Hi! First of all thanks for everyone who made this forum.
Having hypochondria is super annoying especially when it sometimes get intense at the worst unexpected times.
I have dealt with hypochondria for many years but it did not influence my life as much as it does now. I have my best friend dying of brain cancer and I have other deep emotional problems as well. I caught a cold because I used a nostril spray for too long and had one nostril blocked. The cold went away but my nostril was blocked and whenever I touched a part of my forehead it hurt. I thought it would go away soon and it did not. I did the worse thing and googled the symptoms online which is really stupid of me. I think this started the anxiety. So later I went to a physician and she said because of the nostril being blocked it is causing that pain.
I was prescribed medication and it cleared up but I don't know I still get anxiety whenever I feel any type of a small pain in my head. I know previously that these aches were unconscious and it never meant anything to me or affect my life. Maybe because of my friend having brain cancer or something related to that I suddenly focus on my head all the time, and I feel different types of aches and pains on both side of the heads, sometimes back of the head etc. They last for roughly 1 or 2 seconds. Not that super painful but I hate that it is happening. I feel though sometimes that I do not fear any illness but just the sensation of small pains and I dislike and hate pain a lot in general. I also dislike when things just disturb me. I have no idea whether the pains are normal or not. I feel them whenever I move around, shake my head, talk or when i bite and I feel like they are taking over me and disturbing me. It is really frustrating. Hope anyone here would be able to help me out with some advice etc. I know my description is a very mess but I can't sort it out either. I sometimes feel that when my emotional problems resolve I would stop focusing on my head. I have times where hypochondria makes me concentrate and focus on different parts of the body when I have other emotional problems that takes time to resolve or severe stress. Whenever the problem resolves the OCD would go away too. I wish the mind is not so complex sometimes
Thank you so much for reading.
Having hypochondria is super annoying especially when it sometimes get intense at the worst unexpected times.
I have dealt with hypochondria for many years but it did not influence my life as much as it does now. I have my best friend dying of brain cancer and I have other deep emotional problems as well. I caught a cold because I used a nostril spray for too long and had one nostril blocked. The cold went away but my nostril was blocked and whenever I touched a part of my forehead it hurt. I thought it would go away soon and it did not. I did the worse thing and googled the symptoms online which is really stupid of me. I think this started the anxiety. So later I went to a physician and she said because of the nostril being blocked it is causing that pain.
I was prescribed medication and it cleared up but I don't know I still get anxiety whenever I feel any type of a small pain in my head. I know previously that these aches were unconscious and it never meant anything to me or affect my life. Maybe because of my friend having brain cancer or something related to that I suddenly focus on my head all the time, and I feel different types of aches and pains on both side of the heads, sometimes back of the head etc. They last for roughly 1 or 2 seconds. Not that super painful but I hate that it is happening. I feel though sometimes that I do not fear any illness but just the sensation of small pains and I dislike and hate pain a lot in general. I also dislike when things just disturb me. I have no idea whether the pains are normal or not. I feel them whenever I move around, shake my head, talk or when i bite and I feel like they are taking over me and disturbing me. It is really frustrating. Hope anyone here would be able to help me out with some advice etc. I know my description is a very mess but I can't sort it out either. I sometimes feel that when my emotional problems resolve I would stop focusing on my head. I have times where hypochondria makes me concentrate and focus on different parts of the body when I have other emotional problems that takes time to resolve or severe stress. Whenever the problem resolves the OCD would go away too. I wish the mind is not so complex sometimes
Thank you so much for reading.