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Mental movies?

ScaredSIlly31
ScaredSIlly31
Hi everyone,
I have been dealing with anxiety and hypochondria for about 3 yrs now. However, I think my hypochondria is what is causing my anxiety. It causes me to have physical symptoms making me go online to research EVERYTHING! And of course when you diagnose yourself you always have a deadly disease.

But here lately, I seem to space out for moments at a time. Usually when I am showering or when I am alone. And I play a mental movie ( if that makes sense) it's always of me getting bad news that I have some sort of deadly disease. In these "movies" I'm getting bad news and once I get it, it freaks me out and I snap out of it. Has this ever happenednto anyone?

I have a fear of every disease you can think of. I have PCOS and thy symptoms terrify me. Ive been with this for about 3 yrs too.

I know it may sound stupid, but has anyone heard of anything natural to help with hypochondria?
deleted_user
deleted_user
If you can play a negative mental movie, you can play a positive one as well. It takes some work & practice - but I've tried it and discovered YES I CAN do it! Imagine yourself, healthy and doing something you love. Imagine getting GOOD news (you got a promotion at work, you won a prize, your doctor says your cholesterol is way down, you find out that pain is just gas - just make it realistic. I bet your negative movies are not realistic, BTW). It is really your choice what that theater in your head plays!
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deleted_user
A cognitive behavior therapist is trained to help you stop that speeding freight train in your movie and turn it into a turtle instead.

Want to look at cognitive therapy? Here is a link to a self-help website so you can understand some of the thought processes.

http://moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome

I took the course mysef and was enlightened about some of the automatic negative thinking that I have that I did not even realize.

Jude is right. It is your choice to change the scenery. You have been gifted with a great imagination. Now imagine the great things in store for you. See blessings and miracles instead of disease and fatality.
maddiesgrammie
maddiesgrammie
i have gad also.i choose what music i listen to very carefully.watching a mental movie,no way.sometimes the news will set me off.it is our responibilty to choose positive over negative.if you have a negative thought put that on the run by thinking of something positive.i wish i could tell you that working on anxiety is easy.but the truth is addressing anxiety and working at learning coping skills that will help you is hard work.but it depends on whether we want to overcome this and are we ready to work on our ownself by constantly changing the way we think.if you enjoy reading.i suggest you read a book by joyce myers titled the battlefield of the mind.i want you to know im not 100 percent healed of anxiety.to be honest i will have to work on this for the rest of my life.its just that i did the work,i learned my own personal coping skills and now its left up to me to apply those new skills in my life.if you should want someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on,feel free to message me.grammie.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Oh, and during my yoga/meditation today, I heard a bit by Deepak Chopra about being in the present moment - not the past or the future. Good advice there!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi. I have PCOS too. Can i ask you what symptoms scare you about this?

My PCOS has flared up in the last 3 years or so, funnily enough, the same time my anxiety decided to kick butt. I am sure the pair of them are related.
ScaredSIlly31
ScaredSIlly31
Thank you all for all the positive feedback. I appreciate it. I will try and learn how to think positive :-)