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...
I don't know a lot but I do know that those of us who suffer with anxiety disorders do tend to become very anxious (sometimes obsessionally anxious) about our health.
I suffer with anxiety and panic attack quite badly and when I am really bad i often get scared because I have a conviction that I am dying of lung cancer (as I smoked for 16 yrs). I even have this weird cough at the moment so I am obsessing about it ALL THE TIME!
I really do believe that anxiety makes us fearful about our health and the power of the mind is an amazing thing. It is quite possible that your arm pain is psychosomatic.
I do know how you feel though. It really is terrifying.
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