CYBERCHONDRIA! Don't Rely On Dr. Google!

[janemariesayed]

You cannot rely on the information that you get by 'googling' your symptoms. The best and the only sure way to find if there is truly anything wrong is to go and see your doctor and get tests.

Yes! There seems to be an official word for it - CYBERCHONDRIA.

YOU are not a doctor. Leave your diagnosis to the professionals who have spent years training and studying in their field.

 

[janemariesayed]

Okay, I know this is a YouTube video, but I thought that this was the thread it should go into.

 

[Mercedes M]

OMG! I suffer from this so badly. I'll research until I think I'm dying! Luckily, I haven't done it in a long time but I can always spiral. I just have to remind myself during those times that I need to get off Google!

 

[PeggyJoan]

Jane Marie, this is great advice. I can look up a symptom and my eyes automatically go directly to 'could be cancer'. I disregard all the other possible benign reasons for the symptom. Thanks for this!

 

[MuggleStruggle]

I suffer from this for sure, but the problem is, what if you go to the doctor and they tell you you have nothing? when you know there's something, especially since they didn't do ALL the tests to decide so? that's just so scary to me