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Health anxiety!!

Fuzzyhead

Senior Member
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I mean everytime i get a new symptom since being ill i panic it's something sinister and make myself worse with worry and anxiety. I google and scare myself and it's never right.
 

worldbackwards

Senior Member
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No, quite the opposite. I think I've had too much practice at ignoring everything. I should probably get that hard lump next to my spine looked into soon (moves around, feels like unattached bone). It'll make for a fun topic to introduce myself to a new GP :rolleyes:
Likewise. No one else gives a shit clearly, so I figure I might as well leave it till I drop dead. There's an upside to everything. :)
 

Horizon

Senior Member
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I get health anxiety over certain things like when my chest pain or breathing gets really bad which is likely the fibro but I am like omg am i dying or having a heart attack etc? I definitely go into panic mode and am trying to figure out how to not have that happen but it is understandable given the pain.