HA triggers. What are you afraid of?

[bigjetplane6]

So for me, any health issue is a trigger. I feel like I know about a lot of medical diseases due to my HA thanks to Google.
I can’t watch shows like Greys Anatomy, etc. because those are triggers (Am I exaggerating?).
Lately, a lot of news articles have been about people getting the c word, or dying from it.
Today I spoke to someone who their father just passed from c.
to me, this is a huge trigger, as that’s what i’m most terrified of. It seems to be very common, or at least that’s what it feels like.
Anyone else?

 

[Worriedmama]

Autoimmune diseases are my triggers. I have a hypothyroid (hashimotos) and I’ve read that if you have 1 autoimmune disease, it’s common to have more and it freaks me out so much! I’ve literally diagnosed myself with all autoimmune diseases.

 

[bin_tenn]

Heart related ailments take the cake for me. That's still the primary source of my anxiety. Sure, I feel a bit worked up about the ongoing pandemic sometimes, or I may feel like something else is amiss, but I wouldn't consider those things HA - just routine "what ifs". But the heart stuff, that's definitely health anxiety.

 

[FlipperK]

Neuro or rare cancers

 

[suzzeeb]

For some reason Covid doesn't really scare me. I mean it did at first, and I guess if I was exposed to it I would freak out, but I don't think about it much.

I think I get some weird symptom first and then get worked up about it until I'm exhausted for weeks on end. I will feel shaky and then over-focus on that until I make it much worse. Or for a month or so now I have all over muscle twitching and I focus on that. I also am prone to PVCs, even after I had an ablation for it, I still get them, and that takes me over the edge. So whatever symptom I have I constantly think about it until I'm depressed and scared o death.

 

[Belizz]

Anything that is not treatable and that one can't manage is my nightmare.
Most of the cancers since it's very unpredictable. Even the thought of having MS, Diabetes, kidney and liver problems etc, won't bother me equally much.
Covid scared me in the beginning but not anymore.
My triggers are usually the feeling of bodily sensations and pain. I don't like to have symptoms that I can't put a name tag on.

 

[Walking Circles]

Neurological issues and poisoning via rare substances are big fears for me. I try to manage by limiting my exposure to things that I know will set me off like medical shows, etc.

 

[Mariemorris]

So for me, any health issue is a trigger. I feel like I know about a lot of medical diseases due to my HA thanks to Google.
I can’t watch shows like Greys Anatomy, etc. because those are triggers (Am I exaggerating?).
Lately, a lot of news articles have been about people getting the c word, or dying from it.
Today I spoke to someone who their father just passed from c.
to me, this is a huge trigger, as that’s what i’m most terrified of. It seems to be very common, or at least that’s what it feels like.
Anyone else?

Big C is my trigger and I am going through bad anxiety with throat issues and I can’t stop thinking it’s bad

 

[E.B]

It's varied and changed since i was a kid. Initially in the beginning it was aids, has rotated through everything. Last October I fell into a rabies phobia...if I maybe feel an oddity on my body that gets me going.

Any mention of myself having to go to a doc would absolutely fire me up as that's a huge panic. Haven't had a physical in 25 years probably.

 

[Mariemorris]

It's varied and changed since i was a kid. Initially in the beginning it was aids, has rotated through everything. Last October I fell into a rabies phobia...if I maybe feel an oddity on my body that gets me going.

Any mention of myself having to go to a doc would absolutely fire me up as that's a huge panic. Haven't had a physical in 25 years probably.

I have pain in my larynx area on and of sometimes a little in my ears and little on the jaw area I am really in a bad place with Anxiety and I can’t go to get it checked for the fear and anxiety taking over me

 

[bigjetplane6]

I have pain in my larynx area on and of sometimes a little in my ears and little on the jaw area I am really in a bad place with Anxiety and I can’t go to get it checked for the fear and anxiety taking over me

It really does sound like allergies.

 

[H_wrightington]

So for me, any health issue is a trigger. I feel like I know about a lot of medical diseases due to my HA thanks to Google.
I can’t watch shows like Greys Anatomy, etc. because those are triggers (Am I exaggerating?).
Lately, a lot of news articles have been about people getting the c word, or dying from it.
Today I spoke to someone who their father just passed from c.
to me, this is a huge trigger, as that’s what i’m most terrified of. It seems to be very common, or at least that’s what it feels like.
Anyone else?

Anything heart or brain related is my biggest trigger. I have had ongoing head pressure/headaches/blurry vision for over a week now and I am convinced I have brain cancer.

 

[Vandelsrock21]

Well for me its mostly oral or throat cancer followed closely by my blood pressure and kidneys. What a nightmare I am living.

 

[Grace360]

Oh my gosh so many. Anything quick usually. Clots, aneurysems, embolisms. Poisoning, but thats my more irrational side. Anything rare is a trigger, like rare syndromes that are incurable. The big c, for sure. Especially ones that are lesser known.

 

[blueberries]

Cancer, cancer, cancer. Nothing scares me more. I’m going thru a cancer scare right now and feel like I’m in a losing battle. Next on the list is ALS.

 

[bigjetplane6]

Cancer, cancer, cancer. Nothing scares me more. I’m going thru a cancer scare right now and feel like I’m in a losing battle. Next on the list is ALS.

What’s on your mind? What scare?

 

[blueberries]

What’s on your mind? What scare?

Colon cancer, I just made a post about it.

 

[alwaysworried]

For me it's heart attack/heart problems, aneurysms, clots, diabetes, kidney problems, and anaphylactic reactions.
Or generally just the fear of having something severely wrong with me and needing emergency medical attention and knowing the terror that that must bring.

Some days are better than others. My heart goes out to everyone on this forum, every day can seem like a living hell in the throes of health anxiety. We can do it though!

 

[Tryingtoheal]

Neuro stuff since I have all the parathesia symptoms. And then diabetes

 

[Jessco11]

Sudden death issues like heart attacks and aneurysms. My anxiety stems from me worrying about not calling an ambulance in time and dying... leaving my toddler alone to fend for herself until someone finds hrr.