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Extreme health anxiety

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db51
db51

Hi!

where do i start! i find myself here feeling like i have no where else to turn. ive had health anxiety now for around 5 years, it has it good and manageable times and really bad i cant take this anymore times. i believe it stems from a year of extreme personal tragic and stressful circumstances. my main obsession is cancer, ive had them all. for the past 3- 4 years ive been obsessed with the notion that i have breast cancer. around 4 years ago i went for a full private health and even had an ultrasound on my breasts which were all healthy. since then instead of keeping regular checks i have become more and more scared of touching my own body, i haven't been able to touch my own breasts for about two years. i had a child last year and i managed to breast feed him for a year and i have just stopped after having covid and the milk supply suffering. this was about 6 weeks ago i now get this little niggly pain in my right boob but i cannot bring myself to feel them, im not even sure i can have a medical professional do it, i cant even let my husband touch me. im broken and i just dont know where to turn, i have had two long private therapy courses in the past 4 years but i just dont think they work for me. i tried anti depressants but they sent me even worse and i just know once i start ill never get off them. anyone been in the same situation? can anyone help, im so done with going through this hell. thank to all

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  • jan34534
    jan34534 db51

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    yes i’ve had the same type of anxiety for many years. I couldn’t even look at lab test results because I was so fearful. Although everything has been normal. And I’m getting better at releasing my fear because fear is not based on facts or reality. It’s an emotion. I realized I was wasting my life by doing that. I

    keep in mind that you can get little aches and pains which in most cases is nothing serious. I had the same thing in my breast while breast-feeding and it turned out to be a plugged milk duct. I had a little hard bump in at first I was scared but it turned out to be nothing serious. so keep in mind that our mind tends to go to the negative even when there’s nothing wrong. It’s important to be aware of that.

    please do your regular check ups because it’s important. I feel like if I don’t do them then I might miss something that could be treated and healed. My sister-in-law had breast cancer but they got it in time and she’s been clear for six years.

    The vast majority of things we worry about don’t ever happen.

    I found that it is way more miserable to worry and fear about things than to get regular check ups and then know that you’re OK and live a joyful life. it’s just too much misery and suffering to live in fear all the time! It actually lowers your immune system, causes depression and you can actually make yourself sick by doing that.

    Live with more joy and appreciate and be grateful for your family every single day and do things with them that make you laugh and smile. That’s what life is all about. Hope you feel better soon!

  • ejc
    ejc db51

    Posted

    i have also suffered with dreadful health anxiety & I am currently. It's the worst & hard when family members don't understand. Cancer is always my problem too. My dad died at 42 with it & my mum had breast cancer at 52 & is thankfully still with us now . I had covid 5 weeks ago & 3 days in I developed agonising in my left shoulder & back which has now gone to my breast. As you can imagine I am now believing I am dying of breast cancer. I never seem to improve until i've had tests done. I fully understand how you feel . We have to believe that tomorrow will be a better day . I wish there was some therapy that would work on this condition

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