5 TIPS TO CALM YOURSELF DOWN AFTER GOOGLING SYMPTOMS

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2021
  • Hi everyone!
    In this video I talk about 5 small tips to calm yourself down after you’ve googled your symptoms. The end goal is to not Google at all but this video is for those who haven’t quite managed to master that just yet.
    I hope this video is helpful!
    To book a talking or coaching session with me you can find my booking system here: Book an Appointment with Cherellethinks
    cherellethinks.setmore.com
    To find me on Instagram I’m on there at @cherellethinks
    My health anxiety Facebook support group is called ‘Health Anxiety Community’
    Thank you!
    xoxo

Комментарии • 113

  • @cherellethinks
    @cherellethinks  3 года назад +18

    IMPORTANT: Unfortunately, I won’t be responding to Instagram messages anymore. I hope you guys understand. It’s not an easy thing for me to have to say. Back when I first started my channel I had very little subscribers so this was something I could do easily but now as my channel has grown and that I’m a mother to two very young children, it’s impossible for me to respond to everyone. I currently have 92 unread messages in my inbox and that’s only from last week. I’ve also been getting a lot of rude and hurtful messages of people saying that I’m fake because I’m not responding or sending me message after message demanding for my attention. It’s been getting me so down and people have said some horrible things. I know how it feels when you’re desperate. Truly, I do. I’ve been there and it’s sucks. But please remember I am just one person. A lot of people are also asking me for medical advice but please remember I am not a doctor. I’m just like you.
    If you want to get in touch, I offer health anxiety talking sessions which you can book here - cherellethinks.setmore.com
    I also have a health anxiety support page on Facebook that I interact with a lot. Just type in ‘Health Anxiety Community’ and you should find it. Lastly, I also do regular Q&A’s on my Instagram too where I can answer any questions people may have. I hope you understand and it’s never my intention to upset anyone. There just isn’t enough hours in the day. Thanks so much. X

  • @playbookofeli66
    @playbookofeli66 3 года назад +61

    1st thing you should do is NOT GOOGLE YOUR SYMPTOMS!!! Easier said than done.

    • @cherellethinks
      @cherellethinks  3 года назад +9

      Yep! Very much easier said than done for health anxiety sufferers! But that’s definitely the end goal!

    • @mysteriouswriter9315
      @mysteriouswriter9315 3 года назад +5

      My husband has threatened to take my phone/internet access because I would not stop googling. I had myself absolutely convinced that I have als.

    • @moniranceccxx4189
      @moniranceccxx4189 3 года назад +2

      @@mysteriouswriter9315 same here!!! I started getting muscles twitching in all my muscles about 2 months ago I googled an first thing popped up was ALS. I didn’t sleep or eat for days.. my husband made sure I stopped googling. But I start googling every change I get when he gone. I’m so convinced I have ALS

    • @lukad332
      @lukad332 Год назад +1

      @@mysteriouswriter9315 this literally happened to me right now lol - NEVER GOOGLE YOUR SYMPTOMS 😃😅

  • @abbygeorge7931
    @abbygeorge7931 3 года назад +36

    I have this bad habit of reading other people's experiences and symptom lately, always good to remember that me, a non smoking, non drinking 22 year old woman is NOT a 66 year old man who used to smoke previously. Wish I could get that into my head!

    • @colbychaoscovingtonwarzone7531
      @colbychaoscovingtonwarzone7531 2 года назад +2

      i have smoked before and i have health anxiety and im 19 iv quit and now am scared :(

    • @abbygeorge7931
      @abbygeorge7931 2 года назад +3

      @@colbychaoscovingtonwarzone7531 it's good that you've quit! Smoking is harmful over a period of time but your body can heal from it. You're only 19, you're going to be ok x

  • @LeNu2001
    @LeNu2001 2 года назад +29

    I’m watching this panicking after googling my symptoms again
    Definitely helped me!

  • @inhumanbean6812
    @inhumanbean6812 3 года назад +28

    I don't even need to google anymore. Even if I see one symptom, I worry it's somehow cancer-related. The fact that it's winter and the fact that I have problems with my skin at this time of the year doesn't help. Twitches and heart palpitations don't bother me that much.

    • @cherellethinks
      @cherellethinks  3 года назад +12

      I can relate to that feeling! A lot of us also know FAR too much and we already know the signs and symptoms of various ailments. 😅

    • @colbychaoscovingtonwarzone7531
      @colbychaoscovingtonwarzone7531 3 года назад +1

      hello can we talk if thats okay with you?

    • @inhumanbean6812
      @inhumanbean6812 3 года назад

      @@colbychaoscovingtonwarzone7531 Hi, did you mean me or Cherelle?

    • @colbychaoscovingtonwarzone7531
      @colbychaoscovingtonwarzone7531 2 года назад

      @@inhumanbean6812 yes i mean you sorry im so late i suffer from health anxiety too and would love to get your advice :(

    • @inhumanbean6812
      @inhumanbean6812 2 года назад

      @@colbychaoscovingtonwarzone7531 Is there anything specific you're worried about? I'm also on Reddit (Simulation_Princess), so you can DM me if you want. 😀

  • @user-xg3yp7ys1x
    @user-xg3yp7ys1x 3 года назад +43

    Oh, my health anxiety literally skyrocketed last June when I, for whatever reason, googled enlarged lymph nodes! Since then, it's been hell. Heart palpitations (then I had two ECGs and even echo to rule out any obvious problems), difficulty breathing, I started losing weight (hun, your appetite literally disappears after major panic attacks, of course you're gonna lose some weight), I've been in this trap of "is this headache gonna be a brain aneurysm / this lymph node under my armpit is definitely killing me / why do I keep getting bruises on my legs out of nowhere? / why my heart keeps beating strangely, am I gonna drop dead any minute? / what are these weird marks on my skin and I don't remember these moles / what is these slight shooting pains in my lower right abdomen" for months now.
    Jeez, if I went to doctors any time I sense something "weird" or "scary" or "unusual", I'd be left with empty pockets.
    I'm still trying to figure out how to trust myself and my body. I haven't googled anything since last summer, so at least it's a small win

    • @bina.zmdmfnnattitydenll1945
      @bina.zmdmfnnattitydenll1945 3 года назад

      Sending love. Same here. Its sooo tiring.

    • @cherellethinks
      @cherellethinks  3 года назад +6

      YES to no googling! You’re amazing

    • @vishveshtadsare3160
      @vishveshtadsare3160 3 года назад +1

      Dropping dead at that minute is fine what is not fine is the unnecessary suffering that comes along.

    • @jessicalouisestewart
      @jessicalouisestewart 3 года назад +1

      do you have social media’s because i related to everything you said and want to have someone i can talk to who experiences the exact same things , it calms me .)

    • @user-xg3yp7ys1x
      @user-xg3yp7ys1x 3 года назад

      @@jessicalouisestewart hey, I have an Instagram account, you can dm me anytime, I'm "mrskoleso" there

  • @richl.1800
    @richl.1800 3 года назад +13

    I have to say that I was freaking out when I was awakened by my leg muscle twitching at 230 am. They were strong. They lasted 8 hours and I prayed and they literally stopped after prayer. I googled my symptoms and ALS or MS could be the culprit. I looked further as to what causes twitches and the culprit without being ALS or MS is stress, which I have been, anxiety, which I also have, lack of sleep, which I also don’t get the best, dehydration, which I don’t drink a lot of water, and finally coffee which I drink a lot of....and I watched your channel. Thanks for reassuring me. You’re awesome. Now I don’t even pay much attention to my twitches. It can be a vicious cycle. God is good all the time.

  • @HeatherRiderCoaching
    @HeatherRiderCoaching 3 года назад +6

    I suffered from a severe autoimmune reaction that was triggered by my anxiety. Googling was helpful in some ways to help me find alternative approaches to healing, but it’s far too easy to go down the rabbit hole spending HOURS reading online about what may or may not wrong with my body. And it can make one feel hopeless, like they’re never going to get better.

  • @aadritasaha8473
    @aadritasaha8473 3 года назад +20

    Your channel is underrated.This channel has content worth million views. You are like an Angel who calms me down whenever I start getting weird symptoms ❤️

    • @hugbloom2664
      @hugbloom2664 Месяц назад

      This is such a beautiful comment. Wishing you well .

  • @chrisperry8636
    @chrisperry8636 3 года назад +7

    Really is a never-ending battle between what we know intellectually and what we feel emotionally.
    The most ancient part of our brain that is intended to Keep Us Alive seems to always have an initial edge until we can allow our rational mind to kick in through relaxation techniques and if necessary reassurance.
    Google tells you everything and nothing all at the same time.

  • @R0B690
    @R0B690 3 года назад +4

    Google sometimes helped but rarely. RUclips helps way more but also some videos really dont. Hearing people talk about their own experiences and symptoms is probably the best, to reassure you.

  • @juanyniguez8063
    @juanyniguez8063 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for your help. I have been losing so much sleep lately over so many worries.

  • @anap.9145
    @anap.9145 2 года назад +5

    Thank you so much. I always come to your channel when my health anxiety is bad.

  • @yoyo-jt6yp
    @yoyo-jt6yp 2 года назад +2

    This is pure gold. Thankyou cherelle. I have been suffering from this too. You give me hope. Thankyou. Pls keep making these videos.

  • @freyadavis1814
    @freyadavis1814 3 года назад +1

    This was so helpful - health anxiety is something I got over a while ago but seemed to creep back in during this time of corona. Thank you for the tips they were great :)

  • @nonochan-eq6fe
    @nonochan-eq6fe Год назад +1

    Thanks you are a life saver i have been disturbed because of this stuff for a long time now I am feeling a lot better thanks to you ♥️

  • @soulgaming2007
    @soulgaming2007 3 года назад +24

    My anxiety went really bad when I googled symptoms. It freaked me out. Even talking to the doctors can make me panic. He said my liver enzymes were slightly raised. So obviously I freaked out and started getting pains in that area, but then I was told this can happen a lot. And the doctor was trying to scare me.

    • @cherellethinks
      @cherellethinks  3 года назад +12

      Yes sometimes doctors can really exacerbate our anxiety!

    • @rrrerrrr1198
      @rrrerrrr1198 3 года назад +1

      I’m turning 15 soon and I’ve been so anxious recently. Sometimes I can’t get on with my schoolwork because I think I’m going to die which stresses me out. Sometimes I want to give up but then I start to slowly calm down. I have a swelling in my neck at the minute and I just know I won’t stop obsessing over it for at least a week.

    • @rpggyr
      @rpggyr 3 года назад +1

      If you knew how many people had elevated liver enzymes you would be shocked. I can recommend an herb that will do wonders for your liver. Its Milk Thistle. This herb is recommended even by main stream MD's for fatty liver which is showing up now in Adolescents.

    • @soulgaming2007
      @soulgaming2007 3 года назад

      @@rpggyr I have no idea but I keep thinking it’s something bad as the doctor was horrible about it. And he knows I have health anxiety. My partner was not happy because what the doctor said was not nice and not needed because yes I’m a bit on the chubby side but why should that bother me? He makes it out as if it should like he wants everyone to be perfect.

    • @soulgaming2007
      @soulgaming2007 3 года назад

      @@rpggyr I’ve heard of milk thistle I’m going to get it tomorrow

  • @Islamicbelief123
    @Islamicbelief123 3 года назад +1

    Hi cherelle. Thank you for your videos. Please can you talk more about health anxiety on Covid? I worry about if panicking could make Covid worse as you will have shortness of breath from panic and anxiety ?

  • @kimmybishcake7235
    @kimmybishcake7235 3 года назад +8

    You've helped me alot. I have suffered from health anxiety for a very long time. Recently I have this swollen lymph node that hasn't gone down for some time and Dr. Google scares the shit out of me because all I see is cancer. Thank you for helping me think rationally.

    • @maygurl6637
      @maygurl6637 Год назад +1

      Whenever I have a swollen lymph I ask myself : do I have other symptoms? Feeling weak, night sweat, loosing weight, fever and so on. If not than it’s probably nothing serious. I’ve read that lymph nodes sometimes randomly stay swollen after they’ve done their job it’s like a scar or something

  • @mariagretelgingoyon1449
    @mariagretelgingoyon1449 Год назад

    Thank you Maam, I'm sick now having fever for a week ,and have side stomach pain, then the ultrasound is ok. I over think a lot 😭

  • @saummyatelange4432
    @saummyatelange4432 3 года назад +6

    I don't know how to thank you cherelle 😭😭😇
    You are doing a great work....
    I was going through a health anxiety since last 6 months and no one use to listen my problems ..I was so lonely that I use to cry every morning....
    After watching your channel I firstly I disabled Google 😅😂
    And then I started to live life carefree ..... your channel gave me a very positive vibe
    Once again thank you dear......

    • @SabaKhan-jl4fb
      @SabaKhan-jl4fb Год назад

      Hey 🌸Did you also had physical symptoms as well? Or just a low level of anxiety?

    • @saummyatelange4432
      @saummyatelange4432 Год назад

      @@SabaKhan-jl4fb yes i do get symptoms when i google them...

    • @SabaKhan-jl4fb
      @SabaKhan-jl4fb Год назад

      @@saummyatelange4432 was your anxiety constant? Or just used to occur occasionally?

    • @saummyatelange4432
      @saummyatelange4432 Год назад

      @@SabaKhan-jl4fb
      For a period of time it was constant..but when I started doing changes in my life like disabling the google and being my self more social...my symptoms and anxiety eventually started settling down..even now also I gets stressed out for my symptoms but yeah learned to manage it😊

  • @michaelchua3942
    @michaelchua3942 4 месяца назад +1

    sometimes ignorance is bliss

  • @pagrant
    @pagrant 2 года назад +3

    google is the problem for me, as one symptom could be 5 different types of cancer or something less serious

  • @tanyabrady6405
    @tanyabrady6405 Год назад +4

    Google is bad. I go thru phases with googling

  • @meshii595
    @meshii595 2 года назад +6

    i have abdominal pain in either my left and right side and its freaking the heck out of me [its not painful]. I have my period today and I cant stop convincing myself that I have a kidney disease or a apperadicitis, I keep searching symptoms for about 2-3 hours. I don't want to go to the doctor because that will increase my anxiety and I cant focus on anything if I go to the doctor.

    • @karlusarn
      @karlusarn Год назад

      Same.. this didnt even start hurting yesterday and then I saw on google. Started hurting for some reason.

    • @smitaprabhu26
      @smitaprabhu26 Год назад

      Same here, how do you deal with it? I cant seem to find any way out

  • @duolingo4909
    @duolingo4909 Год назад

    Hello Cherelle, i wanted to say that i googled "symptoms of death" once and i was convinced i had all of them. And i keep getting very stressed before sleep. I get a lot of thoughs, get dizzy, my heart beat goes up by like a lot etc. What should I do

  • @blessingolajide3838
    @blessingolajide3838 3 месяца назад

    I had an abdominal x ray done, now I think I will get cancer, because I started having this burning sensation in my stomach a day after, and I goggled about x- ray radiation 😢, now I think I would get cancer, and I have been in a state of severe anxiety attacks. Even thou my results was normal, I’m not okay. Anxiety feels like an endless circle, with no light at the end of the tunnel. I am tired😞

  • @jorien6453
    @jorien6453 3 года назад +5

    Today alone I’ve convinced my self I have lymphoma, heart disease and creptius neck issues

    • @heatherghimire7744
      @heatherghimire7744 3 года назад

      I got a swollen gland under my arm and I'm thinking the same fuck hypercondria

  • @michaelfinney1778
    @michaelfinney1778 11 месяцев назад

    Hi keep having a morning rash on my throat after getting out of bed. After 20 mins the rash goes. I googled it and my anxiety was high and still is. Doctor google says, I have a disease etc. Google and youtube that's run by google is so scary. Apart from a cold I'm just getting over. I'm not getting any other symptoms. So, hopefull nothing to worry about.

  • @ProdbyNaz934
    @ProdbyNaz934 11 месяцев назад

    I have insomnia and it causes alot of symptoms and for me i panic over parkinsons even though no one in my family has ever had it but the main symptoms are physical, and i play soccer with no issue :/

  • @izzypaynee
    @izzypaynee 9 месяцев назад +1

    freaking out right now after googling dental sepsis and i likely have a tooth infection. so scared and i have to wait until tomorrow
    evening for my appointment. i have all the symptoms after reading - headache dizzy chills and confusion

    • @suziepeck5717
      @suziepeck5717 Месяц назад

      How did it turn out?

    • @izzypaynee
      @izzypaynee Месяц назад

      @@suziepeck5717 it was literally my wisdom teeth 💀💀💀

  • @jonaichs1976
    @jonaichs1976 2 года назад +5

    Never ever use Google ,that shit on Google will trigger your anxiety big time.

  • @TSNWidyVidsgaming
    @TSNWidyVidsgaming 3 года назад +2

    i got told to have a 2nd biopsy there a new lump on me and doctor thinks its nothing but i googled it say i got testicular mesothelioma witch only like 300 ppl got it like the last 50 years and u get it from asbestos i never been around asbestos so im worried lets hope its not that!

  • @DrupaDupas
    @DrupaDupas Год назад

    I Google something all the time and i have something pain it says that i have a disease or hear problem but ik that is is real for 150year pepole

  • @aladinfox4098
    @aladinfox4098 Год назад +1

    Cardiff rules 😀👍

  • @TonyTanGlobal
    @TonyTanGlobal 3 года назад +3

    Hi Cherelle do you have sleeping issues like you cannot sleep throughout the night not just disrupted sleep due to extreme anxiety? Sleep anxiety will just reinforce the base anxiety that is there? If so how did u cope with sleep are you on any sleeping medications during these difficult periods?

    • @rpggyr
      @rpggyr 2 года назад

      Tony a very simple suggestion is to get Magnesium Glycinate. I take total 600mg a day. I buy from company called KAL. At night about an hour before going to bed I take two pills which is 400mg and I also take 3mg of melatonin. It really relaxes you and you will sleep.

  • @Britta_no_filter
    @Britta_no_filter Год назад +4

    Just my two cents: the worse case scenario info on the internet probably gets the most clicks and therefore the most ad revenue, so it’s more visible than the less scary $hit.

  • @waheedahmadwaheedahmed8641
    @waheedahmadwaheedahmed8641 10 месяцев назад +1

    I caught little blood in stool... I went to oncologist he told me it z nothing to worry.. I searced it google 1000 times and RUclips.. Which shows me colorectal c.. I find the story of colorectal patients.. My anxiety forces me you have colon.. I only hugs my little daughter... Because i am too scared

    • @tsvettii
      @tsvettii 4 месяца назад

      How are you now

  • @Schnupax
    @Schnupax 3 года назад +1

    ❤️

  • @Anderson-gr1io
    @Anderson-gr1io Год назад

    Bro i googoled my happen and said i will die

  • @rikabotha4237
    @rikabotha4237 2 года назад

    🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @sadiqpasha3181
    @sadiqpasha3181 3 года назад +5

    Anybody answer anexity causes leg pain

  • @T4coT2uesday
    @T4coT2uesday Год назад

    bruh when I was little I got so scared after noticing i have 1 of the 100 million symptoms of some disease and i'm scared as fuck 😂

  • @organicgaming4703
    @organicgaming4703 2 года назад

    I will search dose CT scan cause cancer and it distributed my life please🙏🙏🙏 help me 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @thatluiswhatllbb64
      @thatluiswhatllbb64 Год назад

      How are you feeling now

    • @SabaKhan-jl4fb
      @SabaKhan-jl4fb Год назад

      Yes CT scans are very harmful go for x rays only do CT scan if it's an emergency case

  • @sabrinam.3576
    @sabrinam.3576 3 года назад

    Is twitching the first Symptome of Als

    • @dmmiller1991
      @dmmiller1991 3 года назад

      Twitching is fatigue from stress and anxiety. Go to doctor if you worried. Extremely small chance it’s als

    • @sabrinam.3576
      @sabrinam.3576 3 года назад

      @@dmmiller1991 i hope so my twitching begin in November 2017

    • @moniranceccxx4189
      @moniranceccxx4189 3 года назад

      @@sabrinam.3576 you had twitching 4 for years if it was related to ALS u would of been in a wheelchair by now

    • @lavmarim2591
      @lavmarim2591 Год назад

      I had that symptoms before then a friend of mine just recommend to take Magnesium supplements and symptoms gone now

  • @iliveinabox2817
    @iliveinabox2817 Год назад

    im freaking out thinking i have rabies

  • @JHYCIER
    @JHYCIER 5 месяцев назад

    I removed my google haha

  • @cherellethinks
    @cherellethinks  3 года назад +5

    IMPORTANT: Unfortunately, I won’t be responding to Instagram messages anymore. I hope you guys understand. It’s not an easy thing for me to have to say. Back when I first started my channel I had very little subscribers so this was something I could do easily but now as my channel has grown and that I’m a mother to two very young children, it’s impossible for me to respond to everyone. I currently have 92 unread messages in my inbox and that’s only from last week. I’ve also been getting a lot of rude and hurtful messages of people saying that I’m fake because I’m not responding or sending me message after message demanding for my attention. It’s been getting me so down and people have said some horrible things. I know how it feels when you’re desperate. Truly, I do. I’ve been there and it’s sucks. But please remember I am just one person. A lot of people are also asking me for medical advice but please remember I am not a doctor. I’m just like you.
    If you want to get in touch, I offer health anxiety talking sessions which you can book here - cherellethinks.setmore.com
    I also have a health anxiety support page on Facebook that I interact with a lot. Just type in ‘Health Anxiety Community’ and you should find it. Lastly, I also do regular Q&A’s on my Instagram too where I can answer any questions people may have. I hope you understand and it’s never my intention to upset anyone. There just isn’t enough hours in the day. Thanks so much. X