Liver/gallbladder problems, IBS, or just anxiety?

I am a 12-year-old female. Recently, I developed the "Googling Syndrome". I don't think it's a thing but that's what my friends came up with because I google wayyy to much. I had went from one health anxiety to another. From breast cancer, to ovarian cancer, to colon cancer, to now, I'm convinced I have a liver or gallbladder problem. I don't think I have yellow skin or eyes. I did begin to "see" a yellow tint but I stopped worrying about the yellow and now, I don't really see the "yellow" anymore. I asked so many people if I look abnormal, like do I look yellow, do my eyes? They all say I look absolutely fine and no, I don't look yellow at all, it's just the anxiety causing it. My stool can be pale sometimes (like a yellowish color or sometimes even as light as tan, no white or clayish or black or red) but it's usually a medium brown color or light brown. My urine is nothing close to brown, so that's good I guess. Is pale or clear urine the perfect urine color? That's what I always have with some occasional dark yellow if I don't drink a lot of water. I also have been getting changes in my bowel habits. Like it can be constipation and suddenly diarrhea. The appearances change also. Like undigested food particles, changes in color (green, orange, yellow/tan, and mostly any shade of brown, rarely dark), changes in size. Abdominal pain and gas/bloating is a big one too! Hence, my speculation of colon cancer but turns out, it can just be IBS, a benign condition with the almost same symptoms. I get upper abdominal pain, mid abdominal, and lower abdominal pain. Lower and upper most often. I don't get a lot of lower right pain but more of lower left. My upper abdomen pain is usually after eating, bloating/gas, or simply constipation. All of my pain are relieved by a BM, though. I also have terrible terrible terrible terrible anxiety to add to my digestive problems. Or even maybe my anxiety is what caused the digestive problems. I noticed stress and very unhealthy foods trigger my symptoms. I wonder if this is a symptom of IBS, heard anxiety and IBS are linked. I'm a bit overweight but I did manage to lose a few pounds with eating salads and drinking plenty of water and exercise. But also this past month, I've been lacking which probably is causing more digestion issues are showing up. It's near finals and I just got over state testing. Family problems, friends, and health problems are making really depressed and making me even more stressed! I started to eat unhealthy foods again and sitting in front of my computer googling this googling that. I think that is also causing my vision to worsen and my shoulders hurting (especially right, which of course, is another symptom of liver disease). I do lean towards my left side and my right is always in the air or an awkward position which is probably why it hurts more. My hands can get red but apparently, again, everyone tells me I'm fine. Actually, my "abnormal" hands look very normal lol. My hands don't look extremely red, only when it's super hot. And now I'm stressing over edema. I also get indents from socks but it could be because I wear them like all day everyday. I take them off at night and the identations go away in the morning? And now that I'm stressing over my legs, especially feet and calves for any swelling/water retention, I feel like it's a little bit more swollen than better, Not much but a little bit of extra skin. I also get headaches and lightheaded a lot, usually after a stressful night or day. When I press on my calf or feet hard, it does make this pitting thingy like it would on skin. Once I release my finger, it returns to normal immediately. Like I said, I'm a bit chubby so my arms are kinda fat too, not just the feet. I also had this weird chest pain. It wasn't that painful or unbearable. Sometimes it's near the heart region which makes me scared and sometimes my armpit? Like the lymph nodes or something, I don't know. Right now, I feel full and my abdomen is a bit..big? It usually goes down after a large bowel movement or usually in the mornings, my stomach gets flatter again. I also get indigestion sometimes. Occasional upper right abdomen pain which is the reason my liver/gallbladder worries start even though the pain is very slight and dull. I don't get a lot of pain on my right side abdomen, usually the middle or left. People say I'm scaring myself with things that may be absolutely normal. I mean, I think they're right, I just can't stop all of these thoughts. My doctor told me I seem pretty healthy but that was what..4 months ago? What if an illness can suddenly all happen in 4 months. I'm 12, I don't want to have to worry about my health, well, worrying about you're health is good but probably not like this. To make matters worse, I have family history of liver disease, 99% of them due to excessive drinking. I also have family history of IBS. And my mom suffered from moderate depression and OCD when she was younger. I'm not sure about cancer, but I know there are GI disorders. Help? I know none on this website can diagnosis me but please, some opinions?

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