My Mental Breakdown & Experience with Health Anxiety
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chapters:
00:00 intro
02:27 what is health anxiety?
04:30 my experience with health anxiety and mental health history
14:57 how do you deal with spiralling anxiety caused by social media?
17:10 advice for putting off blood work due to health anxiety
18:59 how do you fully relax?
20:55 what is the difference between anxiety and health anxiety?
22:00 do you have health anxiety about your family?
22:27 how having someone sick around you can trigger it
24:38 how does it affect your relationships?
26:00 have you had moments when the tiniest health issue put you in panic mode?
26:38 how to support someone with health anxiety?
28:20 how to tell the difference between a valid and non-valid health concern?
30:00 make sure to seek support
Just an fyi on this video! I will be deleting any comments that are fear mongering around health or symptoms, for my own protection, as well as those watching as I know people watching may also have health anxiety. Hope this is OK, and please be mindful before commenting as this is a safe space!
Good idea Madeleine, this is your channel. God bless you!
It’s your channel, you’re in charge, smack down the wieners 🥊
Thank you for opening up. In case it helps anyone I’ll share too. I had never been anxious before but had dealt with low levels of depression. However in about 2017 I had a mental breakdown because of stress. I have since dealt with health anxiety and toilet anxiety. I had no idea what I was experiencing and was terrified. I went to the doctor so many times and got frustrated that they couldn’t find anything wrong with me. I eventually learnt about anxiety. I get heart palpitations, chest pain, dizzy to the point of almost passing out, cold waves of fear and digestion issues (which intensified my toilet anxiety, a vicious cycle). I reached a point where I physically couldn’t leave the house or go anywhere as I thought I’d have an accident. I started with CBT through Steps to Wellbeing (in the UK). Then I decided to also start therapy, which I do privately. It’s been excellent. It’s taken me years (please don’t feel discouraged by this though). It’s so easy to forget how far you’ve come. Journaling can be really useful to reflect. I stop googling, I meditate, I dont wear a fit bit that tracks my heart rate. I have been very open with friends and family and they have been so accommodating. My parents have had many very late night calls from me having a panic attack, we just sit in silence or my mum talks to me until it passes. I live on my own and it can be so scary. There is so much help out there. Mind website is super helpful, the NHS also have mental health nurses who ring to check in. I’ve rung 111 who helped me while I had a panic attack. You’re never alone, and it’s okay. Please find support or open up to people you trust ❤
Thank you for sharing. It’s nice to know we are not alone. 🤍
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Big hug from France Madeleine, I never comment but just had to comment on this one because you remind myself when I was between 27/31 years old (I'm in my 40's now) and lived through 4 years of health anxiety. It all happened when september 11th occured (I don't live in the US and I don't have any family or friends there) but I felt like the world as I knew it ended there. I started having pain in my belly, pain that became stronger day after day, accompanied by panic attacks (like my heart was going to stop because of beating so strong) and paranoia about my health, just like you I started having some other symptoms and that's the tricky part, health anxiety makes us believe we have real symptoms when we don't.
I started going to the emergency at the hospital and from there I started going there every week, all exams were normal, but one day they thought I had appendicitis and I went into surgery, when I woke up they said I didn't and the pain started again, from there they sent me to a psychiatrist which was also a psychotherapist and I started therapy that lasted 3 years (every week) lots of stuff from my childhood came out (I lost my mother very early in life and chnaged country) that wasn't resolved....
The craziest thing I did during these 3 year health anxiety/depression ? One night I woke up feeling so much anxiety, fear and anguish that I went at 3 am by myself through the streets of my town by foot (I don't have a drivers license) to the hospital emergencies, that's how crazy I felt at that time....endless days and night of anxiety, fear of dying, fear of having all the diseases....you name it !
Psychotherapy saved me and you know how ? My psychiatrist told me that when we feel this way it is because we have something inside that needs to come out, some sort of expression of ourselves that needs to come out into the world, we have to create something and from that moment on I understood what he meant by that, I needed to express my creativity and that's what I started doing by writing, painting, crafting....all of that saved me !
When Covid came in 2020 I was afraid to go down the same spiral and I didn't, I have to say that it was exactly the contrary of what I thought I would feel, it was the best time of my life, to be surrounded by the people I love and spending my days creating, I refused to watch all the news but I knew what was going on I just told myself that I did not needed all the details if I was not able to change things...today it's what I do, I don't need to know all the details of the things I can't change or that I have no power over, and that has helped me to better live in my body. So to everyone reading and going through health anxiety, there is a way out ! Thank you for opening up about it Madeleine.
As someone who has suffered with this for years you explained everything really well! I
Thank you for sharing. ❤ it’s so brave to be publicly real in this way when mental health struggles are so stigmatized.
Thank you for opening up and trying to help and support others that are suffering with these issues.
Thank you for opening up. ❤❤❤
I increased my hours at work in 2021 and I was one of only two people running a large office with people coming in constantly. I think the added stress impacted my immune system which caused me to get a double ear infection and then COVID. I started having panic attacks and had to work from home for 3 months. I ended up losing 30 pounds (about 14 kilos) in those three months. I already have a chronic health condition that affects my heart and this really threw me off. Health anxiety is extra terrifying when you do actually have health problems. It’s really closer to health trauma, I guess, for me. Thank you so much for talking about this. It definitely needs to be talked about more!
Thank you so much for this video Maddie! It’s so comforting to know that there is other people out there feeling the same way I feel..it makes me feel less crazy! ❤
Thank you for putting yourself out there and sharing. I grew up with a parent with a very debilitating auto immune disease and have struggled with health anxiety off and on since my early teens. The health anxiety is typically around that specific auto immune disease, however it can manifest over different things. You’re not alone! I’m so glad that you got help. It is so frustrating that there is very little discussion related to health anxiety on the internet. Hopefully this opens the door for health anxiety discussions and support surrounding this.
Thanks for sharing Maddie, your a very powerful voice in a crazy world ❤️
Thanks so much for sharing this, it was a very brave thing to do and people will relate and benefit from your experiences.
I don’t have health anxiety but do suffer from generalised anxiety and recognise how it can affect lives.
It’s great you got help and support and learning about the issue and why you have it, helps with dealing with it and recognising the triggers. 🙏❤
This was Amazing, Madeleine! You’re truly Amazing as a person! Blessings and Peace!
I really appreciate this video 🧡 and you should feel very proud for using your influence and platform to talk about this!
I have had a crazy few years of dealing with OCD, existential anxiety, depression and an overwhelming fear of dying and others dying as well as emetophobia. I heard something once when I was at my lowest and feeling completely isolated which was ‘mental health can make you feel isolated, but it’s actually the biggest community on earth’ even hearing this made everything feel much less intense. There are so many of us on this planet that there is a huge possibility that someone is going through exactly what you are and finding strength to battle it too. Therapy has helped and so has opening up to family and friends, support and love is crucial. And if you’re reading this and going through the same, things WILL get better (I remember this phrase didn’t mean anything to me once, and now I see it from the other side!) we are constantly changing, growing and evolving and things may seem heavy right now but give it time 🧡🧡
Thank you for this brave and needed vlog ❤
❤ you are not alone. Thank you so much for sharing. Love that you shared how you deal with it and the tools. I am so grateful for your videos you have a calming way. I hope you feel heard here too
Thanks for being so vulnerable and sharing your struggles Maddie .It's so good to know your not on your own and we need to have more open and honest conversations around mental health .
I too have OCD and have been therapy which was really helpful . There are good and bad days and sometimes wonder where the old me has gone but I'm learning a new normal and appreciating this beautiful thing called life . I too struggled with an eating disorder and can see the need to control .
I would say to anyone reading this who is struggling to not give up ! We are in this together
Seek help and know you can start the journey of recovery
Thanks for sharing your experience, I really appreciate that you opened up about such a tough topic that can be quite misunderstood. I've also had pretty severe health anxiety at times, and it's crippling and leaves you feeling so alone and helpless. Talk therapy was the route that worked for me too. And gosh I would have loved to have seen a video like this during my darkest hours, just to know I'm not alone or crazy. So thank you!
Such a important and informative discussion - Thank you for sharing! I feel some of your story has and will be so helpful for me…. Again thank you Madeleine.❤
Bravo for sharing this video!! I haven't had quite the same thing but we all have our unique struggles and somehow our brains convince us that we're the only ones. A video like this helps you see that your struggles are not as unique as you thought, and that is a very valuable realisation.
Thank You for being you and sharing what so many of us live with understanding the waves (ups and downs) and not feeling alone or out of control. Seeking medication or other mental outlets to balance your well-being is essential. We all deserve to feel safe NOT overwhelmed or out of control with our thoughts. It's no way to live ~
Thank you for sharing about this! I’ve struggled with this for almost my entire life and I had no idea it was an actual thing. I thought I was just paranoid and alone! Ugh. I feel so seen and validated right now, and I have some great tips to help me finally work through some of my struggles. Blessings to you as you continue to grow and heal.
Thanks so much for sharing this, it sounds ROUGH. I've not experienced health anxiety before but anxiety and mood issues have ruled most of my life, so I really empathise!
Thanks for talking about this! I was diagnosed with OCD two years ago, and struggle with health anxiety, especially now that I am pregnant with my first child. It’s so refreshing to see you discuss something like this so openly, when there is so much stigma and misunderstanding of what these conditions are. Thanks for what you’re doing!
Thank you so much for this video 😍its nice to know I’m not alone, everything you talked about was so relatable
Well said Maddy ❤ keeping it real is the way forward, loved that you were tackling this whilst doing your make up. Brilliant 👏
Thank you so much for speaking openly about this.
I suffered so much anxiety over covid, OCD over hand washing, cleaning everything that came into our home etc.
I know it was made worse through a past experience where someone I was close to died through a extremely rare and hard to diagnose illness and for me the fear is how it effects those left behind, ofcourse I do not want to be ill or in pain but more frightening is the thought of how it would effect my family.
Thank you again for opening up and normalising these conversations, wishing you the best with seeking further help, I hope it works well for you. X
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, I broke down today and I’m so glad to know I’m not alone. I’m proud of you, keep going❤
Thank you for sharing. This will help a lot of people who may not want to talk about the same issues or know how to get help. I have some of these issues that started for me in my 30's. I still struggle but like you I now recognize my symptoms and work to not let them spiral. Thank you for the great advice.
Madeleine what a wonderful gift you've given to your many followers. Your candid chat about your own experiences is so helpful and most of all your advice to get help and learn to live well alongside the anxieties is great. You're such a kind person to share with us here and you've given great hope for recovery for many out here. Its such a common illness and thank you so much. 💟x
Thank you so much. If it helps just one person feel better and seek help this video is worth it!
Thanks for sharing this video Madeleine. I have health anxiety and I can 100% relate to everything you say. I have been in therapy for years now and have tools to deploy but I still have ups and downs with it. Covid was a massive trigger for me and at the time I really felt for other people with health anxiety. I monitor my symptoms as you suggest which really helps and I know that mine relates very much to being in control.. managing the ocd element is the key to recovery I think. Much love to you and big hugs x
A great video their, Thank for sharing this wonderful and informative video and finding the courage of opening up.
Thank you for this..I too have health anxiety and have been through a horrible period of panic attacks where I was literally convinced I was dying. I did and still do a lot of what you recommend.. Thank you ❤
Awww hope you feel better we love you so much lovely! Xoxo you are perfect! One day at Time And gratitude has helped me!
Thank you so much for sharing, Madeleine. 💞 Your discussions about health anxiety have been so helpful for me. 💜
This makes me so happy to hear
So helpful to hear about your experience with Health Anxiety. It's a problem that is not often discussed, so raising awareness is such a great thing to do. It can become so dibilitating. Raising awareness is really important and also understanding causes such as trauma which creates the feeling of being unsafe, which can be triggered as you said by other peoples health problems and then activates the fight, flight or freeze mode. Well done and thank you for sharing.
Thank you for posting this! Very interesting and informative even though you are not an expert. I wish you the best in whatever it is you’re further exploring. For me I was diagnosed with depression/anxiety as a kid which was actually C-PTSD, but even that was actually very ADHD informed. The mistaken diagnoses made me really anxious and distrusting of medical professionals. When I finally got my adhd diagnosis it was so mind blowing for me and really helped me understand my brain better so I hope you have a similar experience if whatever you are looking further into is correct.
Thank you so much for this video madeleine. I struggle daily with health anxiety after having health trauma a few years ago. It helps so much to hear someone that understands it as sometimes it can feel like you’re mad! Or sometimes it feels like you’re never going to feel normal again. Thank you for everything you’ve said in this video, it’s really helped me tonight when I was spiralling ❤ I wrote a journal to help me go through what I was thinking! Great tip. X
This means the world to me and makes this video worth it! I’m so pleased it could offer you some advice and support when you’re spiralling. Keep going and working on yourself and you WILL get through it xxx
I found that completely changing my diet and Moving to a peaceful place (I know not always possible) helped me so much, Mindfulness too is a great help I don't think about my health as much as I used to so there is hope...I believe it is all about life changes and keeping everything simple and slow...good luck to all who are currently suffering❤
You are amazing ! We must always do what is best for ourselves , dont apologize for deleting rude comments .Love your openness ❣
Omg I so needed this right now, lived with anxiety for most of my life, anxiety took over my teen years, and also have ocd and the health anxiety has been so present at the moment, I have been working on my anxiety daily for months,I have good days and also bad days but progress is progress ❤️ thank you so much for this video
I'm so sorry to hear this! Pleas seek out help if you haven't already! You don't have to go it alone
Your comment felt like I wrote it ! I have the exact experience as you. Sometimes I feel like the only person in the world who has had anxiety rule there life. X
Hi Maddie, your insights are spot on… you should consider making a series on mental health. I felt really relaxed after listening to you. Thank you Bernadette
I relate so much to a lot of this. I don't have health anxiety, but I have a form of OCD. I will become certain that something bad is going to happen to my loved ones. It's gone through worse and better phases, getting to points of panic attack in the past. Understanding what it is has been the only thing to set me down a path of resolving my issues, at least as much as I can.
Social media is terrible for health anxiety! I feel like I am aware of so many things that could potentially go wrong and it's overwhelming. I try to turn off social media fairly early in the evening and it's been helpful.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us! I struggle with emetophobia (fear of vomiting) which is very similar in how it presents and ties in with OCD behaviour - it's just more specific because I'm only afraid of illness that can lead to vomiting. It is comforting to see other people going through similar issues, even if ideally none of us would struggle with it!
Thank you for sharing, I have never been diagnosed but listening to you I am now aware that I too may have health anxiety something I was unaware of, as well as anxiety, as I heard you it was like you were describing myself especially the googling of symptoms, I can get myself in a terrible state. Mine started when I was going through the peri menopause and then got diagnosed celiac and since can no longer tolerate dairyit has become a nightmare and I no longer enjoy food like I used to, popping out and grabbing a bite to eat just isn't possible and I am constantly worried about eating the wrong thing and becoming ill. From listening and reading comments, just knowing it's a thing is reassuring. I also am trying to bring more of what comforts and relaxes me into my life. ❤
You're describing my experience to T. I've had it in 2019, I am taking medication since then and I am so thankful for them, as they gave me my life back. Before I was one of those people thinking whoever takes antidepressants are weak, well now I know they can be a life saver.
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Thanks for sharing Maddie.
I struggled with health anxiety too, and it was triggered by health issues I had had that were traumatic for me, but also ones that my parents also had and I had seen their challenges with it. It was rough.
Nobody seemed to pick it up, because I was still living a functional life. I myself am a therapist and I just invalidated my anxiety experience lololol.
I ended up seeing a psychiatrist anyway as I was having an ADHD assessment. When I tried the ADHD medication and the flurry of thoughts slowed down, that's when I noticed how incredibly anxious my thoughts were and how tense my body was all the time. So I ended up starting medication for anxiety too (alongside some therapy, I might add).
Anyway. I will add that medication is oftentimes a key intervention for OCD (I say this as a mental health professional). So do talk with your doctor about medication options if therapy and practicing skills alone is still not cutting the mustard.
Thank you for speaking openly about this. I've been diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder and depression. Sometimes I still feel guilty about getting ill because I was raised to be too strong and independend. Luckily I've been able to go to therapy and starting to come to terms with being vulnerable and imperfect (since that's just a part of being a human being). These kind of videos help me to remember that I'm not alone and it's ok not to be okay :). Maybe we are even braver because we confront our issues and talk about them?
Thank you so much for this video! For years I thought that family members and doctors would think I'm crazy! I have health anxiety and never knew until you started discussing it that this was a real thing! It's so frustrating when logically you know you should go to a doctor but you have the fear that they're going to find what you're thinking is wrong or something else and it hold you back from going! I've so much anxiety just to get blood work done fearing results of something wrong! It really does bring my anxiety to another level and it can be very crippling!
I’m so sorry you’re going through this! Definitely seek support if it’s interfering with your day-to-day life!
I have the same reaction...I TOTALLY understand what you are experiencing !!!!
I too have health anxiety. The other day I received my smear test letter and it ruined my day. The thoughts I had were horrible and in the evening I brought on a horrendous panic attack ! All because of a letter .
I agree that everyone has had some kind of mental health issue at some point in their lives. You give good advice on how to deal with health anxiety, but interestingly didn't mention exercise. It's so good for being able to relax when you need to, like before going to sleep. Good on you for talking about it and some things we can do to deal with it in a constructive and positive way. I think for me the thing that helps the most is to not listen or participate in social media that feeds the problem. Listen to things that help.
I've had health anxiety for years now and did get CBT for it. It's something I know I will always have. Mine centres more around cancer after a couple of scares. Every pain, feeling in my body I automatically think it's cancer. I had all the symptoms you mentioned and it was so disruptive to my life. I had panic attacks, I couldn't eat, sleep etc. The therapy helped a lot and medication.
Thanks for sharing this, I never hear anyone talking about this.
I'm really pleased you got the help for your health anxiety! It is terrifying and such a difficult thing to experience!
Thanks for this. I am working through trauma in therapy right now and my health anxiety is back 😫 It's a cycle huh, but we get better at managing it each time.
I often see it as reminding myself that I don’t want to have wasted my life worrying about things and waiting for something bad to happen.
I believe I have health anxiety related to my dogs health as he’s getting older and is epileptic. I can get very stressed, can’t take deep breaths, I have to check on him constantly and Google different diseases he could have and worry at every noise that he’s having a seizure. He’s actually in great shape for his age I think, I just am so scared of losing him before his time. Thanks for this video, I think the tips will help me ❤
It might be worth seeing if you can speak to someone about this as it really is no way to live! It’s so stressful and I understand what you’re going through. I forgot to mention it in the video but I also think a lot of this was triggered by Roxie getting very ill shortly after we adopted her (this was also during the pandemic). Thankfully she is all well now but it was very stressful xxx
@@MadeleineOliviaI’m doing much better as we just bought a house and just moved him in which has lowered my stress significantly! Hopefully it stays that way. Thanks again ❤❤
Just got home from work knowing I have to hand in my notice because I live in constant pain but no doctor can find a reason for it. I’ve come to the point that I can’t manage being in constant pain alongside a full-time job and 4 hours of public transport to get to and from work every day. The lack of answers makes me ask myself if it’s in my head, stress related or physical and undiagnosed. Then I live in anxiety wondering what could be wrong with me. Seeing this was so comforting to not be alone. As a single person I don’t know what I’ll do if I can’t work anymore as I have no one to take care of me financially. Made a GP appointment for this week to discuss my options. Thank you so much for sharing!
Please advocate for yourself! If you are in pain you deserve to find out why, and get the supper you need. It isn’t any way to live. I’m so sorry to hear you’re going through such a tough time. You aren’t alone, so make sure to reach out and seek the support you deserve and I really hope that your GP appointment can get you somewhere close to feeling better ❤️❤️❤️
❤ ❤ ❤ great advice it is a multi faceted cure or management plan! Well Done
Thanks for your insight an your therapy journey. I myself have cbt for other reasons but since I do not live in the UK CBT is different to your expereince. I am not told what to do but while talking to the psychologist we together work out what behaviours and reactions in my every day life help me to cope and handle things better so it is a progress
Thanks for sharing this. My health anxiety has lasted over 45 years due to traumatic experiences as a teenager. I still struggle now at 65, even after councelling in the past, but this video really helped.❤
That's a long time. I'm sorry you struggling with this. For me it's about 15 years now and that's awful.
Hi Maddie
I didn't know health anxiety (while very concerned with mental health since I've been suffering from anorexia, depression and generalized anxiety disorder for more than 12 years :/) and your video was a very interested input into that. Sending you lots of support and love 😘
N'k....#1, beautiful heart you have Maddie, thank you...a real thank you for sharing....AND...#2, stunning skin!!! Beautiful makeup look!
I experience OCD and health anxiety, it's brutal to live with.
Hope you're OK, I'm struggling big time ❤
Thank you :)
Thank you for sharing. We really have to be careful with social media because their goal is to keep us scrolling and one way to do that is to show us content that upsets us. So the reason you are seing so much content about people being sick is because the AI has learned that it upsets you. It is really messed up but sadly, that is how it works and I think we need to be aware of that!
Thank you for sharing your experience. I feel huge anxiety over developing Alzheimer’s disease in my later years after caring for two very close family members who had the disease and had to go into nursing homes. The fear is all-consuming sometimes.
I am the same even at the age of 65 I had a breakdown about 30 years ago , you never get over it , but learn to live with it , anxiety never goes away but I mange it ,by trying to do the things I love ❤ xx
I said this exact comment to my husband this morning. I have suffered anxiety all my life and after having a particularly bad week I said to my husband it is about managing it because im never gonna be rid of it. ❤
I have not had an issue with health anxiety, but I do suffer from depression. It's not easy to open up about mental illness. People still look at me like I'm weird because I don't take medicine for this depression. Cognitive therapy has helped me tremendously.
I feel you. I also have health anxiety. It started after I needed a major heart operation 16 years ago. Unfortunately anxiety has similar symptoms to heart problems and I find it hard to distinguish. So I always do a ‘ it’s just anxiety….. but what if it isn’t?’ I have to believe it is anxiety. I take a breath, look at the facts. Journalling and meditation helps me so much
I’m much better than I used to be but it’s still hard. I don’t think it ever goes away properly xxxxx
Thanks for sharing Maddie, it seemed like it was a bit hard for you at times to talk about all this so I hope you were able to look after yourself once filming was done x
Thank you! Yes it was tough but it's something I've wanted to do for a while! Being vulnerable is important
Don't forget there is a lot going on in the world so don't just think it's you hope that helps and yes It does help that u opened up now I know its not just me either thank u for sharing.
I suffered a Concussion a couple years back from a Vacuum cleaner. Poorly engineered, while using the hose it spun the whole unit around. Cracked me in the back of the skull. Four inch egg. Painful for weeks. Six weeks or so later it felt like I had been dropped off a cliff. Anxiety so bad, I truly thought I was dying. I still struggle to this day with health anxiety stimming from this injury. I suppose I should have sued Bissell. It was a pet vacuum, suppose to target pet hair. Use extreme caution when using new vacuums folks. The struggle is real🩷. On a brighter note, Blessings to all. Have a wonderful week.
I'm so sorry what an awful thing to experience!
I find it interesting how different people respond to different types of therapy. For me I hated all the therapy where the person seemed to feel bad for me etc because I was just like ok yeah that’s sad but who cares what’s the solution. So the CBT and EMDR cold therapy stuff worked great for me cause I was like let’s just make a solution I don’t need someone to by sympathetic cause sympathy doesn’t make anything different. But I know loads of people who like a more compassionate approach.
That's so interesting and I love hearing this because it just shows how we all need to find what works for us when it comes to our mental health. We are so multifaceted and it's integral to our recovery and to finding a toolkit to look after ourselves that we get the therapy that is suited for us and our needs.
I have ADGD burnout a lot, it's hard for the outside world to understand. So I feel ya hun.
You're not alone. The media's fearmongering drove a lot of people mad. And they're still doing it. I just don't pay any attention to it, I haven't watched TV for over 4 years. If you want to stay sane in a mad world, it's better to ignore the evil ones.
Yeah I haven’t watched the news since I was a young teenager for this reason. It felt like during the pandemic we were forced to listen to it! Now I get my information from friends and family, brief summaries if I am listening to classic FM, and through people I admire on social media sharing climate or social justice news. This way I can protect myself a little more. But social media is still crazy for the information you’re fed against your will!
What ??? You increase anxiety with that stupid assumption !!
I've had health anxiety since early teen-age. At times it was really debilitating and I was constantly repeating inner mantras and rituals/ticks to neutralize the compulsive thoughts. Mine especially revolve around cancer and whatever horrible illness I just heard of.....I fear for the people I love most as much as just for myself. There's also this dimension where I fear my compulsive thoughts actually CAUSE the illnesses so it would be my fault. It's messed up. 😑
It comes in waves.... there was a time in my life where I was free of it but then some major life stressors brought it back. I never got help for this and I never told anyone. It's tough.
Good morning to you
I notice that so many businesses, channels, creators, and people in general today are sharing "solutions" to health problems, but when I look into what they're selling or offering, rarely is it of any value and not really verified. Right now the trend is magnesium for anxiety, last month it was turmeric, the month after that it was something else and so on and on. Those things might have a health benefit...I love taking tumeric, but I also know that it's not a cure for anxiety. I get way more out of mindfulness meditation, therapy, journaling, setting boundaries, workbooks like "30 Days to Reduce Anxiety" by Harper Daniels, and exercising then taking magnesium or tumeric. I guess the point being, we can't get "health" perfect and I try to be leery of anyone or any business who claims they can cure something so easily.
Agreed!
I feel you do so much at home, painting, cooking, cleaning...you really great. He looks more anxious to me
Listening to you talk about this makes me think that my husband might have health anxiety. When you talked about trying to not constantly seek reassurance from family, I commend you on that. There are points when my husband is endlessly seeking reassurance about things that might be wrong and it's pretty exhausting to have to deal with. I know that he's going through a lot, and I should be supportive, but it just wears me down when it's days or even weeks of constant barrages of questions about if I think XYZ is a problem, or if doing that thing he did was a bad idea, etc. I've known for a long time he should probably seek therapy, but he's resistant. Anyway, vent over. Thanks for listening
It's really hard for those close to those with anxiety, as we lean on them for reassurance. I'd really encourage you to tell him how it makes you feel and that you feel a little overwhelmed by it (obviously in a careful way so not as to hurt his feelings or make him feel like a burden), and that maybe he ought to speak to someone who knows how to help him. Ultimately you don't know how to help him as you aren't a professional, but someone like a therapist or doctor can give him actionable tools, or even an ear to listen to that can offer you and him that relief. You're in it together
I'd really recommend listening to the podcast Lily Pebbles did with her husband here as it's a man dealing with health anxiety and maybe if you listened with your husband it could help him understand the problems he is facing: czcams.com/video/ERz9Q0jBYM0/video.html&ab_channel=GiovannaFletcher
@@MadeleineOlivia great advice. Thank you. I'll listen to the podcast with him.
Wow I was fine until 20 years ago. I became ill,two ten day hospital stays then surgery that went bad. Forty day stay with peritonitis and sepsis. Over the years I have had therapy been on meds from time to time and was doing fairly well although triggered by some medical procedures. Then Covid, I was terrified and shut down. Getting helped but my family turned from me because they think I'm just difficult. Still working on it up and down always
I'm so sorry your family has turned on you.I am very grateful to hear you are getting help because you aren't difficult, and you deserve to feel better
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Thank you for sharing your experience- It means so much. 🤍
If you have good friend and family it helps in never goes away but you can get help with this talk to your doctor to get help 🐝🐝
I lived with anxiety my entire life. Turning 50 in December and finally found the holy grail for anxiety! No pharmaceutical drugs. Magnesium Bisglycinate. I take almost 700 mg per day and haven't experienced anxiety for over one year. Please give it a try! It is amazing!
Yes I've been taking magnesium recently as I heard this can help!
I just started taking magnesium glycinate over a month again and I can truly say it really does help with my anxiety and sleep!
I just started taking magnesium too and I do notice a difference on the days that I take it! Definitely helps with sleep too!
Magnesium threonate (Magtien); D3, B12 and Omega 3s. Have your levels checked, esp if you are vegan. If you are chronically low in any or all of these, it can have a huge impact, esp if you’re stressed.
No side effects from that high dose?
Plant exclusive (not plant based) diet is known to get tid of depression and it got rid of mine. I only eat veg and complex carbs and drink water. I can't eat fruit (including the fruits that are considered veg, tomatoes, aubergine, cucumber, courgette). I also can't eat any veg that taste sweet. Carrots, onions, leeks, peas, sweetcorn, sweet potatoes, etc. because of the way they affect my brain chemistry (if i ate one of the sweet foods at every meal, I'd cry after every meal). It was horrendous, started when i was a small child, and I've only just discovered them all in total at the end of 2022. Im 53 in march.
I developed debilitating health anxiety triggered by stress during covid. There’d been some health scares in my family years before and it was like out of nowhere I was fixated on those problems happening to me - they were not hereditary so this was irrational. It got so bad that I couldn’t walk to the end of my street alone, had panic attacks on car journeys and didn’t want to be more than 10 minutes from a hospital ever. I waited 9 months to get a call back about nhs therapy but luckily I’d managed to work through it a lot with the help of friends and family by then. My main advice is to not avoid doing things, push through and keep exposing yourself to what you think you’re afraid of. Soon you’ll start to chip away at the fears. I’ve also come to realise that worrying about suddenly dropping dead is SO pointless when you wouldn’t even know it’s happened - sorry if that’s a bit morbid for anyone, but it truly helps me to think of it that way!
It sounds like we have been through a very parallel experience. Great advice, and I'm really happy that you have come so far
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I think maybe the word you were looking for was “disassociation”? It’s kinda like when your mind detaches from your body / reality
Madeleine, I would like to ask your opinion on what you found to be helpful when your family wanted to help with your health anxiety? My sibling feels it’s normal and the rest of the family is insane for not sharing her concerns surrounding health? Honestly, her obsession can be a handful to deal with during the course of the year but during flu and cold season it’s downright exhausting. I know you said to basically not feed into it but challenge it and be there for them but that’s not always easy.
It's so tough! I'd really recommend speaking to her about seeking therapy or professional support with it. Ask her how she is dealing with it, and if she is struggling as you want to be there for her and help her get through it
@@MadeleineOlivia Thank you.❤️
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Hmm I don´t think I have healthy anxiety. I usually see myself as unbendable, really. 😅 However, this has made me think about my own feelings of late. I lost my mom at the start of the year due to COPD. She had been in increasingly worse health for years and eventually passed away from a failed lung transplant. I kinda feel like I´ve lived with the impending death of my mother for so long, that I immediately think of the worst when there might be something wrong. I mean, I went to the vet because my dog had a very upset tummy because I was so afraid of losing her. 🤷♀
I appreciate your thoughts and experience! Overall, the fear and anxiety I’ve experienced has been caused by stress and lack of faith. The health anxiety for me has been real this past year and I believe most of my issues were caused by stress. I believe in God and His son, Jesus Christ. The more that I have surrendered to Him and relied on those around me I have experienced more peace of mind and decrease in symptoms. i don’t have to bear every burden because He will! I prayed for guidance, made diet changes and got rid of excess things in my life (sort of a minimalist mindset). I also tried to slow down - driving, walking, in general just slowed down and quit rushing. It’s hard to do that in todays world, but it really has helped. I’m not completely over fear and anxiety but trust and hope in the Lord to care for me. ❤
Who here is like me and afraid to go to the doctor? When I must go I panic few days before and at the doctor's office I feel like I'm going to pass out. I avoiding doctors because I'm so scared they going to find something.
I would really recommend seeking help through therapy with this! It’s important we are able to see the doctor when we need help, but that it doesn’t cause us this debilitating fear. You can get CBT therapy on the NHS and it helped me so so much!
@@MadeleineOlivia I'm in therapy for 3-4 years and it helped me a lot ( I also have depression) But this connection between symptom in my body and anxiety and panic attacks is still very strong. I can't get over it. It's overwhelming and debilitating. Last days was very hard, especially today so I came back to your video. Thank you for sharing with us - we don't feel so alone in this. ♥️
only at the beginning of the video, so maybe you'll answer this, but what's the difference between health anxiety and hypochondria then?
There isn't really a difference, except that hypochondria has negative connotations. Health anxiety is potentially a better and more modern term to use as it as it comes with less assumptions and judgement.
@@MadeleineOlivia that makes sense! So many mental health issues have negative connotations because of the derision faced only a few years ago. I really feel like our generation has made a huge step towards fixing that.
Talking about health anxiety & doing your makeup made me a little anxious lol
Haha I'm sorry!
My Son Suffers from Health Anxiety he was told few years ago it was Hypochondria ! It’s not a word I care for personally
Agreed! Hypochondria diminishes it and has bad connotations sadly. Health anxiety is a serious disorder!
Did Alex’s car crash trigger your health anxiety?
It didn't no, but it made me quite scared to drive for a little bit!
@@MadeleineOlivia Awh, yes, I can imagine. It would affect me the same way.