Hypochondria Support Group

Hypochondria refers to excessive worry about having a serious illness. Hypochondria is often characterized by fears that minor bodily symptoms may indicate a serious illness, constant self-examination and self-diagnosis, and a preoccupation with one's body. Many individuals with hypochondriasis express doubt and disbelief in the doctors' diagnosis.

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Steph66
Steph66

Hi everyone, my name is Stephanie and I am new to this group. I suffer from severe anxiety. I'm afraid that I'm going to catch some kind of horrible sickness. I'm constantly worrying about this all the time and it is taking over my life. I don't know how to stop it. Recently I have been having issues with my bowel movements not looking normal and now I have searched up on Google and have convinced myself that I have something horrible. I can't seem to shake this feeling of being terrified. I have an appointment with my gastroenterologist this Monday. But I just can't seem to get on with my day-to-day activities because I am constantly thinking the worst. Does anyone suffer the way I do? I feel so stupid and alone. I have three older children and they just don't seem to get it. They always say Mom you always think the worst why can't you just be positive and wait to find out what the doctor says. They do seem to make a lot of sense but for some reason I just can't pull myself together. I'm so tired of being terrified all the time.

Track_Lemur
Track_Lemur
Hey Stephanie, I just joined today looking for some relief to my constant worrying. Know that you're not alone! I have been nauseated, myself, for the past few weeks and ended up going to the Dr to get answers. Last Monday I had blood drawn and dropped off a stool sample. Wednesday I had a full ct scan on my abdomen. Results were wonky and had me worried until the Dr came back with "everything is normal". The problem is, I can't stop obsessing over the one result that was weird. I convinced myself I had pancreatic cancer and I was trying to cope with my own mortality at 36 years old.

Googling things is actually it's own condition called Cyberchondriac. And I'm more guilty than anyone. I have spent the last week between google on my phone and making amends with past mistakes...
Track_Lemur
Track_Lemur
Also, remember this. Our brains didn't "logic" our way INTO these thoughts, so don't be ashamed that we can't logic our way out. We can tell ourselves a million times that we're fine, but it's the believing it that is hard. I've been spending time talking out loud, telling myself "the Dr said I'm fine.... Trust the Dr... You're not dying..." Etc
samanng
samanng
I feel for you and go through the same thing, I am so scared of dying that I’m not living, I try to tell myself if the dr thought my heart was bad she’d send me to a specialist but then I go to the bad and think she must have just missed something. I wish I had the answer for you, but I’m here if you need to talk
Tamaira14
Tamaira14
I am the exact same way! I Google daily and always get scared of the stuff google says. I'm currently dealing with IBS that flared because of my anxiety. And I worry myself all the time thinking "what if it's this or what if it's that" psyching myself out about prolapes and other scary bowel stuff.
Caroline5877
Caroline5877
I'm just like this also!! I worry constantly. Having hemorrhoid problem and bleeding. Also get cramps like a period but I'm in menopause. Worry about cancer and there's so many articles out there about it. I'm always googling my symptoms. So miserable. Even when my symptoms ease up I still worry. Afraid to tell my Dr.
Caroline5877
Caroline5877
Now I'm afraid of ovarian cancer. Cramps every day. I don't have all the symptoms but still scared.
anxietysux147
anxietysux147
I completely relate! Most of my anxiety comes from my health. any little pain or weird feeling and my brian automatically comes up with 8,000 things that could be wrong, which in turn makes my anxiety 10x worse and it’s this vicious cycle. I honestly don’t know how to fix it and everyone says “oh we’ll just don’t worry about it” or “you would know if there was something really wrong” but my brain just can’t think that way and is always worrying about the “what if”