What do you fear?
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SomeRandomDude
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My biggest anxiety trigger are heart problems, always have been since I was a preteen when I confused heartburn for a heart attack.
My current trigger is IBS or some form of digestive or bowel troubles. Been having strange symptoms for about a month, and the fear of IBS or colon cancer has all I have been thinking about pretty much.
My current trigger is IBS or some form of digestive or bowel troubles. Been having strange symptoms for about a month, and the fear of IBS or colon cancer has all I have been thinking about pretty much.
I deal with IBS—it’s much more intense when I go through bouts of anxiety. Whenever I am doing fine mentally, it doesn’t seem to flare as much. I have a very “nervous” stomach. It’s the worst!
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Heart problems for me. I have recurrent chest pains (burning, aching, stabbing) that will somehow come with left shoulder pain or left arm pain. The symptoms go away almost as quickly as they come. But boy do they scare me. I’ll also get palpitations. Either random racing heart. Or will literally feel my heart skip a beat. Those scare me the most.
I’ve had 4 EKGs in the last 3 months. All good. 2 X-rays. All good. Wore an event monitor for 14 days. All good. Numerous blood tests. All good.
Interestingly enough. My heart scares started right after my dad had a heart attack. He is all well and fine now. But I think about his symptoms and how they match mine most of the time and I spiral out.
I do have acid reflux, IBS and a hiatal hernia so all those things can cause my symptoms. But I didn’t start feeling all those symptoms that much until after my dads heart attack.
So. Frustrating.
I’ve had 4 EKGs in the last 3 months. All good. 2 X-rays. All good. Wore an event monitor for 14 days. All good. Numerous blood tests. All good.
Interestingly enough. My heart scares started right after my dad had a heart attack. He is all well and fine now. But I think about his symptoms and how they match mine most of the time and I spiral out.
I do have acid reflux, IBS and a hiatal hernia so all those things can cause my symptoms. But I didn’t start feeling all those symptoms that much until after my dads heart attack.
So. Frustrating.
Totally understand. Scary stuff out there.
I get that. I’ve been to a Med express, ER twice, and an ear nose and throat doctor within 2 weeks. Currently awaiting an MRI to be scheduled for a bump on my neck. So terrifyingly frustrating. Just looking for answers.
I definitely think that you receiving all good news from your tests is great news. Does this comfort you at all? I feel like receiving no bad news should lift your spirits a bit. My mom had cancer and unfortunately lost her life to it. My cancer fear started before that and actually her diagnoses and battling seemed to lessen my hypochondria but it’s back now because of finding a bump. It is so hard to relax with this stuff especially when you’ve experienced it personally. I totally get it
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I’m sorry to hear about your mother. Cancer is an ugly and terrible thing. I wish it didn’t exist.
When I get the news in the moment, I am all good! But give me 1-2 weeks of being left to my thoughts and BOOM symptoms come back and the “what if’s” start.
I trust my doctors. I think I just don’t trust my body. Which is so frustrating.
When I get the news in the moment, I am all good! But give me 1-2 weeks of being left to my thoughts and BOOM symptoms come back and the “what if’s” start.
I trust my doctors. I think I just don’t trust my body. Which is so frustrating.
Wow, I totally get that. What you just said about trusting your doctors but not your body, that really hit the nail on the head. It definitely is helpful to know I am not alone in this web of hypochondria
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Used to hate throwing up. Emetaphobic. But spent so much time puking this year, I am hoping I might have gotten over that fear. To have that fear and end up with Gastritis a few times was not good. That eventually lead to a burst ulcer. Which lead to few weeks in hospital. They say exposure helps cure our fears. Wasn't expecting so much exposure to this fear. It happened. I am still alive. I seriously wonder if I still have the fear.
I think exposure does sometimes help. If you've lived it, I think you perhaps fear it less.
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Heart problems for me. Was HIV, cancer, Al's in the past also but it's always mainly been my heart.
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I’m exactly the same way. I fear cancer. Over the last 10 years I’ve had so many thoughts that I’ve had this cancer or that. It started after my last child was born. I also fear the health of my children. I have nightmares of dying and not being able to care for my children. I also find myself “investigating” my mysterious illnesses to the point of having physical symptoms. I know this sounds ridiculous. I’m not crazy. But I can’t shake it. Then when I get symptoms from over checking etc. I think “there, I knew something was wrong!” Does anyone have compulsive checking with their health anxiety?
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