Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

23,095 Members
43,242 Posts
0 Online
Anxiety Disorders
/ Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety by suggestion??

komom
komom
I have started to notice a pattern with myself, wondering if anyone else has this issue.
If I hear of someone having some sort of health issue I immedialtley start to think maybe I have the same thing. I will even have "symptoms" that I have never had before....Fore example my dad had a heart attack and now everytime I feel something in my chest...you guessed it... I think I am having a heart attack....Anyone else ever done this?????
deleted_user
deleted_user
i do all the time!! although now its not so bad because i know the odds are its just the anxiety.it doesnt make it seem any less real though. i know its easyer said than done but if it happens try to calm yourself down with breathing and tell your self its NOT a heart attack (or what ever it is at that moment)
it helps me hope it helps you.x
deleted_user
deleted_user
I feel like i am listening to myself. Stop watching medical shows, it has helped me. My dad has cancer and luckily in remission at the moment and everytime i get a pain I automatically think i do..i worry all the time.
My pysch told me to read the secret....start to focus on what u nwant instead of what u don't want. Easier said then done but its a circle that never ends. I go from one ailment to the next and everyone thinks i make it up.