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...

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Riddled with Anxiety

Kuuipo76
Kuuipo76

Hey everyone my name is Ipo and I'm new here, been battling Agoraphobic anxiety for years and now been diagnosed with Health anxiety also. Every pain or ache in my body makes me believe I'm dying from a heart attack or a stroke or I have blood clot and it's becoming dibilitating. Am I the only one going through something like this? I feel like I'm going crazy.

ready2live
ready2live
You are not alone. I feel the exact same things. My anxiety didn't get bad until the beginning of 2020. Worrying about my health was triggered in December 2019 after finding a lump and getting my first mammogram. This site has helped a lot. Knowing you aren't alone and hearing from people who go through the same thing. You aren't crazy. Keep posting if it helps. The community here is very supportive. Hope it helps some
Kuuipo76
Kuuipo76
Thank you so much! That makes me feel better knowing I’m not the only one dealing with this insane sickness.
arfie
arfie
Hello Ipo. Welcome to DS. Sorry for what brings you here but glad you are here.

You are far from alone with this phenom. Anxiety is a gluttonous beast and one anxiety always seems to lead to another. Health anxiety leads to social anxiety. Social anxiety leads to financial anxiety. Etcetera, etceteri through the entire anxiety spectrum. It seems there is nothing in this world the human species can't get anxious over.

A safe place to vent and sort goes a long way in helping me manage my anxiety. This very website is one such safe place for me. Hope it serves you as well as it has served me.

Welcome aboard. You are not alone. Listening. . .
mtd
mtd
Health anxiety is probably one of the most common symptoms in my opinion. That and the feeling we are going crazy, which we are not. It’s only anxiety causing these symptoms. Anxiety is a benign condition. I’ve suffered with both health anxiety and fear of going crazy. I’ve also had severe anxiety since my early 20’s. I’ve neither died from any medical condition nor have I gone crazy. I’m going on 63. Lot of anxiety over nothing.
purple226
purple226
Im in the same boat, sometimes its hard to believe that anxiety can cause all of these physically exhausting feelings.
Kuuipo76
Kuuipo76
I have a hard time believing it’s anxiety and not just something serious that no doctor discovered yet. Makes me feel super alone even when I’m surrounded with people around me.
purple226
purple226
I’ve said those same words. I’ve had doctors run so many tests on me and they all say I’m healthy. Makes me feel crazy too, it sucks. Anxiety never really affected me til a year ago, so I remember what “normal” life feels like and I know this isn’t it.
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