Hypochondriac looking to recover

[James York]

hey all,

I am from Oregon and have a beautiful life. I'm young, in college, have wonderful friends & an amazing job. I am in a 12-step recovery program for alcoholism and have been sober for almost 4 years.

I've been battling with health anxiety/hypochondria ever since I was a teenager, and thought I beat it at one point. I was wrong. Today my life is falling apart at the seams. I can't stop going to the doctor. I am anxious 24/7, can't stop obsessing over symptoms in my body, or diseases that could manifest, etc.

IM RUINING MY LIFE AND I CANT STOP! I'm looking for an accountability buddy, some support - some fellow hypochondriacs who are suffering and want to overcome this thing. I don't think I can do this alone.

If you are interested in recovering from this terrible mental ailment please contact me.

 

[janemariesayed]

I sincerely wish you good luck James. There have been a number of people who suffer from hypochondria on here and I am sure you will find someone pretty quickly.

Well done for reaching 4 years sober!

 

[XmasCarol52]

hey all,

I am from Oregon and have a beautiful life. I'm young, in college, have wonderful friends & an amazing job. I am in a 12-step recovery program for alcoholism and have been sober for almost 4 years.

I've been battling with health anxiety/hypochondria ever since I was a teenager, and thought I beat it at one point. I was wrong. Today my life is falling apart at the seams. I can't stop going to the doctor. I am anxious 24/7, can't stop obsessing over symptoms in my body, or diseases that could manifest, etc.

IM RUINING MY LIFE AND I CANT STOP! I'm looking for an accountability buddy, some support - some fellow hypochondriacs who are suffering and want to overcome this thing. I don't think I can do this alone.

If you are interested in recovering from this terrible mental ailment please contact me.

Welcome to our family,I am sure that someone will be able to help you.I do understand how you feel though because sometimes I worry about illnesses to especially when I have the symptoms ,the worse thing you could ever do as I did was go and look them up because then it will make you more sick,I wish I could help you I really do.If you need to talk we are all here for you.Anxieties suck I know believe me I have lived with them for over 40 years now,and there is no end in site.Sometimes no matter what I try nothing works.I know what it is like to be scared because every day of my life I am scared and worried what is going to happen there is never any peace for me at all.It is a huge concern for me to be sick or worried.You can talk to us anytime.

 

[janemariesayed]

With my beliefs being that everything is energy and vibration, it makes me too scared to think about sickness. It seems that every day I hear about the C' word. That is what scares me! To keep hearing and seeing that word is sending that energy towards me. Now that they have all these adverts on the telly for cancer, I am seeing it every single day. For the few hours a day I watch telly, I get to see and hear that word 3 or 4 times every quarter of an hour.

It is like a subliminal to see it that many times. You can make yourself sick by thinking about it all the time. Try it out. Not with the sickness, but try out this experiment with something else.

I challenge all of you who think about sickness to think about anything that you may desire in your life. Think about it and say it often and you will see that thing come towards you.

For example, when I lived in Egypt there was no shop selling pork. I kept thinking about eating bacon and sausages then I met a friend who was doing the same. She was thinking about ham and how much she was craving a ham sandwich. Lo and behold, within a few months, there was a pork shop opened. Then we did the same with fish and chips. We purposely focused on a chippy opening up somewhere near to where we lived. Then, a chippy opened up selling fried battered fish!

There have been experiments done by scientists on water. Then the water crystalized and looked at. The water that had 'love' written on it was a much more beautiful looking crystal than the water that had 'hate' written on it. YouTube it and you will see it is true. I'm always watching and listening to subliminals on YouTube as well. Try listening to the subliminal for anti procrastinate and you will find yourself doing housework before the video has even finished.

Subliminals work. Words vibrate and so do thoughts. When you think of anything, you send out that vibration into the universe and it goes out, attaches itself to that same vibe, then springs right back at you.

We are what we think. If we think we are sick, we send out those vibrations and we can become sick.

 

[XmasCarol52]

hey all,

I am from Oregon and have a beautiful life. I'm young, in college, have wonderful friends & an amazing job. I am in a 12-step recovery program for alcoholism and have been sober for almost 4 years.

I've been battling with health anxiety/hypochondria ever since I was a teenager, and thought I beat it at one point. I was wrong. Today my life is falling apart at the seams. I can't stop going to the doctor. I am anxious 24/7, can't stop obsessing over symptoms in my body, or diseases that could manifest, etc.

IM RUINING MY LIFE AND I CANT STOP! I'm looking for an accountability buddy, some support - some fellow hypochondriacs who are suffering and want to overcome this thing. I don't think I can do this alone.

If you are interested in recovering from this terrible mental ailment please contact me.

Just checking in to see how you are doing?Dont feel bad the last week everyday about 4-6 my anxieties have been pretty bad I just cannot get comfortable,I want you to know i am here for you,

 

[James York]

Just checking in to see how you are doing?Dont feel bad the last week everyday about 4-6 my anxieties have been pretty bad I just cannot get comfortable,I want you to know i am here for you,

Carol,

Thanks for your reply. I am glad I'm not alone in this. I totally get where you're coming from your earlier post about 'trying everything' as I feel like I've done the same. Doctors, psychiatrists, 12 step recovery, self help books, documentaries, you name it... ive tried it. Recently I made it 5 days without freaking out about my health and 'relapsed' again and went to the doctor - and am going to schedule another appointment tomorrow. I feel like I can't stop myself even though I know it's insane.

Anyways so I'm not doing so hot but I'm hanging in there. How are you holding up?

Thanks again for your support ~

 

[James York]

With my beliefs being that everything is energy and vibration, it makes me too scared to think about sickness. It seems that every day I hear about the C' word. That is what scares me! To keep hearing and seeing that word is sending that energy towards me. Now that they have all these adverts on the telly for cancer, I am seeing it every single day. For the few hours a day I watch telly, I get to see and hear that word 3 or 4 times every quarter of an hour.

It is like a subliminal to see it that many times. You can make yourself sick by thinking about it all the time. Try it out. Not with the sickness, but try out this experiment with something else.

I challenge all of you who think about sickness to think about anything that you may desire in your life. Think about it and say it often and you will see that thing come towards you.

For example, when I lived in Egypt there was no shop selling pork. I kept thinking about eating bacon and sausages then I met a friend who was doing the same. She was thinking about ham and how much she was craving a ham sandwich. Lo and behold, within a few months, there was a pork shop opened. Then we did the same with fish and chips. We purposely focused on a chippy opening up somewhere near to where we lived. Then, a chippy opened up selling fried battered fish!

There have been experiments done by scientists on water. Then the water crystalized and looked at. The water that had 'love' written on it was a much more beautiful looking crystal than the water that had 'hate' written on it. YouTube it and you will see it is true. I'm always watching and listening to subliminals on YouTube as well. Try listening to the subliminal for anti procrastinate and you will find yourself doing housework before the video has even finished.

Subliminals work. Words vibrate and so do thoughts. When you think of anything, you send out that vibration into the universe and it goes out, attaches itself to that same vibe, then springs right back at you.

We are what we think. If we think we are sick, we send out those vibrations and we can become sick.

Very interesting! I have noticed this to be true... the more you think about something the more it tends to come 'true'... you could be on to something!

 

[XmasCarol52]

Carol,

Thanks for your reply. I am glad I'm not alone in this. I totally get where you're coming from your earlier post about 'trying everything' as I feel like I've done the same. Doctors, psychiatrists, 12 step recovery, self help books, documentaries, you name it... ive tried it. Recently I made it 5 days without freaking out about my health and 'relapsed' again and went to the doctor - and am going to schedule another appointment tomorrow. I feel like I can't stop myself even though I know it's insane.

Anyways so I'm not doing so hot but I'm hanging in there. How are you holding up?

Thanks again for your support ~

Let me tell you something it is no insane the way that you feel,Anxieties can certainly do a job on us,Remember 2012 I believe it was when the world was suppose to end an entire year up to that date my anxieties where sky high because they also said that the zombies were going to get them all,Maybe this sounds crazy but I am deathly afraid of zombies, sometime at night i am so afraid they maybe one in my closet,the point I am trying to make is you cannot help the way that you feel.We are not crazy we just have a problem with our brains,I love my mail mans choose of words our braind are damaged.Well I know mine is sometimes I worry about the stupidest little thing,like if we lose power even though we have a genrator,sometimes little things can just set us off.I am so bipolar which doesnt help either.I wish you well at your doctors I do find though sometimes you can experience anxieties at a certain time of day mine is like between 4-6 pm. I wish that I could help you will a big hug help?? hug

 

[janemariesayed]

Very interesting! I have noticed this to be true... the more you think about something the more it tends to come 'true'... you could be on to something!

The thought of what vibrations I'm picking up on a daily basis really does scare me. I try to cleanse with sage but I am not sure if it works or not.