"Acceptance "

Hi l know that it is difficult to accept these these physical symptoms are caused by anxiety as ànxiety feeds into your fears and your fear is death.Anxiety is a horrible disorder which can destroy your life if you feed into that fear.You work in the ER and l am perfectly sure you have dealt with a lot of people who are convinced they have different illnesses and all the tests are clear however they return multiple times as they suffer from health anxiety.I have nursed for a long time and l know that l suffer ànxiety as l have never fed into the fear that this is a physical illness.You must question your thoughts you have had tests done and they have been clear so the evidence is clear you have no physical illness.Work hard with your therapist and know you can overcome your fear.

Hi Nat and Marleen.   For sure it is the only way to get rid of anxiety is to face the fear cos its the fear that is sending adrenaline around your body giving all the horrific physical symptoms . Who would have thought that your brain could do such a cruel thing ??? But it is true !! Of course putting it into practice is a different thing altogether but I am just beginning to follow  FREE CBT course that I found on the internet and holy moly I am beginning to see the results already. I am surprising myself, please try it.  Lily xx