for decades. I should know, because I have. But I've had enough. I'm not wasting another 20 years of my life on this ****.