I wish my doctor had spoken to me with the same words that you use... he would have saved me from a lot of grief and pain. Now, at 67, I realize that 90% of my problems were caused by anxiety over the years. Thanks for your channel.
I agree with this some doctors dont actually believe in health anxiety that can affect your whole body. Thus, they will make you more terrified and use some of them to presume the worst
I have never touched a dog or bat in my life, but the day I searched rabies symptoms I had lot of them the very same day 😢 that’s how powerful anxiety is
Over the last 15 years I went through so many anxiety symptoms…beginning with trouble swallowing/speaking/burning mouth syndrome. Then it was mostly GI issues, dizziness, fatigue. Then I developed a rash that had no medical cause (had a biopsy done), then it was intense chest pain, then jaw pain, ear ringing, pulsating sensations in my ears and my extremities. Right now it‘s the tingling that drives me crazy. New symptoms scare me; the old ones don‘t. They always pass when my situation resolves. It‘s almost always a move, a job change that throws me back into the arms of anxiety. I have to mention that I am a medical doctor. We are not exempt from this. Sometimes I think it makes it worse. I know about all the rare diseases…so the google is kind of inside of me. It is so hard.
Anxiety causes muscle tension. I always had tension in my jaw and neck…this just exacerbated and affected my tongue, too. It was like a brick in my mouth, and it was superpainful. As Cherelle had mentioned, I had the most trouble with my „s“ and „sh“ sounds :/. But after treatment, it went away completely.
Lena, omgoodness! (firstly I have all those symptoms too. But…) How on earth do you deal with being a doctor and having health anxiety? I would find it so immensely triggering! Meeting with patients, some of which do have disease, and then you not relating that back to yourself. I can’t believe that you could manage your profession with health anxiety. Wow! Thanks for sharing.
yes its hard if your also a medical professional, you are most exposed to medical condition.. im a pharmacist and I also have health anxieties and its hard to stop mind of thinking the worst case scenarios
@@brightsideoflife1106 I totally get you. I also suffer from pharmacophobia. Like when I read (or know) about sideffects of a medication I need to take I IMMEDIATELY develop symptoms of those 🙈. Sometimes after one pill. It‘s terrible. If it‘s 1 in 10 000 my mind just directly goes „it‘s gonna be you“.
Hi Cherelle! Returned back to check on you :) . Roughly 2 years ago I had been dealing with really bad symptoms that were caused by anxiety. After a really bad episode one particular day, I stumbled across your channel and it was such a breath of fresh air. Because of anxiety I had really bad symptoms : My hands would go numb , one of my nail had a ridge , moles popped up , I couldn't sleep at night , my speech was affected, every time I walked it felt as if I was somehow floating , had tinnitus , many times would feel a burning sensation in armpits and the back. Multiple brainscans , bloodwork , ultrasounds , MRIs done but nothing found. At last as I cooled down , my symptoms slowly started fading away. And here I am now after two years : a healthy functioning human being doing my day-to-day activities ( I still have 1-2 symptoms btw, but it's manageable). I really appreciate the way you came out of the dark phase in your own life and are helping others do the same as well. To those having anxiety or an actual disease , hang in there! Things change , and they can change faster than you imagine. Sometimes the reaction to our problems are more problematic than the problem itself 😊
You explained this so incredibly well. I have had so many symptoms that I thought "couldn't" be anxiety, but I'm learning that anxiety can cause SUCH a wide array of symptoms. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
I suffered from chronic inflammation for 3 years, thought of all sorts of illness then started meditation, understood what I want, changed career and guess what? No more inflammation..
I am si grateful for your videos. I have insane health anxiety ever since a doctor appointment last year. I started to get brain zaps from extreme anxiety and stress and it made me feel like I was going crazy. Once I got rid of what was causing stress it literally went away. I have a regular doctor appointment in a few days and getting the text confirmation put me in an insanely anxious state and watching your videos is making me feel so freaking seen. Reading the comments has literally calmed me down so much. I’m still nervous but I’m realizing all the freaking physical symptoms and I’m more motivated now to find ways to calm myself down cause I have no reason to be afraid!!
I've been experiencing stomach problems and heart palpitations for more than a year now and they did get better over time, but once I lost my father suddenly nothing's been the same I can't even write/ think or talk about that day without tearing up and heart racing, and recently for the past month I've been getting even more symptoms like fatigue, strange aches and throbs in my body mainly my right leg, weak feeling or feeling sick (sick part is something I do to myself alot since I have emetophobia, I could be exaggerating on some of the other symptoms) and heart palpitations and burning sensations in the chest, chest pains that aren't severe but hurt and tight that is on and off and moves in different parts of my chest, and head pain and neck pain (lack of sleep) been to the doctors so many times and nothing so far, I keep looking up online about if I have a hemorrhage in the brain (which is how my father died suddenly) or diabetes, heart attack, blood clots, heart failure, stomach cancer and so on and so on, so yea I've been under a lot of stress lately and my doctor recommended me to a psychologist so hopefully thing's get better...
I'm balling my eyes out here. It's the first time I've genuinely felt understood. Battling heart palpitations the last few months and its currently got too much for me and its ruining my life. Thank you SO much for your content.
My anxiety is always up and down. And I get a lot of physical symptoms which scare me all the time. I’m always finding my way back to your channel, you always remind me that I’m not the only one who has symptoms when having anxiety and there are others out the going through the same thing without it being some kind of bad disease that’s going to finish me off. And that it can just be your body telling you your stressed and anxious, or that it’s recovering from the anxious episode etc Thank you for helping me and so many others through hard worrying times xx
I felt like something pressing my head, my sight is giving me problems, always feel tired, my legs and arms shake a little, I feel a little numb and (I know I'm exaggerating things) sometimes I think I'm losing my ability to speak properly, read properly and even send a good written text. My parents told me that I keep thinking that I have a tumor in my brain and this is why I have so much stress realted symptoms. I admit that I don't properly trust them because I always fear it might be it this time but ending up in your channel made me feel better because you convinced me that I have stress related symptoms. Sure the fear sometimes comes again but I will try to fight it and win everyday ✨
I’ve had this sort of headache for a week constant pressure been to hospital and doctors and opticians and they’ve all said its tension headache but I’m scared it’s an aneurysm, they’ve done my obs, they’ve done my coordination etc, but it keeps coming and I get tingling in my left arm.
Came across your channel a few days ago and already you’re making me feel so much better than anyone else has so far. Thank you so much and happy new year to you!
I have severe symptoms. Idk if all this can really be anxiety??? 1. Weird brain feeling like cognitive overload, as if my actual brain is tense but without pain, randomly throughout the day. 2. Shaky hands. 3. Chest pain. 4. Sensitivity to noise. 5. Sensitivity to light (sometimes). 6. Feeling like my legs are shaking, but they aren't. 7. Urge to move legs in bed, as if they are full of energy, but I'm tired. 8. Pain throughout my body, sometimes with burning muscles or deep bone aches everywhere that seem to come in flares. 9. Pinprick headaches. 10. Episodes of sudden fast heart rate. 11. Episodes of sudden shaky hands. 12. Sharp stabbing pains in various parts of my body. 13.Oversensitivity to sensations (e.g., feeling a wet spot on my shirt like a burning pain in my chest). 14. Adrenaline surges with increased blood pressure. 15. Jolts with fast heart rate even when relaxing. 16. Feeling restlessness. 17. Brain fog. 18. Sharp eye pain. 19. Twitching all over my body, all day, every day. 20. Numbness and tingling randomly without panic attacks. 21. Fast heart rate upon standing up. 22. Vision suddenly flashing, as if someone is rapidly turning the light switch on and off for a couple of minutes. (This one just happened a couple times, really scary) 23. Lightheadedness, off balance, and feeling faint. 24. Feeling like you're suddenly dropping when walking. 25. Inability to stand for extended periods (get shaky, feel faint). 26. Feeling like you're falling when lying in bed. 27. Suddenly having a fast heart rate at sleep onset. 28. Visual vertigo (walking by glass windows makes me feel faint). 29. Tight abdomen out of nowhere, comes and goes. 30. Internal vibrations, like bees buzzing in legs, or little twitches internally all over legs. 31. Feeling like your body is going to just drop and start convulsing, but it doesn't. 32. Body sometimes randomly jerks, like an arm or a leg
I suffer from a lot of the things you have listed. For a while it was the tightness in the head always having weird aches and pains. Then it was my ear pulsating which led me down the path of brain tumors/cancer etc. I had a MRI head scan and they found nothing. I had my ears checked and they said my ears looked great and had perfect hearing. Whenever my anxiety spikes I always feel dizzy/fatigue. As of lately I've been stressing over left chest tightness/pains/tingling and sensations along with indigestion and chest burn. I also will sit down for a while and when I get up I have sharp pains under my ribs. Obviously I still suffer from health anxiety however I've stopped googling my symptoms and try telling myself to relax and that I'm okay because obviously nothing has happened yet. All in all I think that what you are suffering from is health anxiety. I'm praying for you and hope all gets well soon!
I have many of these symptoms as well. It is a hyperstimulated nervous system. I don't know how to turn it off. Understanding what it is does seem to help. I wish you all the best as this is truly a struggle.
I just want to say I just found you today and you’ve already helped me with these videos. Knowing you’ve been through the worst makes me put full trust in what you’re saying. Specifically when you gave the example of saying “this can’t be anxiety” when the symptoms are so strong. That really made me feel better because I often have those thoughts that it’s something more than anxiety. I’m glad you’re doing so well now and thank you for helping others.
Thank you. I really needed this information and these suggestions from you. I have somehow managed to go from being very calm and collected to just absolute nightmare levels of anxiety within a year, imagining just the worst illnesses, STDs, organ problems to just extreme worry about not sleeping and therefore not sleeping, which then of course affects work and social parts of life which then leads to more stress and anxiety. And somehow I have had immense problems getting out of that loop as there has always been the next thing I managed to get worked up about.
Please never start producing professional videos...it's your relatability that is your power..I've watched many other content providers and nobody comes close to you..nobody. The fact that you are specifically focused on health anxiety and have been a sufferer puts you way above anyone else I have seen, and it's a fact that you being British is a positive for us brits also...you are amazing and thank you..I have been suffering for 35 years and it's you who has given me the confidence and drive to rid myself of this nightmare..thank you ❤
Thank you for making this. Ive been trying to see a doctor about this and have suffered anxiety on off for over a decade but the skin prickling and pinpricks really sent me into further panic after months of stress over various things.
Your videos are great. I thought I was dying at one point but then i recognised a pattern that I only felt like that was when I was under severe stress and anxiety
Thank you so much for this video. For the last 14 days I've had twitches all over my body also accompanied with pain as if I have been working out, which I haven't. I've experienced ALS up close in my life as my mother died from this when she was only 56, and I was the taking care of her and visiting daily until we got 24/7 help. I have never had twitches like this, so naturally I am nervous. As far as I could understand from the doctor it's very rarely a hereditary disease, but anyways, you do get nervous when you've witnessed this. You said one thing that calmed me though in another video which is that it usually starts with weakness either in legs or mouth (which my mother had - she couldn't speak properly and was drooling etc). I have none of those signs. I do feel a bit weak, like my hands are shaking, but I think that is only anxiety as well. I will try to remind myself of this. AND I am in a stressful period of my life, so anxiety totally makes sense.
Thank you for your videos❤ they have helped me a lot lately. Im 28, and i just a while ago truly realized that i have had hypochondria all my life and its a problem, and i need to get rid of it. I got it probably from my mom who is just the same as me. She was actually really sick when i was a kid and I was always scared back then but didnt know why. She is okay now but still hypochondriac and i dont think she knows it herself either. So thats a bad combination when we both are having a panic and we both stress about weird symptoms and try to help eachother but i think we just make it worse..But its time for this to end now, im so fucking sick of being afraid. I got actual chronic disease this winter so my mental health has been so bad because of it.. Im so tired of stressing about everything. Atm im here anxiously waiting for gynecologist appointment and trying to put my big girl pants on. Trying to think that it is not a big deal and i will survive this. I dont want this to rule my life anymore. Sorry for the long story! Sending love❤
Thank you so much for this video. I am 66 and have been suffering from Health Anxiety for over 24 years. I thought I was going mad! A lot of the things you mention here I have had and although some of them I put down to this, I wasn't sure. It's an embarrassing thing to talk about. You are an inspiration. x
I've had every symptom you can think of. I went through tragedy after tragedy and all of a sudden I start having anxiety attack after anxiety attack. Waking up from night frights and panic attacks. Numbness in my entire body. Fingers tingling. Night Sweats. Lump in throat. Terrible symptoms. Went to ER doctors found nothing from blood work or CT scan and told me to take vitamins and go home and rest... It helped for a while but soons I would be ok, it would be something to happen again. You are so right its all in your head. When we google things, worry about everything, and stress our bodies our fight/flight kicks in and the adrenaline goes until it the body feels safe again. This will be a continous cycle if you don't focus and get back on track. This will cause your body to be tired and want to sleep continously all day. You were spot on with all of this and one day I will be back to normal because this last month has been rough
Cherelle, I'd like to thank you for sticking with this forum for all these yrs. I'm much better now after counsellng and determination to get better, but many years ago maybe ten or more I found you on youtube and would watch your videos all nite until the fear would subside and I could sleep...much love to you & your family ❤ (How old is the baby now?)
Does anyone get daily flashes of light in there vision, all throughout the day? And head pressure along with brain fog all the time almost. I even have to remember to breathe throughout the day. 😢
Thanks for your reply, yes I got tested and the ophthalmologist said my eyes were among the most healthy he has seen. It’s just nerve racking that it happens so frequently.
@anxietykidd9373 DO you still get the flashes of light in ur vision, I get them all the time, like a wee light or lights going across quickly? Got my eyes tested and they said there healthy. Anxiety still not gone thought.
Yes, I get them every day. Some days worst than others, had my eyes checked as well. Everything was fine. My PC said it’s probably anxiety. As a CT scan I did a few months ago came back fine as well. I also have trouble focusing, like I can see everything when I’m looking but for some reason my eyes can’t focus. Kinda like tunnel vision.
Marvelous video. I have suffered with PTSD and anxiety for many years now. There are so many symptoms, it seems like constant zaps, pains, trembling, etc. My traditional doctor was no help. It was my new naturopathic doctor, war veterans with PTSD, and RUclips channels like yours that have helped me understand and begin to ease my anxiety and PTSD. Thank you.
Wow. Incredible there’s someone like you who exists. I didn’t want to accept these things either til it happened after I was triggered each time. The symptoms linger for so long after chronic stress bc of ptsd. Skin tingling turns into skin problems etc ugh
My health anxiety and body checking came back in August after having a random panic attack in the night in July. 2 weeks after it I went really anxious and lots of symptoms came with it. I have always struggled with headaches since my first PA four years ago which gave me health anxiety. On Sunday I banged my head against my bedroom headboard and so my headache is ramped up and I have been Googling how much MRI scans cost. Horrible. The one symptom I can not shake off even from Four years ago and so I always think I have a tumor even though my bloods are always fine.
You have been the greatest help to me, I’m still suffering a lot from physical symptoms, not so much fight or flight anxiety symptoms though . Thanks to you, you have helped me to slowly reframe my mindset; I appreciate all the work you do for people like us.
So bizarre you mentioned burning armpits. I suffer from severe anxiety. Nausea, stomach issues. I thought I was the only one with armpits burning. Hope you’re doing well.
I had my first anxiety attack the other day out the blue i've had so much stress lately it got too much to bear i went all funny in my car it was very scary but ever since im getting tingling and itching sensations and it has worried me sick. Watching your videos today has really helped me calm down. It must be hightened senses due to fight or flight.
It happens to me too its called huperventilation and it happens in anxiety due to excess of adrenaline and heart rate I think not sure tho but ye it happened to me the other day and I tought I was getting a seizure😂 but It's all good man hope yo pass trough this and I hope me too
Anyone on this feed been vaccinated against Covid? My anxiety got worse a few months after the jab. Think back to when your symptoms started or got worse??? I’ve always been anxious. However after the vaccine it’s more severe
Same. I got the covid vaccine along with some others that I can’t remember when I was in army basic training. I never had flashes in my peripheral until after I got all those vaccines.
I have developed severe anxiety symptoms that never were there before. Like tiny, tiny issues with talking so I have convinced myself that it is the start of the end. I have thought I had ALS although I have been to neurologist two months ago. It's horrible.
To name a few I’ve had the feeling of hot blades sticking me on both sides of stomach, physically could not move my neck from side to side, felt sharp stinging pains all throughout the neck as if though it was going to rip open, heart palpitations, waking up in pool of sweat, insomnia. Felt and saw demonic presence at foot of the bed. No Dr. or ER visited could find anything wrong. I’ve had every test done to me during that time and nobody could give me an answer. Went to the Catholic Church had deliverance prayers done to me by a Priest received and believed in the presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist and long behold it all went away. Like a bad dream but I don’t regret any of it for God allows things to happen in our lives that will bring us closer to him. He never gives what we can’t handle. Believe in the power of prayer, believe in the Holy Virgin Mary pray for her powerful intercession to intercede your prayers to her son’s most Sacred Heart. Pray the Rosary daily and pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. It will change your life, for we are made to be Saints! In all things Fiat Voluntas Tua TJTM ✝️🕊️🙏🏼
Hey Cherelle, are we related?? 😂 But seriously, I’ve been through a couple of other programs for anxiety and no one more closely relates and explains precisely what I’m experiencing… I subscribed last night and what you say just resonates.. I feel more calm already and am looking forward to getting out of this hole.. It’s time! Thank you! 🙏🏼
I never knew how intense health anxiety was until i got it myself. I remember hearing about it and not really understanding fully what it was but wow i get it now. I really fucking do! 😢 it convinces you that you're crazy. It's this darkness that takes hold of your body. And it controls you. You try to control it but no matter how much you keep fighting you always somehow feel like you cannot win. It's exhausting to experience those evil symptoms. 😢 i've never been pushed to the edge before in that way to the point where i felt like i was close to having a mental breakdown and i mean that. It really made me fear everything. It made me fear my own shadow even. I can't even go outside for a normal walk at night anymore. I used to go at night because i thought to myself that it would be great for me and that at night time there aren't many people outside and so they can't judge me but now with all the episodes of anxiety that i have encountered along the way. It has made it a whole lot harder to go outside or to feel slightly normal. I haven't felt normal in so long and anxiety has officially ruined me. I have been trying to get out of that dark hole though because i know that it's not good for me to keep thinking negatively. And i have been meditating which has been SUCH a life saver! Honestly though it really shifted my perspective! I have been meditating on and off for years now. I've started since i was a kid but then took it very seriously as a teen and now as an adult i need to meditate like crazy or else i would be the one going crazy💀🌚 It's still not easy for me to feel like myself and for a lack of a better word "normal"... But i am still obviously trying my best. I don't really get any support for it either and so I'm basically having to be strong for myself and that shit is so much harder than most people think. Just taking that next step and having to basically be your own warrior in those dark turbulent times. That shit is hard as hell. It sometimes feels IMPOSSIBLE to have a good day because of how your brain usually thinks of certain things. It's hard to just be optimistic but i have forced myself to get there lately. But as soon as you do it it just becomes more and more addictive. I know that positivity and shifting your mindset works because i have had weeks and weeks of good days before after many days of only just having anxiety attacks, panic disorder and health anxiety. So i have faith that it can change again because it did change not that long ago so there is hope of course! Even just writing about this right now is somehow making me feel more and more positive because of my own outlook. I know that i can be really negative at times because of how my brain usually thinks but lately i have really trying to push negative out of the way and i have really tried to be more positive instead because i am quite aware that that's the ONLY way to be! 😃💅🏽
I got into this vicious circle of health anxiety six months ago. I had problems before, but not as serious. recently I started to notice that it was getting easier, and then I accidentally came across a video about tongue cancer. ever since then I constantly feel like my tongue is on fire (only on one side) or like I ate something spicy. even though it looks completely normal. i have been having trouble getting out of it for a month now and feel like I am drowning....
Currently going through such a weird symptom of feeling excited/nervous and it makes me want to laugh kinda, I googled and made it so much worse as I found conditions that can make you feel like laughing. I’m doing my best to ignore it but it’s certainly a really weird one for me and I’ve had health anxiety for almost 10 years on and off.
It's really hard dealing with anxiety to include health anxiety. It's gotten better but still a daily struggle for me and I wish I could just get rid of it. It's been so much that it's literally gotten in the way of my daily life before. She's definitely right about stop Googling but also go to therapy, do breathing exercises, lay off caffeine, prioritize sleep, listen to anxiety doesn't own me on SPotify, go to church groups, MEDITATE, do MEDITATION EXERCISES, journal, practice mindfulness and gratitude or include them in your journaling, and do grounding practice. This was so bad for me that it made life not seem worth moving forward before because the pain was taking over and it still affects me to a degree however even though my case is far from closed I'm living proof that things can get better.
12 years of health anxiety, gone through every illness in the book, Now im going thrught ALS anxiety, really bad. twitching in the left side of face, twitching in my body, pinky finger shakes causeing a starnge sensation in my arm. Im just tired of all this anxiety stuff.
Hey friend, ALS doesn't start that way. Please be reassured that if you're twitching in multiple places it's incredibly unlikely to be ALS. That tends to start in one area 😊
This is so true.. the more I read about a certain disease.. the more I experience the symptoms related to the disease.. And it make me question if its coincidence then get stressed thinking about it..
Hey there. I just want to say what I'm going through.. I had a history of anxiety and I've been very anxious most of my life. Since few weeks now I feel my anxiety has got physical. I feel this head pressure and face pressure. The sudden tingling on the cheeks and the feeling like I'm about to loose it. And when I feel like I'm losing it, i start to twich a little and Im not able to talk properly like i get nervous and i stammer.. for few seconds i feel my face has got numb and I'll collapse now. This has made my life hell. I cant relax. Im not thjnking about it actively but im very worried deep down. I've done all blood checks and heart check ups and all seem normal. Its just a little bit of cholesterol. But why is all that physical symptom for.. I'm so damn worried.
Thank you for your Utube Channel. I thought I was alone on how I felt about thing's, Twitching worried about going to sleep, thing's like that always delt with Anxiety alone your Channel is the First one I Subscribed to please keep doing what you're doing. Take care and Thanks again😊
It's been a whirlwind the past three months. That is when symptoms surfaced. Left side arm pain, burning left side pain down to my hand, left side breast pain at night, and phantom pains that come and go. Insomnia. Chronic worry-- is it cancer? Never had these before until I bottomed out. Minus health insurance and a skeptical medical world. Translation: up against a wall.
You seem so much better then your first videos, it gives me hope i can get better. I have three daughters and just get so worried about leaving them. Been having back pain and waiting mri results. I am sure i am manifesting some of these symptoms. I ve had ibs since this all started. So thought i had bowel cancer for ages! It just seems i have the tests am reassured by gp. Then i have a new symptom and it starts again ! What do you think of tapping ? I also worry if i dont worry that will be the time something really is wrong its awful. My mum suffered with health anxiety and has been under section for 4 years now. So i get scared that will be my future if i carry on with this. Sorry for the vent
Did you have the pvcs? i had my first possible panic attack in 2020 (after starting a fertility pill tho we dont know if that caused it, was about 2 months after starting it) i did have two anxiety attacks sometime after that and nothing after stopping it. that was may-july… then toward the end of the year, maybe sept-early October we started ivf meds and that process and i st are ted noticing the pvcs.. got horrendous with pregnancy and calmed down a lot after pregnancy.. i still get them but anxiety does make them worse.. idk taht they will ever go away.
I have been struggling for months now after reading an article about REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (where you act out your dreams). When I read the article I immediately looked back over my life and thought, with alarm, OMG! I've woken up punching the air once or twice, I MUST have this! Within days of reading the article, these dream enactments (I remember all of them--my wife has never witnessed me doing anything strange while asleep) started ramping up--like to once a week! I am currently being seen by a sleep doctor--but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this---and if this could be caused by anxiety ?
I think there might be a correlation. I deal with anxiety myself and I have had a few nightmares where I wake up reenacting the same thing that made me wake up. In one of those nightmares I was shot in the throat, my vision went blurry and my hands were shaking, then I woke up and my hands were shaking in front of me, doing the same thing in that nightmare. I have only experienced these after severe moments of anxiety.
Headache burning sensation in head and eyes Neck and shoulder pain Stomach bloating and pain Numbness in arms and hands and legs Back pain Feeling tired all the time.
By imagination is too much i keep seeing people's pictures move it in the background looking like you're looking at whoever's talking with strange eyes peering out of a painting or a picture of photograph behind people's backs when they're just trying to explain themselves and do what good they can manage. Thanks again. In a case you didn't realize i'm not quite that right in my noggin lot of things bounce it around that i can't even see only me to blame even has the word me at the end after bla H blah blah blah talk about a roadblocker toAd frog frog and toad they are good😢 friends or at least that's what i have been shown growing up friends are definitely priceless it's always sad when you hear people talking bouts the lost of a comfort and a shoulder to look to during times of such a hole riddled lifes that seems so fake people had the hide there truth in made up stories just to keep a better frame of mine and just stay busy. I'm sure everybody doesn't like going cocoa puffs night night.
I feel constant fatigue, tired, but it comes and goes some days i get it some days I don't. I have been working 7 days a week for the past like 7 months.
I could cry watching this, I've never related to anything so closely before. At what point do you accept it's anxiety? I'm still waiting for tests etc but maybe I don't need them?
How do u reverse it.... im not stressed anymore but it has sent my body into sum stuck mode ..... my eyes are senstive to light and night vision has gotten poor... everything looks more shadowish at night.... i didnt have this before.... i have digestion issues i get night mares muscle weekness .... headaches neck pain and i used to go to the gym... i want to get back to nrml... i feel like stuck living in a different life separate from my true personality!! Plz help
Does anybody else get head jerks? Like you head involuntary moves? It’s not a big movement but I feel it happening. Even sometimes my arm, finger and back kinda does it.This (the head jerking/twitching) only started one my neck and shoulders became really tight
Yes ive been experiencing this for a while. I could be sitting down and then all of a sudden I would jerk forward or my neck/head would jerk to one side. I'm also experiencing my hand twitching. It's happens randomly.
I'm the opposite I get something and it has to be bad for me to go the doctor I would rather never go ..but I immediately think it's cancer. ..and if I go I will find this out. I own a salon and everyday someone has a family member dying of cancer and they share this with me... I'm seeing so many with actual cancer how can your brain not go there/Also I've seen instincences when it was put-off as anxiety and they die of heart attack or cancer. You shouldn't ignore your body either if something is wrong.
Idk if anyone is feeling this same way but I’ve had neck, shoulder and back pain for a few days and I really feel like it’s my anxiety, is anyone feeling the same things?
I have a subtle twitch in one place on my right calf, it’s always there. Sometimes i twitch on the other calf and in other parts of my legs/arms, I’ve also been not able to recover from physical activity like I used to. I’m 44 and It’s debilitating and obvious sends me down a dark thought process. Anyone else going through this?
Absolutely. Foot, leg, sometimes other places. Mostly one side but sometimes opposite. Even when I feel like I’m not actively anxious. Doc says this is anxiety/adrenaline/cortisol still not understanding there is no threat there.
I am! A year ago I started tingling all over and then it slowly went away... this year my muscles started twitching. Started in my arm. Then random places all over my body. Now it’s mostly in my calves. When I go to bed I worry and then it gets worse and I can’t sleep which also probably makes it worse! I definitely think it’s anxiety... also hormones. I’m almost 44 and know my estrogen is high. So my cortisol is probably high as well....
Yes going through exactly this. Mine also started in my right calf. It's pretty much always there. All over both legs and moves around to arms or neck or lip or back etc. I'm 27 almost 28 and likewise feel pretty defeated by this, even though all bloods and test came back fine I'm just beginning to learn how to manage this and accept it could be anxiety.
@@besidesadele it’s been 8 months for me now with no real change. I’ve come to live with it and make peace with it. The key is not using Google as a symptom checker and just live your life. The world could end tomorrow, don’t waste a minute more on worrying 👍
Sounds like you have a really good attitude and outlook. If you don't mind me asking are you on any medication? Yes good words of advice, I'm staying clear of doing that. You're absolutely right, enjoy the holidays @@sullcar
i have been having muscle weakness which has also been effecting my breath for now almost 5 months...and it has been increasing progressively....it is dominant on right side...and also sometimes i feel muscle twitching... i still try to do my daily tasks but i get tired too early than before...and the weakness came on suddenly for first time when i was playing table tennis...and i dont kbow what it is...my family thinks i am doubting...i have also been to neuro and got all of my blood related tests which ruled out any other causes and i am surr that it is somenthing related to nerves...i am seeing the doctor in 20 days again..lets see what happens.😥
Thought I had lungs cancer (mind you I don't smoke) because my ribs hurt everytime I put pressure,turned out it's just muscle strain because I would always put pressure on my chest when I'm studying kneeling down often then came skin cancer which turned out to be just a normal post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Next it was brain tumour because I had tinnitus and a bad headache. Guess what it was? Allergic Sinusitis. Now, I'm done of this. 😂
Does anyone smell a poop smell I've been suffering from this its driving me crazy I hope it's just in my head my hygiene is good I worry people may smell me it's in my head ?
abdominal pain on left side under ribs. not strong and not all the time. palpation ok, that's all. I noticed that when I take drops bach rescue it hurts, if not then no. anyone had discomfort in the left side of the abdomen?
Her: Stop the constant body checking. Me: Literally was just poking my lymphnode and checking why is my jaw uneven despite my xray coming clear and dentists saying I got no lesions.
Hey mam iam having health anxiety for the past 2 years and iam a student will i be able to completely come out of this situation because i don't know and iam worried please reply
I wish my doctor had spoken to me with the same words that you use... he would have saved me from a lot of grief and pain. Now, at 67, I realize that 90% of my problems were caused by anxiety over the years. Thanks for your channel.
My doctor 84 years old tells me only a few words.the rest I must guess myself 🤔🤔due to googling
I agree with this some doctors dont actually believe in health anxiety that can affect your whole body. Thus, they will make you more terrified and use some of them to presume the worst
It is true too many symptoms wich can not found in Google. Doctor can not understand the Anxiety what can do to the human body.
I wish my parents believed me
@@sirinebehloul4799 I feel you on health anxiety honestly it's terrible
I have never touched a dog or bat in my life, but the day I searched rabies symptoms I had lot of them the very same day 😢 that’s how powerful anxiety is
Same!!
Thought I was the only one struggling with this problem.. gosh.
Feel you on that one
Same😅
Yep. Its like your brain says "Oh you're thinking about that illness? Okay I can invent that for you!"
Over the last 15 years I went through so many anxiety symptoms…beginning with trouble swallowing/speaking/burning mouth syndrome. Then it was mostly GI issues, dizziness, fatigue. Then I developed a rash that had no medical cause (had a biopsy done), then it was intense chest pain, then jaw pain, ear ringing, pulsating sensations in my ears and my extremities. Right now it‘s the tingling that drives me crazy. New symptoms scare me; the old ones don‘t. They always pass when my situation resolves. It‘s almost always a move, a job change that throws me back into the arms of anxiety.
I have to mention that I am a medical doctor. We are not exempt from this. Sometimes I think it makes it worse. I know about all the rare diseases…so the google is kind of inside of me. It is so hard.
Same! How did you have trouble speaking?
Anxiety causes muscle tension. I always had tension in my jaw and neck…this just exacerbated and affected my tongue, too. It was like a brick in my mouth, and it was superpainful. As Cherelle had mentioned, I had the most trouble with my „s“ and „sh“ sounds :/. But after treatment, it went away completely.
Lena, omgoodness! (firstly I have all those symptoms too. But…) How on earth do you deal with being a doctor and having health anxiety? I would find it so immensely triggering! Meeting with patients, some of which do have disease, and then you not relating that back to yourself. I can’t believe that you could manage your profession with health anxiety. Wow! Thanks for sharing.
yes its hard if your also a medical professional, you are most exposed to medical condition.. im a pharmacist and I also have health anxieties and its hard to stop mind of thinking the worst case scenarios
@@brightsideoflife1106 I totally get you. I also suffer from pharmacophobia. Like when I read (or know) about sideffects of a medication I need to take I IMMEDIATELY develop symptoms of those 🙈. Sometimes after one pill. It‘s terrible. If it‘s 1 in 10 000 my mind just directly goes „it‘s gonna be you“.
You’re telling the truth about the googling I got to stop! I just be freaking out
Hi Cherelle! Returned back to check on you :) . Roughly 2 years ago I had been dealing with really bad symptoms that were caused by anxiety. After a really bad episode one particular day, I stumbled across your channel and it was such a breath of fresh air. Because of anxiety I had really bad symptoms : My hands would go numb , one of my nail had a ridge , moles popped up , I couldn't sleep at night , my speech was affected, every time I walked it felt as if I was somehow floating , had tinnitus , many times would feel a burning sensation in armpits and the back. Multiple brainscans , bloodwork , ultrasounds , MRIs done but nothing found. At last as I cooled down , my symptoms slowly started fading away.
And here I am now after two years : a healthy functioning human being doing my day-to-day activities ( I still have 1-2 symptoms btw, but it's manageable). I really appreciate the way you came out of the dark phase in your own life and are helping others do the same as well. To those having anxiety or an actual disease , hang in there! Things change , and they can change faster than you imagine. Sometimes the reaction to our problems are more problematic than the problem itself 😊
We're you on any meds
did your moles and all of that go away too? i’ve never heard of that!
You explained this so incredibly well. I have had so many symptoms that I thought "couldn't" be anxiety, but I'm learning that anxiety can cause SUCH a wide array of symptoms. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
I suffered from chronic inflammation for 3 years, thought of all sorts of illness then started meditation, understood what I want, changed career and guess what? No more inflammation..
This is me right now! How did you ever get through it? Where did you start? I can't live like this
How did you felt you chronic inflammation or your symptoms?
How due you get through this? Currently going through it! ❤
I am si grateful for your videos. I have insane health anxiety ever since a doctor appointment last year. I started to get brain zaps from extreme anxiety and stress and it made me feel like I was going crazy. Once I got rid of what was causing stress it literally went away. I have a regular doctor appointment in a few days and getting the text confirmation put me in an insanely anxious state and watching your videos is making me feel so freaking seen. Reading the comments has literally calmed me down so much. I’m still nervous but I’m realizing all the freaking physical symptoms and I’m more motivated now to find ways to calm myself down cause I have no reason to be afraid!!
Oh my goodness brain zaps. I had that too and was confused about that, probably another symptom of all the stress I put myself under
Within 2 minutes of receiving worrying health news from my daughter I had immediate diarrhoea. This is a very useful site. Well done
100% agree with this, I also had a stiff neck. I Lost 5kg over a month from health anxiety. Still not out of the woods yet but I’m much better
I've been experiencing stomach problems and heart palpitations for more than a year now and they did get better over time, but once I lost my father suddenly nothing's been the same I can't even write/ think or talk about that day without tearing up and heart racing, and recently for the past month I've been getting even more symptoms like fatigue, strange aches and throbs in my body mainly my right leg, weak feeling or feeling sick (sick part is something I do to myself alot since I have emetophobia, I could be exaggerating on some of the other symptoms) and heart palpitations and burning sensations in the chest, chest pains that aren't severe but hurt and tight that is on and off and moves in different parts of my chest, and head pain and neck pain (lack of sleep) been to the doctors so many times and nothing so far, I keep looking up online about if I have a hemorrhage in the brain (which is how my father died suddenly) or diabetes, heart attack, blood clots, heart failure, stomach cancer and so on and so on, so yea I've been under a lot of stress lately and my doctor recommended me to a psychologist so hopefully thing's get better...
I'm balling my eyes out here. It's the first time I've genuinely felt understood. Battling heart palpitations the last few months and its currently got too much for me and its ruining my life. Thank you SO much for your content.
Me too girl, hang in there ❤
Dr Claire Weekes books are really good, helped me recover.
My anxiety is always up and down. And I get a lot of physical symptoms which scare me all the time. I’m always finding my way back to your channel, you always remind me that I’m not the only one who has symptoms when having anxiety and there are others out the going through the same thing without it being some kind of bad disease that’s going to finish me off. And that it can just be your body telling you your stressed and anxious, or that it’s recovering from the anxious episode etc
Thank you for helping me and so many others through hard worrying times xx
thank you for this x
Your videos nail it dead on. Thank you.
I felt like something pressing my head, my sight is giving me problems, always feel tired, my legs and arms shake a little, I feel a little numb and (I know I'm exaggerating things) sometimes I think I'm losing my ability to speak properly, read properly and even send a good written text. My parents told me that I keep thinking that I have a tumor in my brain and this is why I have so much stress realted symptoms. I admit that I don't properly trust them because I always fear it might be it this time but ending up in your channel made me feel better because you convinced me that I have stress related symptoms. Sure the fear sometimes comes again but I will try to fight it and win everyday ✨
I’ve had this sort of headache for a week constant pressure been to hospital and doctors and opticians and they’ve all said its tension headache but I’m scared it’s an aneurysm, they’ve done my obs, they’ve done my coordination etc, but it keeps coming and I get tingling in my left arm.
@@lauren4710I kinda feel the same , everything ok?
Came across your channel a few days ago and already you’re making me feel so much better than anyone else has so far. Thank you so much and happy new year to you!
I have severe symptoms. Idk if all this can really be anxiety???
1. Weird brain feeling like cognitive overload, as if my actual brain is tense but without pain, randomly throughout the day.
2. Shaky hands.
3. Chest pain.
4. Sensitivity to noise.
5. Sensitivity to light (sometimes).
6. Feeling like my legs are shaking, but they aren't.
7. Urge to move legs in bed, as if they are full of energy, but I'm tired.
8. Pain throughout my body, sometimes with burning muscles or deep bone aches everywhere that seem to come in flares.
9. Pinprick headaches.
10. Episodes of sudden fast heart rate.
11. Episodes of sudden shaky hands.
12. Sharp stabbing pains in various parts of my body.
13.Oversensitivity to sensations (e.g., feeling a wet spot on my shirt like a burning pain in my chest).
14. Adrenaline surges with increased blood pressure.
15. Jolts with fast heart rate even when relaxing.
16. Feeling restlessness.
17. Brain fog.
18. Sharp eye pain.
19. Twitching all over my body, all day, every day.
20. Numbness and tingling randomly without panic attacks.
21. Fast heart rate upon standing up.
22. Vision suddenly flashing, as if someone is rapidly turning the light switch on and off for a couple of minutes. (This one just happened a couple times, really scary)
23. Lightheadedness, off balance, and feeling faint.
24. Feeling like you're suddenly dropping when walking.
25. Inability to stand for extended periods (get shaky, feel faint).
26. Feeling like you're falling when lying in bed.
27. Suddenly having a fast heart rate at sleep onset.
28. Visual vertigo (walking by glass windows makes me feel faint).
29. Tight abdomen out of nowhere, comes and goes.
30. Internal vibrations, like bees buzzing in legs, or little twitches internally all over legs.
31. Feeling like your body is going to just drop and start convulsing, but it doesn't.
32. Body sometimes randomly jerks, like an arm or a leg
I suffer from a lot of the things you have listed. For a while it was the tightness in the head always having weird aches and pains. Then it was my ear pulsating which led me down the path of brain tumors/cancer etc. I had a MRI head scan and they found nothing. I had my ears checked and they said my ears looked great and had perfect hearing. Whenever my anxiety spikes I always feel dizzy/fatigue. As of lately I've been stressing over left chest tightness/pains/tingling and sensations along with indigestion and chest burn. I also will sit down for a while and when I get up I have sharp pains under my ribs. Obviously I still suffer from health anxiety however I've stopped googling my symptoms and try telling myself to relax and that I'm okay because obviously nothing has happened yet. All in all I think that what you are suffering from is health anxiety. I'm praying for you and hope all gets well soon!
@@tefti8388 I had a burning pain behind my left ear which then blocked my ear and locked my jaw. Took 2 weeks to go but i managed to ignore it.
I have all of this. It all started 2 years ago after my husband died
I have many of these symptoms as well. It is a hyperstimulated nervous system. I don't know how to turn it off. Understanding what it is does seem to help. I wish you all the best as this is truly a struggle.
Hey how are you now please tell me i m having all these things is there is something serious 😢
Cherelle, God bless you and your beautiful family. You have helped so many people with your videos.
I just want to say I just found you today and you’ve already helped me with these videos. Knowing you’ve been through the worst makes me put full trust in what you’re saying. Specifically when you gave the example of saying “this can’t be anxiety” when the symptoms are so strong. That really made me feel better because I often have those thoughts that it’s something more than anxiety. I’m glad you’re doing so well now and thank you for helping others.
Great video. Makes perfect sense, thank you!
Thanks so much for your videos! It honestly helps. Currently experiencing some visual stuff and i think it's anxiety related.
Thank you Cherelle. Appreciate you doing that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
Thank you, your words and voice calmed me slightly.
Omg a woman that gets me!!!! ❤❤ great videos xx thank you
Thank you. I really needed this information and these suggestions from you.
I have somehow managed to go from being very calm and collected to just absolute nightmare levels of anxiety within a year, imagining just the worst illnesses, STDs, organ problems to just extreme worry about not sleeping and therefore not sleeping, which then of course affects work and social parts of life which then leads to more stress and anxiety.
And somehow I have had immense problems getting out of that loop as there has always been the next thing I managed to get worked up about.
Please never start producing professional videos...it's your relatability that is your power..I've watched many other content providers and nobody comes close to you..nobody. The fact that you are specifically focused on health anxiety and have been a sufferer puts you way above anyone else I have seen, and it's a fact that you being British is a positive for us brits also...you are amazing and thank you..I have been suffering for 35 years and it's you who has given me the confidence and drive to rid myself of this nightmare..thank you ❤
great explanation , thank you so much.
Just found your videos- so helpful❤️❤️
Thank you for making this. Ive been trying to see a doctor about this and have suffered anxiety on off for over a decade but the skin prickling and pinpricks really sent me into further panic after months of stress over various things.
Another brilliant summary.
Your videos are great. I thought I was dying at one point but then i recognised a pattern that I only felt like that was when I was under severe stress and anxiety
Thank you so much for this video. For the last 14 days I've had twitches all over my body also accompanied with pain as if I have been working out, which I haven't. I've experienced ALS up close in my life as my mother died from this when she was only 56, and I was the taking care of her and visiting daily until we got 24/7 help. I have never had twitches like this, so naturally I am nervous. As far as I could understand from the doctor it's very rarely a hereditary disease, but anyways, you do get nervous when you've witnessed this. You said one thing that calmed me though in another video which is that it usually starts with weakness either in legs or mouth (which my mother had - she couldn't speak properly and was drooling etc). I have none of those signs. I do feel a bit weak, like my hands are shaking, but I think that is only anxiety as well. I will try to remind myself of this. AND I am in a stressful period of my life, so anxiety totally makes sense.
Thank you for your videos❤ they have helped me a lot lately. Im 28, and i just a while ago truly realized that i have had hypochondria all my life and its a problem, and i need to get rid of it. I got it probably from my mom who is just the same as me. She was actually really sick when i was a kid and I was always scared back then but didnt know why. She is okay now but still hypochondriac and i dont think she knows it herself either. So thats a bad combination when we both are having a panic and we both stress about weird symptoms and try to help eachother but i think we just make it worse..But its time for this to end now, im so fucking sick of being afraid. I got actual chronic disease this winter so my mental health has been so bad because of it.. Im so tired of stressing about everything. Atm im here anxiously waiting for gynecologist appointment and trying to put my big girl pants on. Trying to think that it is not a big deal and i will survive this. I dont want this to rule my life anymore. Sorry for the long story! Sending love❤
Thank you so much for this video. I am 66 and have been suffering from Health Anxiety for over 24 years. I thought I was going mad! A lot of the things you mention here I have had and although some of them I put down to this, I wasn't sure. It's an embarrassing thing to talk about. You are an inspiration. x
I've had every symptom you can think of. I went through tragedy after tragedy and all of a sudden I start having anxiety attack after anxiety attack. Waking up from night frights and panic attacks. Numbness in my entire body. Fingers tingling. Night Sweats. Lump in throat. Terrible symptoms. Went to ER doctors found nothing from blood work or CT scan and told me to take vitamins and go home and rest... It helped for a while but soons I would be ok, it would be something to happen again. You are so right its all in your head. When we google things, worry about everything, and stress our bodies our fight/flight kicks in and the adrenaline goes until it the body feels safe again. This will be a continous cycle if you don't focus and get back on track. This will cause your body to be tired and want to sleep continously all day. You were spot on with all of this and one day I will be back to normal because this last month has been rough
Cherelle, I'd like to thank you for sticking with this forum for all these yrs. I'm much better now after counsellng and determination to get better, but many years ago maybe ten or more I found you on youtube and would watch your videos all nite until the fear would subside and I could sleep...much love to you & your family ❤ (How old is the baby now?)
Does anyone get daily flashes of light in there vision, all throughout the day? And head pressure along with brain fog all the time almost. I even have to remember to breathe throughout the day. 😢
I have not. But everyone experiences different symptoms
Yes, I went to the optometrist and they said it was the gel in my eye shrinking and is normal with age. Why dont you get an eye test to reassure you?
Thanks for your reply, yes I got tested and the ophthalmologist said my eyes were among the most healthy he has seen. It’s just nerve racking that it happens so frequently.
@anxietykidd9373 DO you still get the flashes of light in ur vision, I get them all the time, like a wee light or lights going across quickly? Got my eyes tested and they said there healthy. Anxiety still not gone thought.
Yes, I get them every day. Some days worst than others, had my eyes checked as well. Everything was fine. My PC said it’s probably anxiety. As a CT scan I did a few months ago came back fine as well. I also have trouble focusing, like I can see everything when I’m looking but for some reason my eyes can’t focus. Kinda like tunnel vision.
Marvelous video. I have suffered with PTSD and anxiety for many years now. There are so many symptoms, it seems like constant zaps, pains, trembling, etc. My traditional doctor was no help. It was my new naturopathic doctor, war veterans with PTSD, and RUclips channels like yours that have helped me understand and begin to ease my anxiety and PTSD. Thank you.
Idk what I’d do without you Cherelle 💖
Wow. Incredible there’s someone like you who exists. I didn’t want to accept these things either til it happened after I was triggered each time. The symptoms linger for so long after chronic stress bc of ptsd. Skin tingling turns into skin problems etc ugh
You are an angel ❤
My health anxiety and body checking came back in August after having a random panic attack in the night in July. 2 weeks after it I went really anxious and lots of symptoms came with it. I have always struggled with headaches since my first PA four years ago which gave me health anxiety. On Sunday I banged my head against my bedroom headboard and so my headache is ramped up and I have been Googling how much MRI scans cost. Horrible. The one symptom I can not shake off even from
Four years ago and so I always think I have a tumor even though my bloods are always fine.
Thank you for your help
You have been the greatest help to me, I’m still suffering a lot from physical symptoms, not so much fight or flight anxiety symptoms though . Thanks to you, you have helped me to slowly reframe my mindset; I appreciate all the work you do for people like us.
What kind u having
@Bisma baloch i have many nerve kind of symptoms
@Bisma baloch burning skin Poking biting feeling ibs pain and many more
@Bisma baloch what about u
@Bisma baloch not really
So bizarre you mentioned burning armpits. I suffer from severe anxiety. Nausea, stomach issues. I thought I was the only one with armpits burning. Hope you’re doing well.
I had my first anxiety attack the other day out the blue i've had so much stress lately it got too much to bear i went all funny in my car it was very scary but ever since im getting tingling and itching sensations and it has worried me sick.
Watching your videos today has really helped me calm down.
It must be hightened senses due to fight or flight.
I've been looking up MS and all sorts I've literally been beside myself
It happens to me too its called huperventilation and it happens in anxiety due to excess of adrenaline and heart rate I think not sure tho but ye it happened to me the other day and I tought I was getting a seizure😂 but It's all good man hope yo pass trough this and I hope me too
Anyone on this feed been vaccinated against Covid? My anxiety got worse a few months after the jab. Think back to when your symptoms started or got worse??? I’ve always been anxious. However after the vaccine it’s more severe
Same. I got the covid vaccine along with some others that I can’t remember when I was in army basic training. I never had flashes in my peripheral until after I got all those vaccines.
I have developed severe anxiety symptoms that never were there before. Like tiny, tiny issues with talking so I have convinced myself that it is the start of the end. I have thought I had ALS although I have been to neurologist two months ago. It's horrible.
To name a few I’ve had the feeling of hot blades sticking me on both sides of stomach, physically could not move my neck from side to side, felt sharp stinging pains all throughout the neck as if though it was going to rip open, heart palpitations, waking up in pool of sweat, insomnia. Felt and saw demonic presence at foot of the bed. No Dr. or ER visited could find anything wrong. I’ve had every test done to me during that time and nobody could give me an answer. Went to the Catholic Church had deliverance prayers done to me by a Priest received and believed in the presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist and long behold it all went away. Like a bad dream but I don’t regret any of it for God allows things to happen in our lives that will bring us closer to him. He never gives what we can’t handle. Believe in the power of prayer, believe in the Holy Virgin Mary pray for her powerful intercession to intercede your prayers to her son’s most Sacred Heart. Pray the Rosary daily and pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. It will change your life, for we are made to be Saints!
In all things
Fiat Voluntas Tua
TJTM
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Hey Cherelle, are we related?? 😂 But seriously, I’ve been through a couple of other programs for anxiety and no one more closely relates and explains precisely what I’m experiencing… I subscribed last night and what you say just resonates.. I feel more calm already and am looking forward to getting out of this hole.. It’s time! Thank you! 🙏🏼
I never knew how intense health anxiety was until i got it myself. I remember hearing about it and not really understanding fully what it was but wow i get it now. I really fucking do! 😢 it convinces you that you're crazy. It's this darkness that takes hold of your body. And it controls you. You try to control it but no matter how much you keep fighting you always somehow feel like you cannot win.
It's exhausting to experience those evil symptoms. 😢 i've never been pushed to the edge before in that way to the point where i felt like i was close to having a mental breakdown and i mean that. It really made me fear everything. It made me fear my own shadow even. I can't even go outside for a normal walk at night anymore.
I used to go at night because i thought to myself that it would be great for me and that at night time there aren't many people outside and so they can't judge me but now with all the episodes of anxiety that i have encountered along the way. It has made it a whole lot harder to go outside or to feel slightly normal. I haven't felt normal in so long and anxiety has officially ruined me. I have been trying to get out of that dark hole though because i know that it's not good for me to keep thinking negatively. And i have been meditating which has been SUCH a life saver! Honestly though it really shifted my perspective! I have been meditating on and off for years now.
I've started since i was a kid but then took it very seriously as a teen and now as an adult i need to meditate like crazy or else i would be the one going crazy💀🌚
It's still not easy for me to feel like myself and for a lack of a better word "normal"...
But i am still obviously trying my best. I don't really get any support for it either and so I'm basically having to be strong for myself and that shit is so much harder than most people think. Just taking that next step and having to basically be your own warrior in those dark turbulent times. That shit is hard as hell. It sometimes feels IMPOSSIBLE to have a good day because of how your brain usually thinks of certain things.
It's hard to just be optimistic but i have forced myself to get there lately. But as soon as you do it it just becomes more and more addictive. I know that positivity and shifting your mindset works because i have had weeks and weeks of good days before after many days of only just having anxiety attacks, panic disorder and health anxiety. So i have faith that it can change again because it did change not that long ago so there is hope of course! Even just writing about this right now is somehow making me feel more and more positive because of my own outlook.
I know that i can be really negative at times because of how my brain usually thinks but lately i have really trying to push negative out of the way and i have really tried to be more positive instead because i am quite aware that that's the ONLY way to be! 😃💅🏽
Hang in there
I'm trying to😭❤️@@DevelopmentofAvoid
How are you feeling?@@DevelopmentofAvoid
@@Caringsoul245 I’m at peace. And yourself, you recovering ??
I got into this vicious circle of health anxiety six months ago. I had problems before, but not as serious. recently I started to notice that it was getting easier, and then I accidentally came across a video about tongue cancer. ever since then I constantly feel like my tongue is on fire (only on one side) or like I ate something spicy. even though it looks completely normal. i have been having trouble getting out of it for a month now and feel like I am drowning....
Currently going through such a weird symptom of feeling excited/nervous and it makes me want to laugh kinda, I googled and made it so much worse as I found conditions that can make you feel like laughing. I’m doing my best to ignore it but it’s certainly a really weird one for me and I’ve had health anxiety for almost 10 years on and off.
It's really hard dealing with anxiety to include health anxiety. It's gotten better but still a daily struggle for me and I wish I could just get rid of it. It's been so much that it's literally gotten in the way of my daily life before. She's definitely right about stop Googling but also go to therapy, do breathing exercises, lay off caffeine, prioritize sleep, listen to anxiety doesn't own me on SPotify, go to church groups, MEDITATE, do MEDITATION EXERCISES, journal, practice mindfulness and gratitude or include them in your journaling, and do grounding practice. This was so bad for me that it made life not seem worth moving forward before because the pain was taking over and it still affects me to a degree however even though my case is far from closed I'm living proof that things can get better.
Perfectly explained that's exactly me
what should we do if we are convinced that our current symptom is not serious but nevertheless it doesn't go away? please answer:(
Hi i just want to say thank you so much.
12 years of health anxiety, gone through every illness in the book, Now im going thrught ALS anxiety, really bad. twitching in the left side of face, twitching in my body, pinky finger shakes causeing a starnge sensation in my arm. Im just tired of all this anxiety stuff.
i am going through the same thing :(
Hey friend, ALS doesn't start that way. Please be reassured that if you're twitching in multiple places it's incredibly unlikely to be ALS. That tends to start in one area 😊
This is so true.. the more I read about a certain disease.. the more I experience the symptoms related to the disease.. And it make me question if its coincidence then get stressed thinking about it..
This is exactly how I was so I understand this feeling. ❤️
Has anyone experienced weird stomach sounds?
I had a UTI and now I think anxiety is causing urethra penis pain. I do not think you have had that
Hey there. I just want to say what I'm going through.. I had a history of anxiety and I've been very anxious most of my life. Since few weeks now I feel my anxiety has got physical. I feel this head pressure and face pressure. The sudden tingling on the cheeks and the feeling like I'm about to loose it. And when I feel like I'm losing it, i start to twich a little and Im not able to talk properly like i get nervous and i stammer.. for few seconds i feel my face has got numb and I'll collapse now. This has made my life hell. I cant relax. Im not thjnking about it actively but im very worried deep down. I've done all blood checks and heart check ups and all seem normal. Its just a little bit of cholesterol. But why is all that physical symptom for.. I'm so damn worried.
Thank you for your Utube Channel. I thought I was alone on how I felt about thing's, Twitching worried about going to sleep, thing's like that always delt with Anxiety alone your Channel is the First one I Subscribed to please keep doing what you're doing. Take care and Thanks again😊
It's been a whirlwind the past three months. That is when symptoms surfaced. Left side arm pain, burning left side pain down to my hand, left side breast pain at night, and phantom pains that come and go. Insomnia. Chronic worry-- is it cancer?
Never had these before until I bottomed out.
Minus health insurance and a skeptical medical world. Translation: up against a wall.
Health anxiety is horrible it takes over my life never stop worrying 😢
You seem so much better then your first videos, it gives me hope i can get better. I have three daughters and just get so worried about leaving them. Been having back pain and waiting mri results. I am sure i am manifesting some of these symptoms. I ve had ibs since this all started. So thought i had bowel cancer for ages! It just seems i have the tests am reassured by gp. Then i have a new symptom and it starts again ! What do you think of tapping ? I also worry if i dont worry that will be the time something really is wrong its awful. My mum suffered with health anxiety and has been under section for 4 years now. So i get scared that will be my future if i carry on with this. Sorry for the vent
I promise it can get better! Sending you love!!
Did you have the pvcs? i had my first possible panic attack in 2020 (after starting a fertility pill tho we dont know if that caused it, was about 2 months after starting it) i did have two anxiety attacks sometime after that and nothing after stopping it. that was may-july… then toward the end of the year, maybe sept-early October we started ivf meds and that process and i st are ted noticing the pvcs.. got horrendous with pregnancy and calmed down a lot after pregnancy.. i still get them but anxiety does make them worse.. idk taht they will ever go away.
I have been struggling for months now after reading an article about REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (where you act out your dreams). When I read the article I immediately looked back over my life and thought, with alarm, OMG! I've woken up punching the air once or twice, I MUST have this! Within days of reading the article, these dream enactments (I remember all of them--my wife has never witnessed me doing anything strange while asleep) started ramping up--like to once a week! I am currently being seen by a sleep doctor--but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this---and if this could be caused by anxiety ?
I think there might be a correlation. I deal with anxiety myself and I have had a few nightmares where I wake up reenacting the same thing that made me wake up. In one of those nightmares I was shot in the throat, my vision went blurry and my hands were shaking, then I woke up and my hands were shaking in front of me, doing the same thing in that nightmare. I have only experienced these after severe moments of anxiety.
Headache burning sensation in head and eyes
Neck and shoulder pain
Stomach bloating and pain
Numbness in arms and hands and legs
Back pain
Feeling tired all the time.
By imagination is too much i keep seeing people's pictures move it in the background looking like you're looking at whoever's talking with strange eyes peering out of a painting or a picture of photograph behind people's backs when they're just trying to explain themselves and do what good they can manage. Thanks again. In a case you didn't realize i'm not quite that right in my noggin lot of things bounce it around that i can't even see only me to blame even has the word me at the end after bla H blah blah blah talk about a roadblocker toAd frog frog and toad they are good😢 friends or at least that's what i have been shown growing up friends are definitely priceless it's always sad when you hear people talking bouts the lost of a comfort and a shoulder to look to during times of such a hole riddled lifes that seems so fake people had the hide there truth in made up stories just to keep a better frame of mine and just stay busy. I'm sure everybody doesn't like going cocoa puffs night night.
I feel constant fatigue, tired, but it comes and goes some days i get it some days I don't. I have been working 7 days a week for the past like 7 months.
I could cry watching this, I've never related to anything so closely before. At what point do you accept it's anxiety? I'm still waiting for tests etc but maybe I don't need them?
How do u reverse it.... im not stressed anymore but it has sent my body into sum stuck mode ..... my eyes are senstive to light and night vision has gotten poor... everything looks more shadowish at night.... i didnt have this before.... i have digestion issues i get night mares muscle weekness .... headaches neck pain and i used to go to the gym... i want to get back to nrml... i feel like stuck living in a different life separate from my true personality!! Plz help
It’s hard when you have constant threats now interacting with a nervous system wired for sound.
I just keep getting cramps in my thighs and calf’s and it’d driving me nuts. I cannot overcome this at all.
Hey, have you ever felt internal vibrations or internal trembling during your anxiety symptoms? and how often I mean anytime 24/7 or sometimes a day
How did you overcome the symptoms or calm down your anxiety?
Have you had sudden food sensitivities and allergies like redness flushing? Along with every other symptom u mentioned
I became allergic to most fruits, vegetables, nuts, gluten, soy, and outdoors (allergy test). Hives, and severe hair loss
Does anybody else get head jerks? Like you head involuntary moves? It’s not a big movement but I feel it happening. Even sometimes my arm, finger and back kinda does it.This (the head jerking/twitching) only started one my neck and shoulders became really tight
Yes ive been experiencing this for a while. I could be sitting down and then all of a sudden I would jerk forward or my neck/head would jerk to one side. I'm also experiencing my hand twitching. It's happens randomly.
I've had this try controlling it with green tea
yes a lot but mostly with legs and arms
I'm the opposite I get something and it has to be bad for me to go the doctor I would rather never go ..but I immediately think it's cancer. ..and if I go I will find this out. I own a salon and everyday someone has a family member dying of cancer and they share this with me... I'm seeing so many with actual cancer how can your brain not go there/Also I've seen instincences when it was put-off as anxiety and they die of heart attack or cancer. You shouldn't ignore your body either if something is wrong.
You're so pretty 😊
That’s really kind, thank you! 🩷
Has anyone dealt with leg pain ? My legs feel so drained and tired like I’ve been climbing mountains
My throat tightens and I feel hard to swallow, and I suddenly had this symptom ever since a panic attack and it won’t go away!
I also get this with many other things.
Are you still struggling with this?
no, i have defeated anxiety yay!@@kaylawhitlock23
@@kaylawhitlock23found a solution?
Im having frequent urination, light headedness, neck pain nd headaches can anyone help me???
Idk if anyone is feeling this same way but I’ve had neck, shoulder and back pain for a few days and I really feel like it’s my anxiety, is anyone feeling the same things?
a few days ago, after I blew my nose then bam I had the “falling / sliding sensation”
Could you please describe the difference between constant anxiety and panic attacks? I have constant anxiety and can’t sleep at all.
Panic attack is when you get hit with an undeniable sensation of terror, anxiety is more like constant worrying and unsettlement.
I have a subtle twitch in one place on my right calf, it’s always there. Sometimes i twitch on the other calf and in other parts of my legs/arms, I’ve also been not able to recover from physical activity like I used to. I’m 44 and It’s debilitating and obvious sends me down a dark thought process. Anyone else going through this?
Absolutely. Foot, leg, sometimes other places. Mostly one side but sometimes opposite. Even when I feel like I’m not actively anxious. Doc says this is anxiety/adrenaline/cortisol still not understanding there is no threat there.
I am! A year ago I started tingling all over and then it slowly went away... this year my muscles started twitching. Started in my arm. Then random places all over my body. Now it’s mostly in my calves. When I go to bed I worry and then it gets worse and I can’t sleep which also probably makes it worse! I definitely think it’s anxiety... also hormones. I’m almost 44 and know my estrogen is high. So my cortisol is probably high as well....
Yes going through exactly this. Mine also started in my right calf. It's pretty much always there. All over both legs and moves around to arms or neck or lip or back etc. I'm 27 almost 28 and likewise feel pretty defeated by this, even though all bloods and test came back fine I'm just beginning to learn how to manage this and accept it could be anxiety.
@@besidesadele it’s been 8 months for me now with no real change. I’ve come to live with it and make peace with it. The key is not using Google as a symptom checker and just live your life. The world could end tomorrow, don’t waste a minute more on worrying 👍
Sounds like you have a really good attitude and outlook.
If you don't mind me asking are you on any medication?
Yes good words of advice, I'm staying clear of doing that.
You're absolutely right, enjoy the holidays @@sullcar
i have been having muscle weakness which has also been effecting my breath for now almost 5 months...and it has been increasing progressively....it is dominant on right side...and also sometimes i feel muscle twitching...
i still try to do my daily tasks but i get tired too early than before...and the weakness came on suddenly for first time when i was playing table tennis...and i dont kbow what it is...my family thinks i am doubting...i have also been to neuro and got all of my blood related tests which ruled out any other causes and i am surr that it is somenthing related to nerves...i am seeing the doctor in 20 days again..lets see what happens.😥
I’m so sorry you deal with this. I hope you are ok, and you find some peace in what is bothering you.
Hey, how are you now?
Thought I had lungs cancer (mind you I don't smoke) because my ribs hurt everytime I put pressure,turned out it's just muscle strain because I would always put pressure on my chest when I'm studying kneeling down often then came skin cancer which turned out to be just a normal post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Next it was brain tumour because I had tinnitus and a bad headache. Guess what it was? Allergic Sinusitis. Now, I'm done of this. 😂
Does anyone smell a poop smell I've been suffering from this its driving me crazy I hope it's just in my head my hygiene is good I worry people may smell me it's in my head ?
Anyone who gets strange sensations when someone touches you?
May be in sleep or when you are awake?
Burning scalp?
abdominal pain on left side under ribs. not strong and not all the time. palpation ok, that's all. I noticed that when I take drops bach rescue it hurts, if not then no. anyone had discomfort in the left side of the abdomen?
Hello ! I have in the same area but in the rigth side.
Same here. Both sides. Back as well, both sides. Stomach issues. Twitches. Etc…
Her: Stop the constant body checking.
Me: Literally was just poking my lymphnode and checking why is my jaw uneven despite my xray coming clear and dentists saying I got no lesions.
Hello, did health anxiety ever cause vaginal itching and dryness with no infection
Did you have a neck tightness and pain?
I usually have them in the morning/night, but seem to get better
I do
I very much do. Neck, jaw, shoulder and head tension, is so bad.
@@siobhanrose1680 So, you're not alone in this, it'll get better)
@@arianaperez9758 thanks for answering. You're not alone
@@andrewkarpyn785 It is a comforting thought isn’t it.
Hey mam iam having health anxiety for the past 2 years and iam a student will i be able to completely come out of this situation because i don't know and iam worried please reply
Yes you will!!! Ive suffered for years, and Im out of it, its not death sentence ❤️
Can it be reversed.