Poisoning fear is taking back over..

[Grace360]

So I still had this fear of being poisoned. Its why I got my guardians to try my food all the time. I was trying to wean off of it and continuously try things on my own. Now I'm freaking out.
I'm feeling construction in my chest and I already have had shortness of breath for a long time. So them both together is freaking me out. It started just seconds after eating the gummies and now I'm scared that something is happening.

 

[Kelculator]

Are you worried that you would accidentally encounter an allergy of some sort with your food, or that someone is out to poison you? Or both?
I'm proud of you for trying food yourself anyways when you can. The two symptoms you listed are awfully common in anxiety sufferers. I actually am feeling the construction in chest right now too. I know it's very real, because it is. Physical symptoms are real, but it doesn't mean they are linked to the things you fear, in this case, poisoning. By the time you read this, I hope you're doing alright, as in your symptoms haven't worsen? If so, I don't think a person can last that long being poisoned without fainting or being sent to the ER, so you're probably fine. If your symptoms have worsened, I suggest some anxiety behavioral exercise where you can find in apps or on youtube, see if that helps.

 

[Grace360]

Are you worried that you would accidentally encounter an allergy of some sort with your food, or that someone is out to poison you? Or both?
I'm proud of you for trying food yourself anyways when you can. The two symptoms you listed are awfully common in anxiety sufferers. I actually am feeling the construction in chest right now too. I know it's very real, because it is. Physical symptoms are real, but it doesn't mean they are linked to the things you fear, in this case, poisoning. By the time you read this, I hope you're doing alright, as in your symptoms haven't worsen? If so, I don't think a person can last that long being poisoned without fainting or being sent to the ER, so you're probably fine. If your symptoms have worsened, I suggest some anxiety behavioral exercise where you can find in apps or on youtube, see if that helps.

I see. Thank you. Now I'm onto a new fear of having a stroke or so.

 

[Kelculator]

I see. Thank you. Now I'm onto a new fear of having a stroke or so.

Why so? Are there symptoms that can link to a stroke? You're awfully young to have one, if that helps.

 

[Grace360]

Why so? Are there symptoms that can link to a stroke? You're awfully young to have one, if that helps.

I'm kind of tricking myself into thinking the left side of my face is going droopy or something. Mostly my mouth. Of course I'm gonna worry about it.

 

[Guen]

Faces are naturally asymetrical. For instance, by right eyelid hangs a little lower than my left, my one nostril is slightly thicker. I never notice these things unless I look for them and sometimes they can seem exaggerated when I'm anxious. For instance, when I was having eyelid twitching I'd have sworn my eyelid was drooping more than usual, but nope. Nothin'. What I did was promise myself not to examine it for a week (tricky when putting on makeup) but I actually did forget about it after a while.

 

[Cuchculan]

Grace, time to be honest here. Look back over the forum from the past week or two. The things you thought you had. How many had you really got? This is what you have to do at times. You are either one unlucky person who has had a whole lot of serious things wrong with them or you have a hypersensitive mind. Meaning you pick up on things a lot easier than other people would. Slight ache, must be my heart. Skin not looking right, must be cancer. Now you fear been poisoned . Are you unlucky or do you think it might be just your anxiety? I know. Reality sucks. And at your age you should be out there having more fun. Not coming up with all these different illnesses. Serious question for you. How do you get the idea of such illnesses at such an age? Do you read a lot about these things? Thus then you have a fear of what you just read. So in other words the illnesses are not real. The real fear is things you have read or seen on TV. ( You did mention TV before ) Just trying to understand how your mind works is all. Where these illnesses are all coming from. Or the idea of these illnesses.

 

[Grace360]

Grace, time to be honest here. Look back over the forum from the past week or two. The things you thought you had. How many had you really got? This is what you have to do at times. You are either one unlucky person who has had a whole lot of serious things wrong with them or you have a hypersensitive mind. Meaning you pick up on things a lot easier than other people would. Slight ache, must be my heart. Skin not looking right, must be cancer. Now you fear been poisoned . Are you unlucky or do you think it might be just your anxiety? I know. Reality sucks. And at your age you should be out there having more fun. Not coming up with all these different illnesses. Serious question for you. How do you get the idea of such illnesses at such an age? Do you read a lot about these things? Thus then you have a fear of what you just read. So in other words the illnesses are not real. The real fear is things you have read or seen on TV. ( You did mention TV before ) Just trying to understand how your mind works is all. Where these illnesses are all coming from. Or the idea of these illnesses.

I've looked all of my fears up at some point in time. I try to keep from further researching, like my therapist suggests. But they are all still in the back of my mind whenever I have an ailment. Mostly the unknown. Or so I think. I always think that the doctors missed something. Or I developed a heart problem that's not known until I have cardiac arrest. Or those stories about someone ignoring something and it killing them later.

 

[Cuchculan]

You are afraid to live your life because you have a fear of dying. You could sit there for 50 years worrying about dying. Or you could live your life. All about which would you rather do when you are much older. Look back and say you gave it a go or look back and say you wasted all of those years worrying over something that never happened?