Anyone else also too scared to actually go to the doctors? Because your soo convinced they’re finally going to tell you your dying or there is something serious .. but I seek assurance everywhere else . My poor partner , has to deal with it on a daily basis
Yes very much. I don't see this mentioned often enough. I'm jealous of the people able to call and go in for every little thing. I am petrified of going in, even to the ER for some random injury because I've convinced myself they're going to find SOMETHING and tell me I have like 6 months to live. Now a very minor pain in my stomach for the last few days has me convinced of the big C word or some sort of deadly infection. The more I think about it the worse it hurts. This happened with a spot on my back last month til I eventually forced myself to forget about it, and boom pain gone. Every few weeks it's a new "deadly issue" but I still can't draw the courage to go in. It's been years since I even had a physical so I feel like I'm practically too far gone at this point.
@@humanfamilymemberWoah I thought you were just joking about problem solving but I found out there is a link between low bloodsugar and anxiety. I have eating d!sorder and don't eat much. I will look into it more!
That’s the worst way to look at it, you need to get comfortable being uncomfortable, I had health anxiety and it was severe I would pray God makes me normal again but once I started to realize the only thing that helps is using anxiety to build a new life and become better
It’s just so scary and so draining because you feel like if you don’t do anything you’ll lose your life and if you find out you have something and chose to ignore it because you thought it was anxiety that you’ll forever be angry towards yourself. It’s a constant struggle man.
I'm honestly crying right now because I am so worried that if I accept it is anxiety and it turns out to be the scary thing I'm trying to help. You know. So so so so so scary
my exact fear. and i dont have anyone to talk to. im only 13, i honestly shouldn't be feeling any of this but here i am. if yall ever want to talk feel free to reply because i would love to!
@@diyabhaktaaa Don't stress too much about having such issues at 13, that thought might arise that other people of similar age around you dont feel that stressed but trust me sometimes it's just not about age but circumstances
I once had anxiety… until I found Jesus Christ and He healed me!! Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, is waiting for you to come to Him with your burdens and anxieties. In Him, we not only have assurance of Heaven.. we have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Seek Him while He may be found! He loves you and wants to heal you!
Ive never heard someone refer to it as a de-ja-vu and literally alot of the times thats what i felt like for days on end , like a never ending dejavu feeling
It’s a nightmare, please listen to you’re kid I’m 22 living with my family and I feel like they didn’t take serious when I wasn’t eating because of anxiety.
EVERYONE PLEASE READ: ask your own heart and gut if it's really true what she is saying...you will feel uncomfortable when receiving a no because she is not! I want you all to listen to your own truth first (that's why I am mentioning all this) because most people end up on meds, and the pharma industry and doctors making profit out of them, it's sad, but true. Do yourself and your loved ones a favor and go check out GABOR MATÉ and ECKHART TOLLE. Much love to you all, also to this doctor here may you realize what's true and what's not. Peace
I never thought anyone could relate to me and how severe my health anxiety is until I came across this video. I found so much comfort in this and like I’m not alone thank you for this❤❤
You are not alone. I fight this monster everyday of my life. It is horrible to feel afraid all the time, to feel anxious and disregarded. For the longest time I thought I was the only one. I have OCD but I never connected the dots. I cry a lot too. You are sooo not alone!
It started off so small and I have no idea how it’s spiraled this far. I just want to not be constantly worried for my health anymore, it literally just feels so miserable. The major problem is the fact that I don’t even realize it’s my anxiety, and I have no way of telling myself that it’s just my anxiety kicking in. Thank you for this video though, it genuinely helps to know I’m not the only person who’s dealt with this kind of thing.
what hurts the most is that somewhere inside me knows i’m ok. because i am ok. there’s always something else that i think and then that fear goes away and another one comes. i start thinking about the worst scenarios, like what if i have some deadly thing. yk, im just not gonna say it. i know that im physically ok, but mentally im broken. i’m trying to fix this anxiety, its so exhausting.
EVERYONE PLEASE READ: ask your own heart and gut if it's really true what she is saying...you will feel uncomfortable when receiving a no because she is not! I want you all to listen to your own truth first (that's why I am mentioning all this) because most people end up on meds, and the pharma industry and doctors making profit out of them, it's sad, but true. Do yourself and your loved ones a favor and go check out GABOR MATÉ and ECKHART TOLLE. Much love to you all, also to this doctor here may you realize what's true and what's not. Peace
i know i could be feeling this for months but i’m still scared and i think i’m gonna die in my sleep and stuff it’s just so annoying cause i can’t even be happy even if i’m doing something i enjoy i still can’t fully enjoy it because i’m scared. i’m glad people feel the same way but i can’t even be happy anymore
My jaw dropped and I teared up when you talked about your neurological symptoms because I have literally been struggling with the same exact symptoms since January. I had no idea anxiety could manifest symptoms like this. I literally was tested for MS, had an MRI, thinking it was my endometriosis, I had no idea what was happening. But the Health Anxiety is such a struggle for me for the last 8 years now and I RARELY hear it talked about seriously and you do it with such hope and compassion. You have no idea how grateful I am for this video and a glimpse of your story.
I’m currently in the exact same boat as you. Thinking I have MS. Wanting an MRI. But I just keep circling back to what if it is true and what if I can discover this early and save myself. Rather than just “letting it progress “ if something truly is there?? Thank you for sharing
@@karmacastro374 while I don’t have that specific worry, I understand the premises as a fellow HA person. The thought of “well what if this feeling, this sensation, this time is different?” And then I feel symptoms in that area, wherever it may be, and process continues. It has to stop. I wasn’t always like this and I can imagine most of us weren’t including you.. have you taken any self help steps to move forward?
@@TheMotivationMan10 Hey there, Watching these videos has really been helping.. I signed up for BetterHelp ( therapy site) ,.. and hopefully talking with a personal therapist might make a difference with this health anxiety. I think something that comforts me when I start spiraling is honestly the thought that if something really is wrong.. then I guess so be it? I know that sounds morbid.. but it atleast helps me relax for a second. somehow some way. If something is actually wrong then I can't control that and eventually a symptom would truly send me over the edge if it REALLY was true. idk if this is a healthy thought process.. but it's what I'm working with currently. Wbu?? got any tips??
I've had health anxiety for years. Usually when I have a flare up, I have a new terrifying symptom that is worse than all the others and it's that symptom that convinces me that this time, it can't be anxiety. My latest one was twitching in my eye. It stressed me out and then I started twitching everywhere. Legs, arms, cheeks etc. I told my GP and she sent me to a specialist. The specialist told me that I really need to get my anxiety sorted.
HI! I suffered from neurological symtoms too, as derealization, brain fog, unusual thinking patterns, dejavu and the worst for me, the random flashbacks, from dreams or whatever, I visited a lot of doctors, A LOT, I always suffered from health anxiety, since I was a child, so I send you strenght, because, despite It feels like something else, its not, its just anxiety, Its makes me feel angry sometimes because I think is not possible to feel such things from anxiety, but yes, I invite you to do an investigation about the function of the sensibilitate nervous system (anxiety). You are going to understand a lot of things. Send you a big hug, if you need something I'm here!
I have just recently realized that I have health anxiety. I always thought that my research was my way “having control.” Now I know that it has the opposite effect. Your analogy of standing on a broken leg is brilliant. I am working on mindfulness of my body sensations, and to NOT fall back into the obsessive behavior…no health tracking devices, no google. I am only 48 hours into the process, and I already feel better.
I hope you’re doing better! I’m going through the same thing, i’m so scared to feel my heartbeat or anything and i’m trying to get over that fear and to recognize that it’s GOOD that my heart is beating. Heart rates fluctuate throughout the day and that doesn’t mean anything bad! It’s just your body!
I have struggled with mental illness and my mental health since I was a kid. Before I even knew what those terms were. After years of depression, anxiety, and even an attempt to take my life, I never thought I would be able to live without psych medications. I clung to them because it was the only thing that made my mind quiet, but it also made me a zombie. Microdosing has given me control of my mental health for the first time, and they essentially gave me my life back.
I’ve been researching on psychedelics and it’s benefits to individuals dealing with Anxiety, Depression, ADHD and from my findings, they really work and I’ve been eager to get some for a while but its been difficult to get my hands on them.
The Trips I've been having really helped me a lot. I’m now able to meditate and I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well
@ohmakure4716 I feel the same way too. I put too much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety levels. I am also glad to be a part of this community.
The worst part is that I know you're probably right. There's nothing serious going on with me. Everything is under control, except me. But I just cannot stop. Not even with help. Like you said in another video, I feel like I'm dying everyday and that the end is near. I just want to stop feeling like this and move on with my life, but I'm so afraid...
One thing that has helped me was focus on work, hobbies and getting out of the house. The twitching and fears are still there, daily. They'll probably never going to go away completely, but time has gone by and, in spite of all my fears, I'm still here. Be strong and keep yourself busy 😉 best wishes 😙
Oh my God that is so true. Everytime I get even a small cut or bruise I get a panic attack But guys we gotta be strong We will get through this and everyday we are coming close to the day we will get rid of it. We will party that day❣️🎉
I got health anxiety when Covid come. Then my father passed away because of damn disease, seeing him die alone without no one can see his last moment broke me so much. Even we can't touch his dead body. Up till today i almost come to tears if i imagine he deathbed was alone without his beloved familiy. That experience make me realize the reality of dead, you can accompany your beloved one but just into a certain degree. Next July will be the 3rd year of his passed away. And also 3 year I battling with hyopocondria. For you all, I hope we all can escape from this cycle. And live that long, happily and healthy. Hug from me.
Awww I’m sorry that happened to you. I have the same thing. My grandma had a stroke but we were taking good care of her and she could get around in a wheelchair. Then Covid came and she passed away in two days. Ever since, I have the worst health anxiety. July 8th will be the 2nd year she’s gone 😢
I'm with you guys. I had the worst fear of death. Then 3 years ago my dad, who was my all passed away suddenly from a stroke. I started to have health anxiety since i had an appendix surgery in 2018 then i got fibromyalgia and then anxiety kicked in. But since my dad passed away and I've been the only one with him in his death, facing my biggest fear...i feel like I've lost it with my health anxiety. This is, by far, my biggest battle, and this is so hard!! I have so many symptoms from all kinds of problems, and every little thing sends me to the edge 😢
The key is we don’t want to feel the emotion in the moment - we’ve got to learn to accept we’re feeling that way and let it go naturally - we are human after all!
The doctors bring me some relief but then it’s the stories of being misdiagnosed or them not finding anything till it’s too late.. can’t get over that especially now being a father I just want to be here for my daughters..
Yeah. That’s the thing, but also, we have to try not to catastrophize everything. I had a sore throat earlier today and I was terrified it could be covid, but the more probable reason is because I ate some chocolate and didn’t drink enough water after.
Im now age 34, iv'e had health related anxiety since 16 which lead to OCD as my method to cope (repeatedly flicking light switches, walking out of doorways twice etc) anything to prevent the idea that me or my family would become ill. I've had no therapy until recently, as its been getting worse now me and my partner are older. I now constantly problem solve symtoms, visit specialists, and wake up analysing risks of illness (I feel like I might as well have been a doctor!) it's consuming and the fear dulls the happiness of everything else in my life (I feel like what's the point in anything and planning for the future when everything could be taken away at any moment?) I know the answer is becoming okay with uncertainty, I wish there was a magic button to switch to that mindset. Just sharing incase anyone else is in the same position, your not alone. One relief I find is that we are all in this life together and facing similar risks, talk about it with your friends or seek professional help. You'll find everyone is dealing with these thoughts, some people just deal with it better, speak to those people and try to adopt their mindset. All the best. Let me know if you find that magic button!
I'm going through the same. Any weird or normal body sensation or pain will cause severe panic attacks. I'm at a point where I don't believe when doctors reassure me that all is good. I'm tired of living this way. It is such a struggle. I've been to all kinds of doctors, yet my mind keeps telling me I'm going to die because I'm terribly sick. I tried to remind myself that are not alone. Sending hugs.
Same. I fear the loss of my parents all the time. I’m 23, they’re around 60. I can’t stop thinking about time passing too fast and the moment that I’ll lose them, my mind won’t shut up about it and let me be in peace, I’m feeling so exhausted
Same! I had a really bad heart palpitation and ever since it’s all I think about. It’s scared me enough to finally get checked out. Went to heart specialist and had ekg and echocardiogram done. All is good according to doctors. It’s just that one felt sooo real like a heart attack. It was longer than my usual “flutter flutter done” it was like 3 back to back and it freaked me out and it spiraled me. Check was getting tight, couldn’t breathe… but I also have this thing with door knobs. If I don’t have a certain thought in my head or a good thought in my head at the time of touching it, I have to keep touching it until my thought are good and that something bad won’t happen to my daughter or loved ones. Same with checking on my daughter at night. I’ll go into her room and as I walk out of the room and my thought isn’t something “good” I have to stay in there and attempt to walk out until a good thought follows. It’s insane I know.
I am getting better… I’d say 75% better than 2 years ago when this first got out of control. That being said , a dizzy spell, a chest ache, etc….can send me back into the fear. I don’t google but it stops me from feeling like I am ok. I appreciate the “problem solving” explanation. I see it now, I get that. That helps.
YES! Before was way worst and i’m so grateful for a lot of the healing I did. It’s just the symptoms or the small aches that my body has (which i’m sure everyone has body aches) it just scares me and i’ll ruminate on it for awhile. You’re not alone 🙁
I am literally in tears 😢 because it has been four years I am always trying to solve the problem which is never there. More than 20 doctors, multiple tests and you get nothing. Symptoms come and get better and come back again to hunt you..
Lovely video, thank you so much. The moment i stopped googling, seeking reassurance and screening and checking my body, my symptoms went away - there are no heart palpitations etc. Stay strong
I am 21 too and trust me , I completely understand what it feels like to have health anxiety , to constantly worry about health . What it feels like to be drained out of energy due to anxiety
i needed way too long to realise its actually anxiety that caused all this. if youre constantly worried, say to yourself okay ill give myself 2 months. in those 2 month i just live under the premise that i have anxiety and nothing more. you try everything to fix anxiety in those 2 months. at the end of the 2 months you will feel so much better and less worried that you will be sure. okay i was wrong all the time - it actually was ANXIETY all the time.
I have been suddenly struggling with this for the last 3 weeks. I have been to Emergency twice for 8 hours each time. I have also been to my Dr. I have had CT scans on my head, chest, and abdomen certain I had cancer. Nope all clear. Full blood panel including all organ functions and inflammatory response. All perfect. EKG perfect. Blood pressure…perfect. All drs said I am in pristine medical condition. The crazy thing is I think they are all wrong. I do not understand why this happened to me….I am devastated by it.
I’m going through the same thing. I had a bad reaction to medication 3 weeks ago and think it was the cause of my health anxiety. I’ve been struggling to do literally anything for the past 3 weeks, all I do is sit around and check my pulse.
Hope you're a bit more at ease man, I also had this come out of nowhere, and as a point of hope for you just know that in my case finally after yet another doctor visit and more imaging for pain, they ruled everything out aside from the stress/constant worrying about it . They explained how the anxiety/worry was causing the pain (I needed to be mindful of my pelvic floor of all things in my particular case) but it has vanished since then, it was only after they could explain a medical reason why the worry was causing it. If you can get a doctor you trust to better explain to you that you are healthy, and why in medical terms why you feel this way, maybe it will leave as quickly as it came :) after it left, I have had a more generalized anxiety kind of develop, so talking to someone and getting ahead of it couldn't hurt (I should take my own advise lol) wish you well my friend you got this !
i love you so much, as soon as you said the left side thing i started sobbing, i thought i was so stupid and i thought it was so serious, im 18 and finding out that its probably anxiety and neurological thank you. it means more than you could ever know and you dont know how much this helps me
Omg, me too!! I'm 17, and I have been suffering with this for 4 months now. It started with a simple panic attack, which stopped after 2 hours, but then the next month, i had the same thing. I went to the emergency room twice, and they found nothing. Yet, I still feel like something is wrong, and I get panic attacks every day. It's horrible. Hope you recover soon❤
This video helped me so much. I have suffered with health anxiety most of my life. People don’t realise, the symptoms are REAL. The dizziness, the headaches, the pain sensations across body. The brain is a powerful thing and has made me whole heartedly convinced that I’m dying. I just hope I get to the point where everything clicks and I can move on with my life.
I’ve gone through this for the first time in my life. And damn did it hit me really hard. I was feeling strange feelings at first and thought it was my heart. 3 EKG’s, a pulmonologist , blood test, heart monitor, primary doctor, all of it later, and it still came back. It’s anxiety. Yesterday I had a tingling by my temple and now I’m worried about it and googled it and saw aneurysm stuff and it never ends. Ever. Until we face it. Anxiety has roots in our subconscious. And it leads to living in fear ultimately. And suffering isn’t meant to be the way to live. And we know that, right? Whether it be the fear of death, exhaustion, things going on in life, etc. but it has to stop. We have to rest our minds and bodies. We deserve better. And most importantly, give it all to God. Do what you have to do for your self . It comes and goes, and I’m still fighting it. But your not alone. Keep fighting. And give it to God no matter what. 🙏💪
@@MaryGutilla of course. It’s a daily battle , but we can overcome. God will get us through 🙏. Let’s surrender control , let the bad thoughts pass like clouds in the sky, and move forward. Rooting for you!
Thank you so much for all your help. Honestly, my brain switch has flicked, and I am starting to see that everything that I am feeling is due to anxiety and non-stop problem solving! I know it will not be easy to recover, but I will start to accept my symptoms, and just take it one day at a time. I really do not know where I would be now if I have not discovered your channel, because my health anxiety had been spiriling out of control, and there is no advice out there that I could find like yours on how to tackle the problems that come with it.
It took my life falling apart to even understand i’d suffered with anxiety since childhood. Finding it much easier now that I can recognise the impact it can have on my thoughts and my body, great video thank you
@@trademind-ai I looked it up, they said that the book might cause some people with serious issues that requires active treatment to think that the medication provided by allopathy may not be necessary and the herbs that she mentioned in the books can cure it all.
@@artisticthoughts1034 herbs freak me out. I am afraid to take them because if i read a label that says may cause drowsiness for example, I will feel drowsy and that is fear of losing control so it will cause me more anxiety>> UGH
I remember watching this tv show when i was a kid. There was this character with cancer. This is my earliest memory when i first started to fear that i also have it. Now im in my over 30, and still have it.
Hello Cherille I am a parent that has a 33 yr old daughter that has these exact problems. She cries everyday about something. It is very hard to deal with. She has been to a neurologists because she just knew she had ALS or parkinsons just everything. She is also going to a therapists and psychiatrists and he put her on medicine. She found you and I am grateful that she did. I told her to listen to you everyday. I wish she could talk to you personally but we live in West Virginia and you must be in the UK. But just listening to youseems to have helped her and I am thankful.
No way. You described everything that happens to me. This is crazy!!!! And it’s so true about problem solving. I feel so seen! I’m watching this video with tears in my eyes.
I’m a big anxious myself. I even realized that Anxiaty is an illusion of the mind. It is not real. But when I got a new annoying symptom, I still freak out. It is a real sickness
Thank you. I’m glad to know I am not alone. My daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in 2021. She’s better now but, it was so traumatic seeing as it was the second time. So now going to the doctor and they tell me things I go from zero to one hundred. I’m literally having panic attacks. I’m so thankful to fall across this video.
I rewatch this video all the time and its always a good reality check. Thank you so much!!! Ive been dealing with health anxiety for about 6 months. Its better than it used to be but im still in the healing process.
I really needed this video. I, too, have such a hard time believing all the symptoms could really be caused by anxiety. It feels impossible. And yet there is a lot of evidence pointing to that being the truth, because doctors haven't found anything wrong with me. And I see that I have had a "problem-solving" habit my whole life!
Your video really hit home. I struggle so much with health anxiety which I believe is related to the fact that I have read about, heard about, or personally known of so many people who didn't worry about their health and missed little signs of a serious illness. I am constantly worried that some little something is clue to something major. Of course, here's the kicker, I am deathly afraid of going to the doctor and doing any medical testing that might be recommended. I avoid doctors like the plague due to fear of the outcome. I'm not sure how to reconcile this and it is overwhelming at times.
I’m going through the same but my only advice would be not to avoid doctors, you never know if going to one for a small symptom could save your life, lol even writing this gives me panic attacks but it’s just true, don’t avoid doctors
wow just reading through all these comments is therapy for me as I truly see now that there really are people with the exact same fears as me! I totally understand how everyone feels. It makes your life hell. I am not coping right now at all. I finally got the courage to go for a mammogram over a week ago and was then tolld after it was done that the wait period is longer than ever because of staff shortages. I never would have gone in the first place!
The short amount of time spent with doctors and many visits, to still have no answers caused my anxiety. Throwing pharma meds (more side effects) at patients instead of blood, urine, and complete vitamin and mineral testing is what our health system is encouraged to do.
I started my RUclips channel to reduce my stress and anxiety. It helped me a little bit but I am always worried about my families and my health 😢 This video is making me realize that most of my symptoms would be from anxiety only. Thank you ❤
Thank you so much for sharing. I send all your videos to family and friends. Because you have helped me out so much. It means the world to me. Because I hate living this way. But it’s so hard not to research or look for assurances. I’m going to overcome health anxiety. I have to stop goggling. It’s insanity to keep doing the same thing with the same results.
I once had anxiety… until I found Jesus Christ and He healed me!! Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, is waiting for you to come to Him with your burdens and anxieties. In Him, we not only have assurance of Heaven.. we have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Seek Him while He may be found! He loves you and wants to heal
@@Ruth_1_16 amen Jesus Christ is the main reason I have overcome anxiety but God also uses angels or people on earth to help us overcome our problems and fears. God knows who to put in our lives as long as we accept him and follow him. But Cherelle has helped me out tremendously as well. Through the healing of our lord and savior Jesus Christ. Hallelujah
I had so many health issues in the span of 2 years. Randomly developed epilepsy, thyroid problems, diagnosed with PCOS, and then had Steven Johnson Syndrome which only has a 0.04% chance of ever happening. It was so much at once and i always expect the worst. I just want to go back in time before all of this happened so i can just be a normal person again.
This is the first time I’ve heard someone speak about my exact fears. Wow, I am so grateful to have found you. Do you have any advice on those of us who struggle also with the health anxiety regarding our children? That’s sort of ruining my life. Between my own health anxiety and theirs, I’m consumed in the dark
The one thing that helps me a lot is the really intense acceptance of whatever happens, happens. Somehow I can't deal with people telling me that it's probably nothing, but I do feel some relief by people letting me know that perhaps that's what it is and then that's just how it will be. Sometimes I think that some people are just naturally more level headed like that, whereas I am more of a dreamer who needs to have a reality check sometimes. It helps to be reminded that getting sick is a part of life, but the chances are quite slim. And being able to accept that, and it possibly being really sad or heartbreaking, is soothing in a weird way for me.
I had health anxiety when my toddler had a fever, from then on, with just a simple cough on day 1 I will get him checked directly. and with myself, I had undergone CT-scan and blood works because I thought I have kidney disease. and up to this day, even the slightest change in my sons behavior or movement or anything I always try to "problem solve" and there I go spiralling down again, not wanting to eat, not wanting to sleep because I just wanna make sure my son is comfortable, and it affects my health, then Ill go "problem solving" again with my sickness and its just a continuous loop! I am so glad I found this video, its so very helpful. thank you so much.
Thank you so much for sharing your story gives me the strength to endure my symptoms. I will follow your advice. I’ve been praying to god to find someone I could identify with and that is you. God bless you.
Guys I would say one step at a time I’m 19 and dealing with it what I have started is I have totally stopped googling symptoms totally it has really helped and always manipulate your mind into positive thinking not negative and lastly don’t give up never ever try to heal on your own rather than depending on medication
Feel free to share your thoughts under my comment and I love you all that are going through this tight virtual hugs for y guys🤭🫂 we will get through this together 💪🏻❤️
My anxiety actually started because of symptoms I have and from then on every symptom ever is certain doom to me, like cancer or heart disease…Im so tired, I just wanz to feel healthy and carefree again
that is so true Cherelle, thanks for posting this. Went for routine blood test and liver enzyme was high side. My problem solving kicked into action spiralled me into black hole for the week, just recovering from it today. you are right about neuro signs, i had the same crawley spirally experience on my head, A&E doc looked at my wife and started shaking his head..My legs are jelly right now as i thought i was having heart attack couple of nights ago
This video hit me harder than anything ever has, ever. As soon as Cherelle said 'face tingling' I burst into tears and had a nosebleed! HA! I'm so stressed and anxious about my health. I relate to this so much, thank you for making this video.
Going through health anxiety too.. Thank you for the advice. It truly helped me realize that the anxiety is what causes me to overthink. I think working in a customer service role for 10+ years my body just got used to problem solving that even I do it to myself. I like the fact you said that we just have to move forward and face the inevitable. In other words, we just have to be comfortable in being uncomfortable.
I want to thank you so much for this video. I've had health anxiety for years and it just gets worse and worse. I'm constantly looking for reassurance either online (Dr Google, I know, I know) or by asking others for their advice. My poor wife tells me time and time again that it's my anxiety doing it to me, but like you said, I always feel as though it's something else. I'll be saving this video on my phone, so that anytime in the future that ugly little demon anxiety shows it's head, I have this to remind me it's just that. Anxiety. You've helped more than you know!
This all started for me when I started having unexplained migraines for the first time in my life, almost every day. I searched for a year and finally figured out that I had a blocked sinus and then surgery. It's been two years since then and even though so many have the symptoms related to this crisis have resolved, I still was terrified that I was going to push myself too hard, or get sick again, or there was something still wrong with me (despite all tests coming back normal). It got too the point where I was too terrified to leave my apartment because I was worried about how bad it would make me feel. Then it clicked for me, like you said, that my main issue currently is anxiety about pain, pain returning, and even though my illness had shrunk my life, but I was keeping it shrunk from debilitating fear. Thank you so much for sharing this. The addiction to problem solving really resonated and has been how my anxiety manifested well before I got sick. I just felt a really intense wave of understanding come through from this video.
Thank you so much for this video. I have been struggling with health anxiety since I was quite literally in third, second grade. Over the years it’s become something so crippling and whenever I’m having an enjoyable time it would come to haunt me again, telling me over and over I might not even be here tomorrow. Doing and feeding my compulsions by doing these “rituals” every night. But I am so fed up. I will definitely be working on “stopping problem solving”. Thank you so much for the tips and advice!
honestly , this is the only video that helped me , i thank you with my whole heart , you gave me sense of clarity that i needed regarding my anxeity , if i look deeper into my problems , the only thing i find is anxiety , my anxeity is creating problems , i hurt my own self because of it , the answer is anxiety , it's all anxiety , my mind is making the problems up , they dont even exist in reality , its all in my head , this makes so much sense now , its all the damn anxeity
As someone struggling with OCD health anxiety, this was very helpful. I never thought of it as constant problem solving, but you're correct. I appreciate the insight and will try to take the advice!
As someone who has been diagnosed both health anxiety and OCD, I will never understand why the former is not officially considered a presentation of the latter. They're the same. Thank you for this video
I have OCD that presents as health anxiety. And seeing an OCD therapist has helped so much with identifying the “health anxiety” as true OCD, which I had doubts about them being connected but it is! Treatment can really help if you struggle as well.
I went to the hospital once and urgent care three times, they all said it was was fine yet I continued to search up up stuff and i began to have some of the symptoms i have and ive broken down into tears a lot. My mom spoke to me and it was the first time i broke down like that, i feel emotionally drained and tired but im trying to refrain myself from searching up everything. To those struggling please stop and think because searching up stuff and panicking will make u worst. Trust me if the doctors are telling u you’re fine dint overthink it because you’ll just ruin yourself.
Your advice in this video really resonated with me, problem solving is exactly what I try to do constantly. I think it’s because my logic says if you can work out what’s wrong I may be able to solve it and not continue to suffer. Unfortunately the stress and anxiety that causes actually makes things worse. I do though struggle at times to differentiate between symptoms that are caused by anxiety and those that are genuinely related to the chronic health conditions I have. I am going to try to sit with my symptoms though instead of immediately needing to either seek help from a doctor or google.
From last 2 years i have 4 ecg 2 echo of heart 1.hotler ecg 24h blood pressure control ct ct angiography of heart abdominal scan abdominal scanner mri of back several blood tests and everything is fine. It was hard in the beginning to accept but as the time pass after all that assurance i told myself i m ok. Accept it.. now i have good and bad days but building in confidence less afraid of symptoms learned to be patient happy to go through this in order to find my life again. So keep courage and drop the gurad.. that final words from me.
Your journey is so valuable. Thank you. I’ve been having seizure level jerks during sleep, left side numbness all the way through my leg, full body clenching and tightness. After watching this video, I’m going to cancel my next doctor appointment. I am making it worse 😅 I’m 34 and healthy as a horse, just high strung and really ambitious/hard working. I need to surrender and allow. I need to sit with the uncertainty for even longer periods of time.
This was so helpful. Thank you for explaining it in the way that you did. I will definitely consciously work on fighting the urge to problem solve for small things happening in our body that go away after some days. Thanks! This is actually making a difference in the world.
hello sherelle. I am 30, male and desperate. My last three days were the worst in my life. 5 months ago an eye doctor told me I could have a brain tumor (there was no tumor) - at this time I was standing in the hospital with my two fathers and my girlfriend and I though my life was over. 4 months later I was scared of a heart muscle inflammation, went to a cardiologist and she told me I might have an aortic aneurysm (there was nothing wrong). 6 weeks later a had a disc herniation in my lower back (I actually have it but it worsened my mental state). Prior to the heart doctor I mentioned a tingling sensation to my mum, 5 days after the disc herniation I had a long conversation about disc herniations and at the train station (standing alone) the tingling intensified. Then 7 days no mentioning, I wonder: Did I forget it? 14 days after the disc herniation I google tingling and MS and now I have it for three days. I know I have panic attacks, mental problems and I seek psychological treatment (not with medications yet).In my brain MRI they found lesions but neither two eye doctors or two radiologists mentioned it could be MS. I am just scared to death.. 24/7 for three days now
Normally I don’t respond to any videos at all, but you made the message very clear. I’m recovering from health anxiety as well and I’m convinced I’m gonna make it. My mom & dad used to deal with it and they recovered from this horrible expercience. Thanks for sharing this important information regarding mental health care. For the people out there dealing with the same problems as in the video or in the comments: there is light at the end of the tunnel. Prayers up to you guys and take care. You can make it just like so many other people out there 🙏🏼
It’s always so hard to accept that anxiety can cause such extreme symptoms. 99% of people have no idea and even when you know that anxiety can cause these symptoms it still just does not compute.
Really helpful. All the mindfulness and ACT knowledge now needs applied. ADHD and obsessive thinking comes naturally. The ‘problem solving’ bit makes so much sense. Enormous thanks.
I am so happy I have partially recovered from health anxiety. I still deal with OCD on another level, but the worry of having a disease is pretty much gone. I thought I had ALS for 2 years straight. Finally, I was mentally hospitalized, put on the right medications, and now I'm getting better. It is important to seek therapy for your mental disabilities. Rumination is damnation.
I have health anxiety it started when I lost two babies one just before Covid and one during Covid, I went on to have my rainbow baby now 2 who is healthy and such a joy, but any tiny thing and I’m at the hospital or I call the ambulance. I absolutely panic that something bad might happen, I’m now working on it and trying to find a healthy balance with how to cope when my child is unwell. Iv been referred to a service call children at home hospital they help you to check your child safely at home and if god forbid there’s a serious issue they advise you to go to hospital. The extra reassurance has helped. To anyone suffering health anxiety yes it can be hard but you will get there there’s loads of support out there to help you on your journey and remember to be kind to yourself ❤❤
I once had anxiety… until I found Jesus Christ and He healed me!! Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, is waiting for you to come to Him with your burdens and anxieties. In Him, we not only have assurance of Heaven.. we have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Seek Him while He may be found! He loves you and wants to heal
Your advice instantly clicked me when you say about our problem solving instincts. I’m an Engineer by profession, I see now, why I tend to control every emotion, seek answers and find the root cause. Thanks for providing this perspective. I would try not to take my body as a project to optimise and perfect.
I had a huge panic attack a few years ago out of nowhere, I was falsely told I had a heart problem, I was later told it was actually anxiety. I think that false diagnosis created health anxiety within me. Now I suffer from it daily. Dizziness, panic, chest pain. Due to physical symptoms of anxiety it’s really easy for health anxiety to take over and make you think it’s a serious problem. The body is a crazy thing.
omg i have same story as you...i was feeling the exact same tingling on left side of head then numbness and heaviness type of shit....i immediately googled abt it and thats where my life was ruined...google said its a symptom of stroke and what not..I FELT SO SCARED i kept irritating my mother to take me to dr but she kept telling me that you are just stressed because of studies...but all those symptoms didnt go away they kept comming back to me and made me think that "this is the end of my life i am done" i felt so stressed..i am thankful to see this video because i relate to it sm...thank you :) sorry for bad english..its nt my first language :)
My dad is a doctor and im 13 and i cant stop thinking abt whether i hv cancer or not. I was watching a show which had something to do with gastric cancer and now im constantly aligning the symptoms with myself
Man... having OCD *and* sensory issues *and* chronic pain really makes everything feel so awful and overwhelming. I accept the fact that the human body is always doing something, but i wish to god that it would stop
I wish I could recover from health anxiety especially without antidepressants. I’ve been on them for the majority of my life and tried going off them twice and it was unbearable and I was not functional.
First of all THANK YOU! I never really suffered through anxiety, but in the past three years, and especially the last seven months I endured a lot of stress, mostly at home. And it took a toll on me. I ended up in the ER with with feeling sick, my head hurting like crazy and my heart pounding. I am 43 years old, live alone, and I was scared like I was never scared before. So, they did tests on me, my CT scan was good, just like EKG and they told me that something triggered a panic attack. Since, then, and it has been few weeks, I went to plenty of doctors, I was given meds that I didn't respond well too, some made my anxiety even worse. Next week I am going to check the rest of my body, and if everything is ok I will rewatch this video as many times as I need to understand that nothing is wrong with me physically. But you are so true, since it happened I respond to every thing that happens in my body, like a twitch in my arm, or my leg getting cramps, or my head hurting. Therapy is the only real way to deal with these problems and videos like this one certainly help. By the way, you got a new Instagram follower right here!
This is my issue exactly. About a few weeks ago in October I was walking along and had pins and needles in the left side of my face and had it spread to my hands, fingers and upper arm. I headed home and called an ambulance thinking it was a mini stroke or a possibly a stroke. I had an ambulance come out and check me over. I went up A&E and had an ECG, bloods and a physical examination and everything was good. However, they did not do a brain scan on me to be sure because they did not think it was anything serious. They diagnosed it as a migraine with aura. Since, then I have been obsessed with thinking have they missed something and it has caused me severe anxiety. I did these things using google to look up symptoms thinking that I had a mini stroke. Since then I struggle to sleep with worry that something is wrong with me. I constantly worry about my health even though all my bloods were normal, my blood pressure is normal too. I haven’t felt right since the incident and I suffer from constant dissociation and derealisation and it scares me even more. I go out and and have in my mind something bad is going to happen, like I am going to collapse to the floor and die or my heart will give out. I get weird feelings and spams in my body. I just wish I could convince my brain that I am ok. My trigger is just thinking the doctors missed something. I convinced my brain that I had something really bad happen. 😢
I am 18 yr old boy studying mbbs 1st year. I have the fear of having leukemia because , once when we had a WBC count experiment i took the blood till 1 but we have to take till 0.5 and dilute it with dilution fluid. Since I took till 1 I got more number of WBC in the experiment and I became too anxious. That day night i checked Google and chatgpt and I read about the symptoms of lukemia and the full week it has that fear and the next week I got to know that we need to take the blood till 0.5. My anxiety got reduced. But the next week I got cold and mucous filled trachea and my posterior cervical lymph node on both sides got swollen which is a symptom of leukemia as well as lymphoma and now the chronic mucous filled chest got cleared today but the lymph node is still present as it was before(swollen) tommoro i have decided to take CBC . Because of this I am not able to concentrate on studies as well as on my hobbies 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
So, so true. Totally agree. I got diagnosed with some type of atrial fibrilation yesterday now I have to add more meds. I cannot get my BP down because I am anxious about the reading. I asked the cardio is it exercise he didn't think so I then asked if it was stress and he said these problems can sometimes agravate the heart as a anxiuos person that instantly went to oh no I am going to cause myself harm. You get to the pont that every physician loads you up with unitentional baggage so yes it would be absolutely fabulous if you could a factual symptom video.
Ive been diagnosed with OCD since i was 14, with no therapy or understanding what that means. This makes a lot of sense and as someone who hyperfixates on my body so much and convinces myself im sick or dying often i know its all in my head but the mind is so complex that i can create symptoms of things im worried about. Like most recently a heart attack, shortness of breath, pain in my left jaw, pain in my left arm pain that comes and goes in the center of my chest and problem solving me went on a deep dive for reassurance that these things happen all at once and severe with other symptoms as well so that made me feel better for a few minutes before my brain kept telling me maybe i should go get checked out then i envisioned the hospital and being their and them saying something bad and i got anxious again and started panicking
Thank you so much for sharing this, there’s there health and then the anxiety- you do not get the support or compassion for for this aspect of suffering which leads to more isolation. It should be no different than any other disorder, no one wants this. Glad to hear you’ve had success and recovery.
Great video. Ive been working on anxiety for a few years now. One thing I realised was anxiety will let you think that whatever “issue/problem” you have gets solved you will feel “fine” but this is not true. The trick is, clean diet, extreme exercise and not sitting watching rubbish on netflix
Cherelle, I agree somewhat however, as someone with diagnosed Nodular Prurigo, Fibromyalgia, Dysmenorrhea, Anxiety and Depression, I do still believe there are undiagnosed conditions. But more so, I cry about and question why people call me ugly and express disgust at me every day. I'm an adult female and deserve so much better, including respect.
Anyone else also too scared to actually go to the doctors? Because your soo convinced they’re finally going to tell you your dying or there is something serious .. but I seek assurance everywhere else . My poor partner , has to deal with it on a daily basis
The doctor is probably scared to see me for possibly ruining his day
Very much !!! Avoiding is also part of HA 💔
Yes very much. I don't see this mentioned often enough. I'm jealous of the people able to call and go in for every little thing. I am petrified of going in, even to the ER for some random injury because I've convinced myself they're going to find SOMETHING and tell me I have like 6 months to live. Now a very minor pain in my stomach for the last few days has me convinced of the big C word or some sort of deadly infection. The more I think about it the worse it hurts. This happened with a spot on my back last month til I eventually forced myself to forget about it, and boom pain gone. Every few weeks it's a new "deadly issue" but I still can't draw the courage to go in. It's been years since I even had a physical so I feel like I'm practically too far gone at this point.
Exactly!
100%!!!!!! I never want to go ans get checked cause I get scarsd it'll be something bad :(
'Addicted to problem solving'. She had me instantly.
A response to high cortisol and high adrenaline due to low blood glucose perhaps? 🤔
and there comes google
@@humanfamilymemberWoah I thought you were just joking about problem solving but I found out there is a link between low bloodsugar and anxiety. I have eating d!sorder and don't eat much. I will look into it more!
Going insane with health anxiety and it brought me here. I wish to feel normal.
Me too.
She will help you!! I found her about 6 or 7 yrs ago and what a BLESSING it was!!!!!!
That’s the worst way to look at it, you need to get comfortable being uncomfortable, I had health anxiety and it was severe I would pray God makes me normal again but once I started to realize the only thing that helps is using anxiety to build a new life and become better
You will
I’m 77 and a real worry wart. Thinking back I’ve always been like that. You’re not alone. Love Mary x
It’s just so scary and so draining because you feel like if you don’t do anything you’ll lose your life and if you find out you have something and chose to ignore it because you thought it was anxiety that you’ll forever be angry towards yourself. It’s a constant struggle man.
Yes so hard my life no more my life 😢
I'm honestly crying right now because I am so worried that if I accept it is anxiety and it turns out to be the scary thing I'm trying to help. You know. So so so so so scary
my exact fear. and i dont have anyone to talk to. im only 13, i honestly shouldn't be feeling any of this but here i am. if yall ever want to talk feel free to reply because i would love to!
@@diyabhaktaaa Don't stress too much about having such issues at 13, that thought might arise that other people of similar age around you dont feel that stressed but trust me sometimes it's just not about age but circumstances
I once had anxiety… until I found Jesus Christ and He healed me!!
Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, is waiting for you to come to Him with your burdens and anxieties. In Him, we not only have assurance of Heaven.. we have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Seek Him while He may be found! He loves you and wants to heal you!
Ive never heard someone refer to it as a de-ja-vu and literally alot of the times thats what i felt like for days on end , like a never ending dejavu feeling
"addicted to problem-solving". this explains so much when trying to understand my adult child with health anxiety.
It’s a nightmare, please listen to you’re kid I’m 22 living with my family and I feel like they didn’t take serious when I wasn’t eating because of anxiety.
Omg I'm also 22 and didn't feel like I was helped regarding this at all.
EVERYONE PLEASE READ: ask your own heart and gut if it's really true what she is saying...you will feel uncomfortable when receiving a no because she is not! I want you all to listen to your own truth first (that's why I am mentioning all this) because most people end up on meds, and the pharma industry and doctors making profit out of them, it's sad, but true. Do yourself and your loved ones a favor and go check out GABOR MATÉ and ECKHART TOLLE. Much love to you all, also to this doctor here may you realize what's true and what's not. Peace
I never thought anyone could relate to me and how severe my health anxiety is until I came across this video. I found so much comfort in this and like I’m not alone thank you for this❤❤
This video made me cry 😭 I’m in the trenches with health anxiety right now. Thanks. This helps.
Me to from 2 months
You are not alone. I fight this monster everyday of my life. It is horrible to feel afraid all the time, to feel anxious and disregarded. For the longest time I thought I was the only one. I have OCD but I never connected the dots. I cry a lot too. You are sooo not alone!
samee i cried so bad
Me too
My hair started to fall out with it
It started off so small and I have no idea how it’s spiraled this far. I just want to not be constantly worried for my health anymore, it literally just feels so miserable. The major problem is the fact that I don’t even realize it’s my anxiety, and I have no way of telling myself that it’s just my anxiety kicking in.
Thank you for this video though, it genuinely helps to know I’m not the only person who’s dealt with this kind of thing.
Felt dizzy and went into full blown panic attack and I’m never the same. A slight movement or lightheaded cause an anxiety attack. 😢
Struggling with this right now and just can’t shake it. Did anything seem to help?
I’m in the same boat. Commenting to see if anyone has any recommendations
Interesting. I can relate.
Me too
Same here.
what hurts the most is that somewhere inside me knows i’m ok. because i am ok. there’s always something else that i think and then that fear goes away and another one comes. i start thinking about the worst scenarios, like what if i have some deadly thing. yk, im just not gonna say it. i know that im physically ok, but mentally im broken. i’m trying to fix this anxiety, its so exhausting.
EVERYONE PLEASE READ: ask your own heart and gut if it's really true what she is saying...you will feel uncomfortable when receiving a no because she is not! I want you all to listen to your own truth first (that's why I am mentioning all this) because most people end up on meds, and the pharma industry and doctors making profit out of them, it's sad, but true. Do yourself and your loved ones a favor and go check out GABOR MATÉ and ECKHART TOLLE. Much love to you all, also to this doctor here may you realize what's true and what's not. Peace
i know i could be feeling this for months but i’m still scared and i think i’m gonna die in my sleep and stuff it’s just so annoying cause i can’t even be happy even if i’m doing something i enjoy i still can’t fully enjoy it because i’m scared. i’m glad people feel the same way but i can’t even be happy anymore
@@tinboy2862 same, i’m so sorry, i hope things get better for you 💜
@@AGwashere_13112 you too
Am HIV negative but always think am positive
My jaw dropped and I teared up when you talked about your neurological symptoms because I have literally been struggling with the same exact symptoms since January. I had no idea anxiety could manifest symptoms like this. I literally was tested for MS, had an MRI, thinking it was my endometriosis, I had no idea what was happening. But the Health Anxiety is such a struggle for me for the last 8 years now and I RARELY hear it talked about seriously and you do it with such hope and compassion. You have no idea how grateful I am for this video and a glimpse of your story.
I’m currently in the exact same boat as you. Thinking I have MS. Wanting an MRI. But I just keep circling back to what if it is true and what if I can discover this early and save myself. Rather than just “letting it progress “ if something truly is there??
Thank you for sharing
@@karmacastro374 while I don’t have that specific worry, I understand the premises as a fellow HA person. The thought of “well what if this feeling, this sensation, this time is different?” And then I feel symptoms in that area, wherever it may be, and process continues. It has to stop. I wasn’t always like this and I can imagine most of us weren’t including you.. have you taken any self help steps to move forward?
@@TheMotivationMan10
Hey there, Watching these videos has really been helping.. I signed up for BetterHelp ( therapy site) ,.. and hopefully talking with a personal therapist might make a difference with this health anxiety.
I think something that comforts me when I start spiraling is honestly the thought that if something really is wrong.. then I guess so be it? I know that sounds morbid.. but it atleast helps me relax for a second. somehow some way. If something is actually wrong then I can't control that and eventually a symptom would truly send me over the edge if it REALLY was true. idk if this is a healthy thought process.. but it's what I'm working with currently. Wbu?? got any tips??
I've had health anxiety for years. Usually when I have a flare up, I have a new terrifying symptom that is worse than all the others and it's that symptom that convinces me that this time, it can't be anxiety.
My latest one was twitching in my eye. It stressed me out and then I started twitching everywhere. Legs, arms, cheeks etc. I told my GP and she sent me to a specialist. The specialist told me that I really need to get my anxiety sorted.
HI! I suffered from neurological symtoms too, as derealization, brain fog, unusual thinking patterns, dejavu and the worst for me, the random flashbacks, from dreams or whatever, I visited a lot of doctors, A LOT, I always suffered from health anxiety, since I was a child, so I send you strenght, because, despite It feels like something else, its not, its just anxiety, Its makes me feel angry sometimes because I think is not possible to feel such things from anxiety, but yes, I invite you to do an investigation about the function of the sensibilitate nervous system (anxiety). You are going to understand a lot of things. Send you a big hug, if you need something I'm here!
I have just recently realized that I have health anxiety. I always thought that my research was my way “having control.” Now I know that it has the opposite effect. Your analogy of standing on a broken leg is brilliant.
I am working on mindfulness of my body sensations, and to NOT fall back into the obsessive behavior…no health tracking devices, no google. I am only 48 hours into the process, and I already feel better.
I hope you’re doing better! I’m going through the same thing, i’m so scared to feel my heartbeat or anything and i’m trying to get over that fear and to recognize that it’s GOOD that my heart is beating. Heart rates fluctuate throughout the day and that doesn’t mean anything bad! It’s just your body!
hi can you tell me please what mindfulness program you are following please? Thank you
I have struggled with mental illness and my mental health since I was a kid. Before I even knew what those terms were. After years of depression, anxiety, and even an attempt to take my life, I never thought I would be able to live without psych medications. I clung to them because it was the only thing that made my mind quiet, but it also made me a zombie. Microdosing has given me control of my mental health for the first time, and they essentially gave me my life back.
I’ve been researching on psychedelics and it’s benefits to individuals dealing with Anxiety, Depression, ADHD and from my findings, they really work and I’ve been eager to get some for a while but its been difficult to get my hands on them.
The Trips I've been having really helped me a lot. I’m now able to meditate and I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well
I was having this constant, unbearable anxiety due to work stress. Not until I came across a very intelligent mycologist. He saved my life honestly
His name is *DR Adolf Petter*
@ohmakure4716
I feel the same way too. I put too much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety levels. I am also glad to be a part of this community.
The worst part is that I know you're probably right. There's nothing serious going on with me. Everything is under control, except me. But I just cannot stop. Not even with help. Like you said in another video, I feel like I'm dying everyday and that the end is near. I just want to stop feeling like this and move on with my life, but I'm so afraid...
I feel the same way
I’m going through the same. Last night I woke up in a panic because I genuinely believed I was dying in my sleep.
One thing that has helped me was focus on work, hobbies and getting out of the house. The twitching and fears are still there, daily. They'll probably never going to go away completely, but time has gone by and, in spite of all my fears, I'm still here. Be strong and keep yourself busy 😉 best wishes 😙
@@Lost-mb1gjI keep having fits every night because of how anxiety ridden I am I haven’t slept properly in a week 😢
Oh my God that is so true.
Everytime I get even a small cut or bruise I get a panic attack
But guys we gotta be strong
We will get through this and everyday we are coming close to the day we will get rid of it.
We will party that day❣️🎉
I got health anxiety when Covid come. Then my father passed away because of damn disease, seeing him die alone without no one can see his last moment broke me so much. Even we can't touch his dead body. Up till today i almost come to tears if i imagine he deathbed was alone without his beloved familiy.
That experience make me realize the reality of dead, you can accompany your beloved one but just into a certain degree.
Next July will be the 3rd year of his passed away. And also 3 year I battling with hyopocondria.
For you all, I hope we all can escape from this cycle. And live that long, happily and healthy.
Hug from me.
Awww I’m sorry that happened to you. I have the same thing. My grandma had a stroke but we were taking good care of her and she could get around in a wheelchair. Then Covid came and she passed away in two days. Ever since, I have the worst health anxiety. July 8th will be the 2nd year she’s gone 😢
I'm with you guys. I had the worst fear of death. Then 3 years ago my dad, who was my all passed away suddenly from a stroke. I started to have health anxiety since i had an appendix surgery in 2018 then i got fibromyalgia and then anxiety kicked in. But since my dad passed away and I've been the only one with him in his death, facing my biggest fear...i feel like I've lost it with my health anxiety. This is, by far, my biggest battle, and this is so hard!! I have so many symptoms from all kinds of problems, and every little thing sends me to the edge 😢
Look for Islam, the way of death will change in your mind
The key is we don’t want to feel the emotion in the moment - we’ve got to learn to accept we’re feeling that way and let it go naturally - we are human after all!
The "Neurological symptoms" you described are exactly what I'm experiencing right now. Small world of anxious thoughts!
The doctors bring me some relief but then it’s the stories of being misdiagnosed or them not finding anything till it’s too late.. can’t get over that especially now being a father I just want to be here for my daughters..
I know anxiety can cause certain symptoms, but say if I have a cough and get anxious about it, anxiety hasn't caused the cough.
Yeah. That’s the thing, but also, we have to try not to catastrophize everything. I had a sore throat earlier today and I was terrified it could be covid, but the more probable reason is because I ate some chocolate and didn’t drink enough water after.
Im now age 34, iv'e had health related anxiety since 16 which lead to OCD as my method to cope (repeatedly flicking light switches, walking out of doorways twice etc) anything to prevent the idea that me or my family would become ill. I've had no therapy until recently, as its been getting worse now me and my partner are older. I now constantly problem solve symtoms, visit specialists, and wake up analysing risks of illness (I feel like I might as well have been a doctor!) it's consuming and the fear dulls the happiness of everything else in my life (I feel like what's the point in anything and planning for the future when everything could be taken away at any moment?) I know the answer is becoming okay with uncertainty, I wish there was a magic button to switch to that mindset. Just sharing incase anyone else is in the same position, your not alone. One relief I find is that we are all in this life together and facing similar risks, talk about it with your friends or seek professional help. You'll find everyone is dealing with these thoughts, some people just deal with it better, speak to those people and try to adopt their mindset. All the best. Let me know if you find that magic button!
I'm going through the same. Any weird or normal body sensation or pain will cause severe panic attacks. I'm at a point where I don't believe when doctors reassure me that all is good. I'm tired of living this way. It is such a struggle. I've been to all kinds of doctors, yet my mind keeps telling me I'm going to die because I'm terribly sick. I tried to remind myself that are not alone. Sending hugs.
Same. I fear the loss of my parents all the time. I’m 23, they’re around 60. I can’t stop thinking about time passing too fast and the moment that I’ll lose them, my mind won’t shut up about it and let me be in peace, I’m feeling so exhausted
Same! I had a really bad heart palpitation and ever since it’s all I think about. It’s scared me enough to finally get checked out. Went to heart specialist and had ekg and echocardiogram done. All is good according to doctors. It’s just that one felt sooo real like a heart attack. It was longer than my usual “flutter flutter done” it was like 3 back to back and it freaked me out and it spiraled me. Check was getting tight, couldn’t breathe… but I also have this thing with door knobs. If I don’t have a certain thought in my head or a good thought in my head at the time of touching it, I have to keep touching it until my thought are good and that something bad won’t happen to my daughter or loved ones. Same with checking on my daughter at night. I’ll go into her room and as I walk out of the room and my thought isn’t something “good” I have to stay in there and attempt to walk out until a good thought follows. It’s insane I know.
I am getting better… I’d say 75% better than 2 years ago when this first got out of control. That being said , a dizzy spell, a chest ache, etc….can send me back into the fear. I don’t google but it stops me from feeling like I am ok. I appreciate the “problem solving” explanation. I see it now, I get that. That helps.
YES! Before was way worst and i’m so grateful for a lot of the healing I did. It’s just the symptoms or the small aches that my body has (which i’m sure everyone has body aches) it just scares me and i’ll ruminate on it for awhile. You’re not alone 🙁
@@moolinani yes, exactly! Wishing you the best, thanks for the reminder I am not alone in this.
So glad to hear you’re feeling much better. This is great news! 💛
@@cherellethinks , Charelle, when you will be making the next video, be aware that I will be watching *YOU* ;)
@@moolinani have you got muscle crps.better.mine have been.terrible 6 years where do you have them
If we continue to problem solve , we drive ourselves insane “. So true 💯😢
I am literally in tears 😢 because it has been four years I am always trying to solve the problem which is never there. More than 20 doctors, multiple tests and you get nothing. Symptoms come and get better and come back again to hunt you..
Lovely video, thank you so much. The moment i stopped googling, seeking reassurance and screening and checking my body, my symptoms went away - there are no heart palpitations etc. Stay strong
Thank you so much for making me I’m not alone. I’m 21 and have been struggling with Health anxiety since I was 16. It’s so consuming
I am 21 too and trust me , I completely understand what it feels like to have health anxiety , to constantly worry about health . What it feels like to be drained out of energy due to anxiety
i needed way too long to realise its actually anxiety that caused all this. if youre constantly worried, say to yourself okay ill give myself 2 months. in those 2 month i just live under the premise that i have anxiety and nothing more. you try everything to fix anxiety in those 2 months. at the end of the 2 months you will feel so much better and less worried that you will be sure. okay i was wrong all the time - it actually was ANXIETY all the time.
I have been suddenly struggling with this for the last 3 weeks. I have been to Emergency twice for 8 hours each time. I have also been to my Dr. I have had CT scans on my head, chest, and abdomen certain I had cancer. Nope all clear. Full blood panel including all organ functions and inflammatory response. All perfect. EKG perfect. Blood pressure…perfect. All drs said I am in pristine medical condition. The crazy thing is I think they are all wrong. I do not understand why this happened to me….I am devastated by it.
Sorry you’re going through this. I hope you’re okay.
I’m going through the same thing. I had a bad reaction to medication 3 weeks ago and think it was the cause of my health anxiety. I’ve been struggling to do literally anything for the past 3 weeks, all I do is sit around and check my pulse.
Hope you're a bit more at ease man, I also had this come out of nowhere, and as a point of hope for you just know that in my case finally after yet another doctor visit and more imaging for pain, they ruled everything out aside from the stress/constant worrying about it . They explained how the anxiety/worry was causing the pain (I needed to be mindful of my pelvic floor of all things in my particular case) but it has vanished since then, it was only after they could explain a medical reason why the worry was causing it. If you can get a doctor you trust to better explain to you that you are healthy, and why in medical terms why you feel this way, maybe it will leave as quickly as it came :) after it left, I have had a more generalized anxiety kind of develop, so talking to someone and getting ahead of it couldn't hurt (I should take my own advise lol) wish you well my friend you got this !
You’re very sensible. I’m 77 and worry all the time. This is very helpful
Meditation helps.
Made it to 77 congratulations! 🎉❤️ wishing you peace
@@cantflipforship It’s my birthday on September 1st. I live in Bournemouth UK
@@Mebbe308 cheers! 🍻 happy early birthday wishing you a fulfilling one
i love you so much, as soon as you said the left side thing i started sobbing, i thought i was so stupid and i thought it was so serious, im 18 and finding out that its probably anxiety and neurological thank you. it means more than you could ever know and you dont know how much this helps me
Omg, me too!! I'm 17, and I have been suffering with this for 4 months now. It started with a simple panic attack, which stopped after 2 hours, but then the next month, i had the same thing. I went to the emergency room twice, and they found nothing. Yet, I still feel like something is wrong, and I get panic attacks every day. It's horrible. Hope you recover soon❤
@@HaasHareHaaaaaaaaassssHaasyHaa i hope everything goes well
@@geoeatstoast thank you so much. Same for you ❤️
It's not stupid. You will get well. Take care of yourself.
@@brdwlsh1 this is genuinely such a lovely comment. thank you.
This video helped me so much. I have suffered with health anxiety most of my life. People don’t realise, the symptoms are REAL. The dizziness, the headaches, the pain sensations across body. The brain is a powerful thing and has made me whole heartedly convinced that I’m dying. I just hope I get to the point where everything clicks and I can move on with my life.
I’ve gone through this for the first time in my life. And damn did it hit me really hard. I was feeling strange feelings at first and thought it was my heart. 3 EKG’s, a pulmonologist , blood test, heart monitor, primary doctor, all of it later, and it still came back. It’s anxiety. Yesterday I had a tingling by my temple and now I’m worried about it and googled it and saw aneurysm stuff and it never ends. Ever. Until we face it. Anxiety has roots in our subconscious. And it leads to living in fear ultimately. And suffering isn’t meant to be the way to live. And we know that, right? Whether it be the fear of death, exhaustion, things going on in life, etc. but it has to stop. We have to rest our minds and bodies. We deserve better. And most importantly, give it all to God. Do what you have to do for your self . It comes and goes, and I’m still fighting it. But your not alone. Keep fighting. And give it to God no matter what. 🙏💪
And the greatest drop line comment they give you is "Everything came back normal" you can go home now
This is beautiful. Thank you.
@@MaryGutilla of course. It’s a daily battle , but we can overcome. God will get us through 🙏. Let’s surrender control , let the bad thoughts pass like clouds in the sky, and move forward. Rooting for you!
Thank you so much for all your help. Honestly, my brain switch has flicked, and I am starting to see that everything that I am feeling is due to anxiety and non-stop problem solving! I know it will not be easy to recover, but I will start to accept my symptoms, and just take it one day at a time. I really do not know where I would be now if I have not discovered your channel, because my health anxiety had been spiriling out of control, and there is no advice out there that I could find like yours on how to tackle the problems that come with it.
It took my life falling apart to even understand i’d suffered with anxiety since childhood. Finding it much easier now that I can recognise the impact it can have on my thoughts and my body, great video thank you
My need to be in control is driving my anxiety. My husband died 6 months ago and now my anxiety is through the roof. Thank you for your help 🙏
God bless you I hope you can overcome your struggles 🙏🏼❤️
For everyone reading this, finding the banned book called “the hidden herbs” by anette ray should be your top priority
Do u have this book? Or e-book?
Where can i find it?
Why is it banned?
@@trademind-ai I looked it up, they said that the book might cause some people with serious issues that requires active treatment to think that the medication provided by allopathy may not be necessary and the herbs that she mentioned in the books can cure it all.
@@artisticthoughts1034 herbs freak me out. I am afraid to take them because if i read a label that says may cause drowsiness for example, I will feel drowsy and that is fear of losing control so it will cause me more anxiety>> UGH
I’m in tears watching this. I really hope I can fix my anxiety, it’s eating away at me.
I remember watching this tv show when i was a kid. There was this character with cancer. This is my earliest memory when i first started to fear that i also have it. Now im in my over 30, and still have it.
Hello Cherille I am a parent that has a 33 yr old daughter that has these exact problems. She cries everyday about something. It is very hard to deal with.
She has been to a neurologists because she just knew she had ALS or parkinsons just everything.
She is also going to a therapists and psychiatrists and he put her on medicine.
She found you and I am grateful that she did. I told her to listen to you everyday. I wish she could talk to you personally but we live in West Virginia and you must be in the UK. But just listening to youseems to have helped her and I am thankful.
No way. You described everything that happens to me. This is crazy!!!! And it’s so true about problem solving. I feel so seen! I’m watching this video with tears in my eyes.
I’m a big anxious myself. I even realized that Anxiaty is an illusion of the mind. It is not real.
But when I got a new annoying symptom, I still freak out.
It is a real sickness
I love how beautifully you have explained the entire concept in this video. Truly grateful!
Thank you. I’m glad to know I am not alone. My daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in 2021. She’s better now but, it was so traumatic seeing as it was the second time. So now going to the doctor and they tell me things I go from zero to one hundred. I’m literally having panic attacks. I’m so thankful to fall across this video.
May God bless her
It’s so reassuring reading this comments, I relate to everything everyone is saying!
I rewatch this video all the time and its always a good reality check. Thank you so much!!! Ive been dealing with health anxiety for about 6 months. Its better than it used to be but im still in the healing process.
I agree a good reality check this is what I need. Yes it suck’s but sir with the feeling . Do good things for your body and mind and you will be okay
I really needed this video. I, too, have such a hard time believing all the symptoms could really be caused by anxiety. It feels impossible. And yet there is a lot of evidence pointing to that being the truth, because doctors haven't found anything wrong with me. And I see that I have had a "problem-solving" habit my whole life!
Your video really hit home. I struggle so much with health anxiety which I believe is related to the fact that I have read about, heard about, or personally known of so many people who didn't worry about their health and missed little signs of a serious illness. I am constantly worried that some little something is clue to something major. Of course, here's the kicker, I am deathly afraid of going to the doctor and doing any medical testing that might be recommended. I avoid doctors like the plague due to fear of the outcome. I'm not sure how to reconcile this and it is overwhelming at times.
I’m going through the same but my only advice would be not to avoid doctors, you never know if going to one for a small symptom could save your life, lol even writing this gives me panic attacks but it’s just true, don’t avoid doctors
wow just reading through all these comments is therapy for me as I truly see now that there really are people with the exact same fears as me! I totally understand how everyone feels. It makes your life hell. I am not coping right now at all. I finally got the courage to go for a mammogram over a week ago and was then tolld after it was done that the wait period is longer than ever because of staff shortages. I never would have gone in the first place!
The short amount of time spent with doctors and many visits, to still have no answers caused my anxiety. Throwing pharma meds (more side effects) at patients instead of blood, urine, and complete vitamin and mineral testing is what our health system is encouraged to do.
I started my RUclips channel to reduce my stress and anxiety. It helped me a little bit but I am always worried about my families and my health 😢 This video is making me realize that most of my symptoms would be from anxiety only. Thank you ❤
Thank you so much for sharing. I send all your videos to family and friends. Because you have helped me out so much. It means the world to me. Because I hate living this way. But it’s so hard not to research or look for assurances. I’m going to overcome health anxiety. I have to stop goggling. It’s insanity to keep doing the same thing with the same results.
Thank you so much Jason! It means a lot! 💜
I once had anxiety… until I found Jesus Christ and He healed me!!
Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, is waiting for you to come to Him with your burdens and anxieties. In Him, we not only have assurance of Heaven.. we have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Seek Him while He may be found! He loves you and wants to heal
@@Ruth_1_16 amen Jesus Christ is the main reason I have overcome anxiety but God also uses angels or people on earth to help us overcome our problems and fears. God knows who to put in our lives as long as we accept him and follow him. But Cherelle has helped me out tremendously as well. Through the healing of our lord and savior Jesus Christ. Hallelujah
I had so many health issues in the span of 2 years. Randomly developed epilepsy, thyroid problems, diagnosed with PCOS, and then had Steven Johnson Syndrome which only has a 0.04% chance of ever happening. It was so much at once and i always expect the worst. I just want to go back in time before all of this happened so i can just be a normal person again.
Follow dr joe dispenza you will be healed
This made me cry thank you for this advice. I’m grateful it is only anxiety and I am ready to let go of it .. or at least begin learning how to 🙏🏼
This is the first time I’ve heard someone speak about my exact fears. Wow, I am so grateful to have found you. Do you have any advice on those of us who struggle also with the health anxiety regarding our children? That’s sort of ruining my life. Between my own health anxiety and theirs, I’m consumed in the dark
The one thing that helps me a lot is the really intense acceptance of whatever happens, happens. Somehow I can't deal with people telling me that it's probably nothing, but I do feel some relief by people letting me know that perhaps that's what it is and then that's just how it will be. Sometimes I think that some people are just naturally more level headed like that, whereas I am more of a dreamer who needs to have a reality check sometimes. It helps to be reminded that getting sick is a part of life, but the chances are quite slim. And being able to accept that, and it possibly being really sad or heartbreaking, is soothing in a weird way for me.
I had health anxiety when my toddler had a fever, from then on, with just a simple cough on day 1 I will get him checked directly. and with myself, I had undergone CT-scan and blood works because I thought I have kidney disease. and up to this day, even the slightest change in my sons behavior or movement or anything I always try to "problem solve" and there I go spiralling down again, not wanting to eat, not wanting to sleep because I just wanna make sure my son is comfortable, and it affects my health, then Ill go "problem solving" again with my sickness and its just a continuous loop! I am so glad I found this video, its so very helpful. thank you so much.
Thank you so much for sharing your story gives me the strength to endure my symptoms. I will follow your advice. I’ve been praying to god to find someone I could identify with and that is you. God bless you.
Guys I would say one step at a time I’m 19 and dealing with it what I have started is I have totally stopped googling symptoms totally it has really helped and always manipulate your mind into positive thinking not negative and lastly don’t give up never ever try to heal on your own rather than depending on medication
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Feel free to share your thoughts under my comment and I love you all that are going through this tight virtual hugs for y guys🤭🫂 we will get through this together 💪🏻❤️
@@maryamzahra4917 thank you so much, it’s been hard but I’m trying to alter the way I think.
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I’m also 19 and suffering from this and not even sure that it’s anxiety or something else that is present in my body
My anxiety actually started because of symptoms I have and from then on every symptom ever is certain doom to me, like cancer or heart disease…Im so tired, I just wanz to feel healthy and carefree again
Thank you this is really calming. I googled problems I had with sleeping and what I found was scary.
that is so true Cherelle, thanks for posting this. Went for routine blood test and liver enzyme was high side. My problem solving kicked into action spiralled me into black hole for the week, just recovering from it today. you are right about neuro signs, i had the same crawley spirally experience on my head, A&E doc looked at my wife and started shaking his head..My legs are jelly right now as i thought i was having heart attack couple of nights ago
This video hit me harder than anything ever has, ever. As soon as Cherelle said 'face tingling' I burst into tears and had a nosebleed! HA! I'm so stressed and anxious about my health. I relate to this so much, thank you for making this video.
Going through health anxiety too.. Thank you for the advice. It truly helped me realize that the anxiety is what causes me to overthink. I think working in a customer service role for 10+ years my body just got used to problem solving that even I do it to myself. I like the fact you said that we just have to move forward and face the inevitable. In other words, we just have to be comfortable in being uncomfortable.
You didn't have to call me out like that... but you did and I'm grateful. Good stuff.
I want to thank you so much for this video. I've had health anxiety for years and it just gets worse and worse. I'm constantly looking for reassurance either online (Dr Google, I know, I know) or by asking others for their advice. My poor wife tells me time and time again that it's my anxiety doing it to me, but like you said, I always feel as though it's something else. I'll be saving this video on my phone, so that anytime in the future that ugly little demon anxiety shows it's head, I have this to remind me it's just that. Anxiety. You've helped more than you know!
This all started for me when I started having unexplained migraines for the first time in my life, almost every day. I searched for a year and finally figured out that I had a blocked sinus and then surgery. It's been two years since then and even though so many have the symptoms related to this crisis have resolved, I still was terrified that I was going to push myself too hard, or get sick again, or there was something still wrong with me (despite all tests coming back normal). It got too the point where I was too terrified to leave my apartment because I was worried about how bad it would make me feel. Then it clicked for me, like you said, that my main issue currently is anxiety about pain, pain returning, and even though my illness had shrunk my life, but I was keeping it shrunk from debilitating fear.
Thank you so much for sharing this. The addiction to problem solving really resonated and has been how my anxiety manifested well before I got sick. I just felt a really intense wave of understanding come through from this video.
Thank you so much for this video. I have been struggling with health anxiety since I was quite literally in third, second grade. Over the years it’s become something so crippling and whenever I’m having an enjoyable time it would come to haunt me again, telling me over and over I might not even be here tomorrow. Doing and feeding my compulsions by doing these “rituals” every night. But I am so fed up. I will definitely be working on “stopping problem solving”. Thank you so much for the tips and advice!
Hard to swallow, but soooo necessary to hear! Thank you.
honestly , this is the only video that helped me , i thank you with my whole heart , you gave me sense of clarity that i needed regarding my anxeity , if i look deeper into my problems , the only thing i find is anxiety , my anxeity is creating problems , i hurt my own self because of it , the answer is anxiety , it's all anxiety , my mind is making the problems up , they dont even exist in reality , its all in my head , this makes so much sense now , its all the damn anxeity
As someone struggling with OCD health anxiety, this was very helpful. I never thought of it as constant problem solving, but you're correct. I appreciate the insight and will try to take the advice!
As someone who has been diagnosed both health anxiety and OCD, I will never understand why the former is not officially considered a presentation of the latter. They're the same. Thank you for this video
I have OCD that presents as health anxiety. And seeing an OCD therapist has helped so much with identifying the “health anxiety” as true OCD, which I had doubts about them being connected but it is! Treatment can really help if you struggle as well.
I went to the hospital once and urgent care three times, they all said it was was fine yet I continued to search up up stuff and i began to have some of the symptoms i have and ive broken down into tears a lot. My mom spoke to me and it was the first time i broke down like that, i feel emotionally drained and tired but im trying to refrain myself from searching up everything.
To those struggling please stop and think because searching up stuff and panicking will make u worst. Trust me if the doctors are telling u you’re fine dint overthink it because you’ll just ruin yourself.
Your advice in this video really resonated with me, problem solving is exactly what I try to do constantly. I think it’s because my logic says if you can work out what’s wrong I may be able to solve it and not continue to suffer. Unfortunately the stress and anxiety that causes actually makes things worse. I do though struggle at times to differentiate between symptoms that are caused by anxiety and those that are genuinely related to the chronic health conditions I have. I am going to try to sit with my symptoms though instead of immediately needing to either seek help from a doctor or google.
Sending love, its so hard!!
From last 2 years i have 4 ecg 2 echo of heart 1.hotler ecg 24h blood pressure control ct ct angiography of heart abdominal scan abdominal scanner mri of back several blood tests and everything is fine.
It was hard in the beginning to accept but as the time pass after all that assurance i told myself i m ok. Accept it.. now i have good and bad days but building in confidence less afraid of symptoms learned to be patient happy to go through this in order to find my life again. So keep courage and drop the gurad.. that final words from me.
Your journey is so valuable. Thank you. I’ve been having seizure level jerks during sleep, left side numbness all the way through my leg, full body clenching and tightness.
After watching this video, I’m going to cancel my next doctor appointment. I am making it worse 😅
I’m 34 and healthy as a horse, just high strung and really ambitious/hard working. I need to surrender and allow. I need to sit with the uncertainty for even longer periods of time.
Listening to you talk on You Tube is very calming. I think I'm going to do that, the next time my anxiety goes through the roof.
This was so helpful. Thank you for explaining it in the way that you did. I will definitely consciously work on fighting the urge to problem solve for small things happening in our body that go away after some days.
Thanks! This is actually making a difference in the world.
hello sherelle. I am 30, male and desperate. My last three days were the worst in my life. 5 months ago an eye doctor told me I could have a brain tumor (there was no tumor) - at this time I was standing in the hospital with my two fathers and my girlfriend and I though my life was over. 4 months later I was scared of a heart muscle inflammation, went to a cardiologist and she told me I might have an aortic aneurysm (there was nothing wrong). 6 weeks later a had a disc herniation in my lower back (I actually have it but it worsened my mental state). Prior to the heart doctor I mentioned a tingling sensation to my mum, 5 days after the disc herniation I had a long conversation about disc herniations and at the train station (standing alone) the tingling intensified. Then 7 days no mentioning, I wonder: Did I forget it? 14 days after the disc herniation I google tingling and MS and now I have it for three days. I know I have panic attacks, mental problems and I seek psychological treatment (not with medications yet).In my brain MRI they found lesions but neither two eye doctors or two radiologists mentioned it could be MS. I am just scared to death.. 24/7 for three days now
Hey! How are you doing now? Did you figure it?
Normally I don’t respond to any videos at all, but you made the message very clear. I’m recovering from health anxiety as well and I’m convinced I’m gonna make it. My mom & dad used to deal with it and they recovered from this horrible expercience. Thanks for sharing this important information regarding mental health care. For the people out there dealing with the same problems as in the video or in the comments: there is light at the end of the tunnel. Prayers up to you guys and take care. You can make it just like so many other people out there 🙏🏼
for the ones who suffer from that problem... Nothing lasts forever guys. We will get through this dont worry
It’s always so hard to accept that anxiety can cause such extreme symptoms. 99% of people have no idea and even when you know that anxiety can cause these symptoms it still just does not compute.
Really helpful. All the mindfulness and ACT knowledge now needs applied. ADHD and obsessive thinking comes naturally. The ‘problem solving’ bit makes so much sense. Enormous thanks.
I am so happy I have partially recovered from health anxiety. I still deal with OCD on another level, but the worry of having a disease is pretty much gone. I thought I had ALS for 2 years straight. Finally, I was mentally hospitalized, put on the right medications, and now I'm getting better. It is important to seek therapy for your mental disabilities. Rumination is damnation.
Omg I really need this. You should start a podcast!!
I have health anxiety it started when I lost two babies one just before Covid and one during Covid, I went on to have my rainbow baby now 2 who is healthy and such a joy, but any tiny thing and I’m at the hospital or I call the ambulance. I absolutely panic that something bad might happen, I’m now working on it and trying to find a healthy balance with how to cope when my child is unwell. Iv been referred to a service call children at home hospital they help you to check your child safely at home and if god forbid there’s a serious issue they advise you to go to hospital. The extra reassurance has helped. To anyone suffering health anxiety yes it can be hard but you will get there there’s loads of support out there to help you on your journey and remember to be kind to yourself ❤❤
My health anxiety is coupled with emetophobia. Been sick since the age of 8. I'm now 24 and I feel like it just gets worse as the years go by.
Same here. Glad i am not alone.
I am still waiting to have my "aha" moment, it's been 23 years...sending love to all of you!
I once had anxiety… until I found Jesus Christ and He healed me!!
Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, is waiting for you to come to Him with your burdens and anxieties. In Him, we not only have assurance of Heaven.. we have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Seek Him while He may be found! He loves you and wants to heal
You explained what I experience on a daily basis. Nice to feel heard and not alone.
Your advice instantly clicked me when you say about our problem solving instincts. I’m an Engineer by profession, I see now, why I tend to control every emotion, seek answers and find the root cause.
Thanks for providing this perspective.
I would try not to take my body as a project to optimise and perfect.
I had a huge panic attack a few years ago out of nowhere, I was falsely told I had a heart problem, I was later told it was actually anxiety. I think that false diagnosis created health anxiety within me. Now I suffer from it daily. Dizziness, panic, chest pain.
Due to physical symptoms of anxiety it’s really easy for health anxiety to take over and make you think it’s a serious problem. The body is a crazy thing.
omg i have same story as you...i was feeling the exact same tingling on left side of head then numbness and heaviness type of shit....i immediately googled abt it and thats where my life was ruined...google said its a symptom of stroke and what not..I FELT SO SCARED i kept irritating my mother to take me to dr but she kept telling me that you are just stressed because of studies...but all those symptoms didnt go away they kept comming back to me and made me think that "this is the end of my life i am done" i felt so stressed..i am thankful to see this video because i relate to it sm...thank you :) sorry for bad english..its nt my first language :)
My dad is a doctor and im 13 and i cant stop thinking abt whether i hv cancer or not. I was watching a show which had something to do with gastric cancer and now im constantly aligning the symptoms with myself
Man... having OCD *and* sensory issues *and* chronic pain really makes everything feel so awful and overwhelming.
I accept the fact that the human body is always doing something, but i wish to god that it would stop
My first time here...this video was so helpful to me 😢🙏...I've been suffering with anxiety for several years 😢...and happy 2024🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I wish I could recover from health anxiety especially without antidepressants. I’ve been on them for the majority of my life and tried going off them twice and it was unbearable and I was not functional.
My son had this at age 14. He did ERP and got better in about a year. Now he’s 21, and it came back with a vengeance. It’s heartbreaking to watch.
First of all THANK YOU! I never really suffered through anxiety, but in the past three years, and especially the last seven months I endured a lot of stress, mostly at home. And it took a toll on me. I ended up in the ER with with feeling sick, my head hurting like crazy and my heart pounding. I am 43 years old, live alone, and I was scared like I was never scared before. So, they did tests on me, my CT scan was good, just like EKG and they told me that something triggered a panic attack. Since, then, and it has been few weeks, I went to plenty of doctors, I was given meds that I didn't respond well too, some made my anxiety even worse. Next week I am going to check the rest of my body, and if everything is ok I will rewatch this video as many times as I need to understand that nothing is wrong with me physically.
But you are so true, since it happened I respond to every thing that happens in my body, like a twitch in my arm, or my leg getting cramps, or my head hurting. Therapy is the only real way to deal with these problems and videos like this one certainly help.
By the way, you got a new Instagram follower right here!
This is my issue exactly. About a few weeks ago in October I was walking along and had pins and needles in the left side of my face and had it spread to my hands, fingers and upper arm. I headed home and called an ambulance thinking it was a mini stroke or a possibly a stroke. I had an ambulance come out and check me over. I went up A&E and had an ECG, bloods and a physical examination and everything was good. However, they did not do a brain scan on me to be sure because they did not think it was anything serious. They diagnosed it as a migraine with aura. Since, then I have been obsessed with thinking have they missed something and it has caused me severe anxiety. I did these things using google to look up symptoms thinking that I had a mini stroke. Since then I struggle to sleep with worry that something is wrong with me. I constantly worry about my health even though all my bloods were normal, my blood pressure is normal too. I haven’t felt right since the incident and I suffer from constant dissociation and derealisation and it scares me even more. I go out and and have in my mind something bad is going to happen, like I am going to collapse to the floor and die or my heart will give out. I get weird feelings and spams in my body. I just wish I could convince my brain that I am ok. My trigger is just thinking the doctors missed something. I convinced my brain that I had something really bad happen. 😢
I am 18 yr old boy studying mbbs 1st year. I have the fear of having leukemia because , once when we had a WBC count experiment i took the blood till 1 but we have to take till 0.5 and dilute it with dilution fluid. Since I took till 1 I got more number of WBC in the experiment and I became too anxious. That day night i checked Google and chatgpt and I read about the symptoms of lukemia and the full week it has that fear and the next week I got to know that we need to take the blood till 0.5. My anxiety got reduced. But the next week I got cold and mucous filled trachea and my posterior cervical lymph node on both sides got swollen which is a symptom of leukemia as well as lymphoma and now the chronic mucous filled chest got cleared today but the lymph node is still present as it was before(swollen) tommoro i have decided to take CBC . Because of this I am not able to concentrate on studies as well as on my hobbies 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
So, so true. Totally agree. I got diagnosed with some type of atrial fibrilation yesterday now I have to add more meds. I cannot get my BP down because I am anxious about the reading. I asked the cardio is it exercise he didn't think so I then asked if it was stress and he said these problems can sometimes agravate the heart as a anxiuos person that instantly went to oh no I am going to cause myself harm. You get to the pont that every physician loads you up with unitentional baggage so yes it would be absolutely fabulous if you could a factual symptom video.
Ive been diagnosed with OCD since i was 14, with no therapy or understanding what that means. This makes a lot of sense and as someone who hyperfixates on my body so much and convinces myself im sick or dying often i know its all in my head but the mind is so complex that i can create symptoms of things im worried about. Like most recently a heart attack, shortness of breath, pain in my left jaw, pain in my left arm pain that comes and goes in the center of my chest and problem solving me went on a deep dive for reassurance that these things happen all at once and severe with other symptoms as well so that made me feel better for a few minutes before my brain kept telling me maybe i should go get checked out then i envisioned the hospital and being their and them saying something bad and i got anxious again and started panicking
Thank you so much for sharing this, there’s there health and then the anxiety- you do not get the support or compassion for for this aspect of suffering which leads to more isolation. It should be no different than any other disorder, no one wants this. Glad to hear you’ve had success and recovery.
Great video. Ive been working on anxiety for a few years now. One thing I realised was anxiety will let you think that whatever “issue/problem” you have gets solved you will feel “fine” but this is not true. The trick is, clean diet, extreme exercise and not sitting watching rubbish on netflix
Cherelle, I agree somewhat however, as someone with diagnosed Nodular Prurigo, Fibromyalgia, Dysmenorrhea, Anxiety and Depression, I do still believe there are undiagnosed conditions.
But more so, I cry about and question why people call me ugly and express disgust at me every day.
I'm an adult female and deserve so much better, including respect.