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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sarahsarah 02/29/2008

Please somebody tell me how i can convince myself that there is nothing wrong with me! i walk around with a termometere constantly checkign my temperature! i go to the doctors twice a day or every second day! i have been to the emergency room the doctors the walk in clinics i have tried to get reffereals to specialists becasue i am convinced that tehre is somthign wrong with me and i am about to die! i have a 2 year old son and a very bad ex boyfriend who is his father and i am soooo terrified if i die that he will go with his father and my mom wont get to see him anymore! my son and my mom are sooo close it just scares the crap out of me to think this! how can i stop thinking there is somthing wrong with me? please help me anybody! please

deleted_user 02/29/2008

You should contact a doctor/therapist if you haven't done so already.

rachhomer 02/29/2008

yeah, i think that if you haven't done so then you should see a psych, they can just help you to change your thoughts. i'm assuming that every time you go to the docs, that everything comes up clear, then i think besides the thoughts of thinking that there is something wrong, that somewhere in between it, you actually know that your not dying. i know it's hard work, but you have to try and re-train your thoughts, like when you start having the 'i'm dying thoughts' maybe try and do something to occupy your mind. when i was that bad i used to have to go for a walk, and i must have looked insane but i used to tell my self everything is ok, out loud as i walked i would say, these is just thoughts and sensations, they can't hurt anyone, they have never hurt me, and they never will. i would repeat that over and over again, in my belief it's just over riding your thoughts, like when you think i'm dying, speak out loud back at your thoughts, say i'm perfectly healthy, there is nothing wrong with me. i hope you helped a little bit, this is what helped me. good luck xx

DogCrazy 02/29/2008

I think you you should talk to and work with your physc.
I might be wrong but think your real fear is not dying, more like your ex getting custody of your son.
This is just food for thought, it may be woth discussing with your phyc.
You sound like a very good mum, i hope with help your fears will be eased.
Warm wishes!

deleted_user 03/01/2008

If you have seen the doc that much then there really is nothing physically wrong. It's probably stress and there are ways to cope with that. I think a councellor would be a good start.
Good luck!

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