Hypochondria. STOP Health Anxiety in 10 steps
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- Hypochondria also called health anxiety or illness anxiety is a debilitating anxiety disorder. CBT is the most effective treatment for health anxiety. In my most comprehensive video on health anxiety yet, I share with you the steps and tools used in CBT to stop or reduce hypochondria.
This is the health anxiety thought record I mention in the video:-
www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/He...
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Nothing is permanent.... You're fine and safe...👍
The most frustrating thing for me, is how I can go hours and hours without thinking of it at all. Then, the second I stop and try to tell myself “Look, it’s all in your head. You forgot about it and lived life normally nearly all day. You’re fine!” it starts again. I KNOW it’s in my head, but when the pain or whatever starts, there’s nothing I can say to make myself believe it. It’s too real, and it’s always when I’m alone.
I have a feeling self talk is the biggest step in this process, it’s so hard to self-soothe when you genuinely are scared and start the domino effect of this condition. I always try to treat myself as the child version of myself, mainly so I practice compassion more than anything. It’s difficult but worth it
You literally explained how I have been feeling. You are not alone at all. I hate it so bad, like why me? But I just hope for the best.
You are sooooo like me!!!!
Most if the time it's at night when you're on bed. It feels like you'll be calling 911 anytime cuz you feel like dying! 😵😭
I agree when you’re alone it can consume you easier. Loneliness can be a real b1tch
I’m 17 and struggle everyday with health anxiety. Any body pain I feel I think the worst thing it’s so exhausting. No matter what I do I always convince myself I’m physically ill and I’m so terrified all the time. It has changed my life entirely because my brain convinces itself that I have cancer or something else that is also serious. I pray I won’t feel this way forever and I hope any of u that struggle with this feel better. We got this. ❤️
I'm in the exact same position as you, it is so exhausting. Even when my doctor tells me that I'm perfectly healthy and needn't worry about anything, I still feel anxious about it! It's awful, I've been trying to control it, some days are better and some are worse but I believe I can do it. Hope you feel better soon, your anxiety does not define you ❤
Same bro my age is 18 and facing same thing
@@vighnesh3742how did you overcome it ?
Everything is same....can u plz tell how did you overcome it ?
@@v-logs1695 i know the question wasn’t directed at me but i struggled with health anxiety a for a long time (and still kind of do) and these are some things that helped me: i started doing yoga and meditating to calm myself down, i read or dance or sing or whatever i feel like doing when i’m anxious, i go on walks if it’s too bad and it helps a lot, i also write about my anxieties, that was probably the biggest game changer for me. if i feel any symptom i think “if this doesn’t go away in 1/2 weeks i’ll talk to my doctor but i’ll try not to worry in the meantime”, this “postpones” your anxiety, if it’s a “real symptom” (couldn’t find a better word for it) it might persist, if it’s just my anxiety it’ll, most of the time, go away when i’m relaxed. also, NEVER google your symptoms, if you are seriously worried talk to a trusted medical professional, google will only tell you you are doomed because that’s the kind of answer that gets the most clicks. if you can, you should also try to talk to a therapist, talking to mine about this helped so much!
sorry if this is too long, but i hope it helps. know you are not alone in this!
For the past few months I've been having daily panic attacks and just anxiety in general because for some reason I can't get my mind off of the idea that I could have a heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, anurysm at any time. I'm only 29. And im terrified.
Same thing it started during a loryngitis where I could not eat and my throat felt full of something so I also had trouble breathing. Now even when it's passed I still have this feeling and it's causing me to get anxiety and feeling short of breath. Its going on for 3 weeks now and I'm so tired of it. I noticed during the day it's a lot less since you are busy so it does confirm it's all in my head.
This is me also. I just turned thirty two months ago and think this is a worse age crisis like I’ve never expected. And I’m convinced suddenly that every bite of food I take will help or cause an attack. So I barely eat. But when I’m having a good day and distracted and dare to eat something fried or sweet, it will trigger the anxiety again and I spend all night thinking an attack is coming. I’m afraid to take the stairs or do push ups in case it triggers something, but also not exercising causes it too. There’s no way to win and it feels awful.
@@SloanisSunny reach out if you ever need/want to talk about it. You too, Sem Kn 🙏
@@semkn9555 that's what I'm going through rote now it always comes at night or when I'm driving. I used to love driving now i hate the thought of it bit I have things to do and it's so scary for me
@@vanessaorozco9035 yh it's so tough. It's going better for me now. What helped me was a good sleeping routine and eating healthy to feel good. Having positive thoughts and not focusing on breathing also really helped but that's the hardest part. You can also try magnesium and b12 to fight the anxiety. Hope you feel better soon
Im just 24 but struggling from past 4 years...though it is managebale im really worried, but seeing these many comments i would feel that im not at all alone with these symptoms...Lets come out of this soon and live our lives back❤
I am to i thout I am only suffering from anxiety disorder
It’s crazy I thought I was the only one then reading the comments, it seems like there’s tons of people like me.
i am going through the same thing and here is my advice to everyone concerned.
meditate atleast 10 mins when u wake up n before sleep.
jog, sprint and walk for atleast an hour everyday.
acceptance is the key. accept whatever is happening to you and just learn to live with it eventually u'll get used to it and forget.
muscle buildng exercise helped me alot with this.
take magnesium n improve sleep.
eat healthy and loose some body fat.
learn a language take classes for me it was japanese
If you are watching because you are struggling you do get better - i promise.
This video is really helpful, give something a go a few times and see what helps for you ✌️
Dizziness is the worst part. Its worse than body tremors, dry mouth, nausea, palpitations etc... Because its the most debilitating. Being dizzy is the one that prevented me from leaving the house.
See for me I can handle that one easy it the nausea and belly pains .and heart palpitations..one night it was beating fast in my sleep I get up and take my BP and it was high along with my heart rate.i message a friend think I'm gonna go the er..she said calmness down it anxitey it gonna read high I broken-down took some meds and listen to my meditation videos told her it u havent heard from ne in 15 mins then inl feel asl33p it worked
Being a cancer survivor spiked my health anxiety, but I found a few things that work fairly well:
- Daily journaling about my worries and perceived symptoms
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Annual physicals for nothing in particular
- Checking back with symptoms I've documented and seeing that they have no gotten worse (usually they've disappeared)
- Noting the correlation of health anxiety with just overall stressors in life (one tends to lead to another)
I hope that helps!
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Thank you so much for this. I've noticed that other people's diagnoses or reported deaths spike my anxiety so much. I'll try your tips
Im a survivor out 12 years and it bothers me any ache or cramp
Sorry I'm struggling with health anxiety and I'm terrified of cancer, could please give your age? And what cancer? Sorry if I'm being rude, I'm looking for first hand information
Thankyou. God bless you, Im glad you recovered.
Googling and other "checking" behaviors are what i need to deal with most
Me too
Anxiety is just temporary thing
When you are anxious just observe what is happening or try to ignore then anxiety will automatically come down.
I tried it helped me lot.
Ignoring is so so hard. Takes practice
I’m 24. 3 years ago I had a bad panic attack while my buddy was driving me home so we go to the ER. Hot flashes, my entire body went tingly. I couldn’t move my tongue or my hands. I thought I was having a stroke.. I get hooked up to an EKG at ER and nurse tells me I have a cardiac arrhythmia. This freaks me out. I see a heart doctor two weeks later and he says I’m completely fine, that my test looks normal, just anxiety.. ever since that day I’ve had severe anxiety. Lately it’s my left side of my head and neck that hurt, I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack or an aneurysm. It scares me so badly and I feel like I bother everyone in my family too much about it. I seem to have something different wrong with me every single month. I pray that I can get through this and live a great and healthy life rid of anxiety 🙏 I pray for everyone in a similar condition
How are you doing?
i can understand.... but its hard... don worry... take each day as it comes
I got anxiety induced arrhythmia tonight. It’s really difficult mentally dealing with the feeling of your heart stopping for a couple seconds then just continuing. Then stopping. And obviously worrying just makes it worse
Dude my sorry is almost identical to yours!! Please check back in here so we can talk and exchange emails
I had a similar incident happen to me. As usual, my tests came out normal and the doctor didn't feel the need to put me through more tests because he knew I was having a panic attack.
Honestly, some days are amazing and some are the worst. It's exhausting having such negative thoughts.
It's actually crazy how many physical symptoms anxiety can make you go through.
I pray that you can go through this and anything that comes at you. 🙏✨
Happy New Year! Another great and highly appreciated video, Martin ❤️
Happy new year!
I’ve suffered from health anxiety for years but was able to manage it. Recently it’s gotten unmanageable and I’ve been struggling. But a few days ago I just got my first huge panic attack where I became extremely dizzy and I thought I was going to pass out or die. Because of that, it spiked my anxiety even more and I’ve struggled every day since then. Getting dizzy at random times and being scared to leave the house or drive. It’s gotten better slowly every day with mindfulness and meditation, but it’s been debilitating these last few days. I found these videos from your hypnosis on health anxiety and they’ve really helped. Thank you!
If you are starting to get panic attacks my panic attacks series should help. czcams.com/video/21fp9HLBqqI/video.html
Thanks for all your time dedicated to helping people. Hope things return to you 10 fold.
Thank you very much for taking the time to help
Happy to help
These are brilliant. The behavioral experiment chart has just given me so much hope.
Behavioural experiments are the most powerful tool in CBT. Use them often and they can change the beliefs that drive the anxiety.
The illustration for #9; worry postponement genuinely made me laugh out loud. Love the person talking to the brain! Thank you for this video and a like for you!
Spot on! Woke up this morning with anxiety.
For the first time in years I find this one of the most helpful videos, thank you for this one!
Glad it was helpful!
Am from India and i want to thank you form my bottom of my heart. cause in my 3 year of anxiety and depression journey i did not find any video which will match 100% with my situation ..its help me a lot its like a medicines to mee
This helps me confirm I'm not a hypochondriac. I just have a lot of different symptoms. But it does help me be more rational about those symptoms.
Martin, can't thank you enough 🙏🏻
I can't tell my relief in words after listening to your video .. and how much I could relate to this .I was struggling from last two year tried everything but couldn't figure out what is wrong with me .. my doctors my reports said I was alright but I was not fully satisfied ended up doing so many test and admitted to hospitals for diffrent problem always thinking that there is some thing major going on in my body.. but after listening to your video ... I got my answer that what exactly I am suffering from .This video made me emotional that some actually understood me after so many years . Thank you so much
I think it's universes way to show me the right path that today to googling about my symptoms and I ended up to this video
I cant express this in word that how light I fell today ... Thank you so much again 🙏
Pov
Sorry for such a lengthy comment but wanted to show all gratitude toward this wonderful video
Im glad my video helped. Have a look at some of the others in my health anxiety playlist. czcams.com/play/PLLLHgjmNNVTF5PT0N3sTulqL2JOfggva5.html
They go into more depth about how to use CBT to reduce health anxiety.
Excellent. Love the forms. When I first started watching your videos A couple weeks ago I was a full-blown hypochondriac with agoraphobia. Now I’m just a hypochondriac with a touch of agoraphobia. I watch your videos as a reminder to slow down and realize that progress takes time. I had a setback yesterday I started googling my symptoms again. (PVC’s are what set off this anxiety disorder). I still have the PVCs but I’m learning to live with them. Can you please do a video for people like me whose anxiety was triggered by a real health condition? I was fine before the PVCS. I was even fine for a couple weeks when I started getting them. Then I went to the wrong doctor and they told me I could die which set off what they call panic disorder. I saw the cardiologist and he told me I was having PACs and PVCs and I wasn’t likely to die but by then the mental damage had been done.
I feel like a lot of people are like me where they actually do have real problems or had real problems and fear them getting worse or turning into something more. Sometimes self help videos dismiss it all as anxiety but what do you do when it’s really happening and you’re worrying yourself sick?
Hi Ashley. Im glad you are making progress. Safety behaviours creeping back are really common. It happens to everyone. Don't see it as a failure but just a learning experience. I have had others with health conditions ask for a video on it so I have added it to my video ideas list. I have lived with PVCs and PACs for 15 years. Im quite relaxed about them now but it was scary at first so I understand how it must have felt when the doctor made that stupid comment.
I read some comments and from this I understand that the symptoms are very similar. I had panic attacks which I actually already had but they got worse after a month of ear infections. I went into a strong depression for 3 months and stopped eating, I lost 20 kilos in 3 months. As someone has already written, I too was afraid of eating, I was afraid that I was allergic to some ingredient or that I would suffocate. I didn't do physical activity for fear that my heart would speed up and I'd have a heart attack. It all stems from the fact that I saw my grandparents die before my eyes, both young, my grandmother from an aneurysm (I'm terrified of it) and my grandfather from cancer and low self-esteem for which I think I'm weak. But something changed in me, I thought I couldn't stay this long, that wasn't life. I went to a psychologist, now I wake up early, I have my routine, I journal regularly and I have good habits with a healthy diet. Even today I suffer from anxiety, and when I have some symptoms, even just fever or red eyes or burst capillaries (I work a lot on the PC), I get scared. But now there are no longer those strong panic attacks, little by little I'm taking my life back. However, I understood that everything is linked to the fear of dying and the awareness that we are passing through here. But precisely for this reason I want to live a joyful existence and not be a slave to fear. It's a lot of work on yourself but it has to be done, otherwise you can't live anymore. So I'm sending you lots of good vibes, let's actually strengthen each other! We are strong, we are healthy, we are safe and protected! So much faith in ourselves and in the universe.
Definitely feel this. One or two things appear and I just get to googling. Then I find something that almost matches then I try to convince myself I have that. I hate it so bad. Want to go to doctor to always be safe then at the same time terrified. I suffer with anxiety which was bad about 2 summers ago. I was okay after then it had passed then COVID came and currently I feel it coming back. Then feels like I can’t talk to no one because they would say I’m just over thinking or nothing is wrong. That just makes me feel worse. I hope for the best and feel better I’m not the only one dealing with this.
I thought I was the only who suffered from this
Seing the comments is very reassuring. Knowing thst you are not the only one to think you will have a stroke, a heart attack, a cancer or other doseases that I'm not going to tell you, because otherwise I'll give you ideas (been there with least 5 more diseases). I think I'm getting better now, it's been 3 years dealing with it. Not googling it is number 1 step
I was in the middle of a panic attack and you helped so much. Thankyou so much.
Glad to have helped. If you haven't seen it already I have a hypnosis video for panic attacks also. czcams.com/video/tYznSpKXFm4/video.html
You changed my mind thanks
I don't know I am always afraid of getting cancer, if it is a lower back pain, I feel my kidneys are damaged, if my left chest hurts with left arm, I feel I am about to get a heart attack soon. God please save us 🙏 even if I am fine, these negative thoughts make my condition worsened. 😓😓😓
God bless You my friend, I know what you feel and you are not alone I have the same fears. Sending you love across the planet and hope we heal from this anxiety/hypocondria and live a life filled with true peace and true love. Hugs💜
@@harmony5807 God bless you my friend ⭐✨ may The universe give you abundance of peace, happiness and wellness 🏵️
Bro I’m 12 years old and I really hate this health anxiety. Please make a video like this for kids or teens like me
I've been down this rabbit hole so many times after recovering from covid and now dealing with panic
I can so relate with you x
Awesome video Mr. Burridge, you do not have Instagram?
For me, there's not just an anxiety cycle, there's also an on/off cycle. For several weeks the whole system is switched off and nothing I do or think will be a problem. Then it will kick in and hang around for a few days, listening to everything I say and think and using it against me when it deems appropriate. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy though I can sometimes think my way out of what logic tells me is false illness.
Health anxiety is worse with tinnitus. Im so worried about everything depsite being told its just TMJ that should go away over time. Im still very anxious, so this will help
i am am happy i found you 😫
YUP, very familiar with the cycle... Currently struggling, need to fix this :(
The anxiety cycle is just accurate af and is what I'm feeling right now. I know I'm stress, there's an upcoming licensure exam and I moved in a new place in which there's going to be a lot of adjustments. The thing is whenever I'm feeling some symptoms like headache or some stomach discomfort, i couldn't help but think that it might be something serious and my heart palpitates and i get more anxious, then my breathing increases thinking that i might have breathing problem, till i feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack and die any moment or something! 😵😵😵
What made it worse sometimes is the fact that I'm working in healthcare so I don't need to google symptoms cuz i know what they are and I'm already thinking a worse case scenario! 😵 I know symptoms that needs medical emergency and i know I'm not feeling those, i know that I'm just over reacting and it's jist my anxiety but it still SUCKSS cuz i can't help it.
I think it triggered when i almost lost my dad 2yrs ago of covid. I was far away and too anxious of what could've happened and I'm not there. Then it came to me that what if i got sick and die and I'm not gonna be with my family. My health anxiety just grows from there. I used to have health anxiety before but not this worse. Sometimes it just creeps out just out of nowhere then boom! My day is ruined, so as my sleep!
Thanks for this video like it literally shuts my anxiety down. I was anxious since yesterday and it's suffocating. I'll try to do these exercises!
Sending love to all my fellow hypochondriac people! We can beat this! ❤️❤️❤️
I live in the UK and my family is in Canada so I can empathise with you around worrying that something will happen to you and you can't be with them. That is a genuine concern, but it really only enters my mind when I'm experiencing health anxiety.
I could read my life in your comment..... This is exactly what's happening to me, I constantly get panic attacks thinking something might happen to me although I know it's just in my mind, I try to console myself that is it happens I have to fight through it..... Due to my anxiety I started developing digestive problems and that trigger my anxiety even more
I hope this helps me as well
Wishing good health to you and your family ❤️🩹
This is 100 percent what's happening with me. My health anxiety has gotten extremely worse since I lost my father and uncle to covid. It's really ruining my life and I don't know what to do about it.
That’s exactly what I have been through for the last two years. Mine is about blood pressure check when anxious, it goes higher and when I don’t check am thinking what if the pressure is took high and I don’t know. Vicious cycle continue. Thanks for the information
If you are struggling with blood pressure anxiety my 2 videos on that subject may help czcams.com/video/p4PGQDATZvM/video.html czcams.com/video/0sKUMR1JLZE/video.html
@@TheAnxietyAttic thanks a lot for the information.
Ever since i got those high blood pressure readings due to anxiety, i get so nervous whenever the bp machine is put on me. My heart begins to race and eventually my bp is high. How do I get rid of the fear of the bp machine? Thanks
Bro i got this for 4 years straight literally everytime i feel pain in my chest brain etc i check my blood pressure its getting really exhausting all my times being wasted on how if i had something wrong.. my prayers for every struggler
I know exactly what you mean. I do the same. But I've now stopped checking it for a few days
This sounds familiar to me..thank you
I have illness anxiety I hate the thought of being ill, when I am ill I mainly get on it with, but for some reason before and after I worry about getting colds or bugs. It started off as a thought probably 15 years ago and it's manifested itself into something huge, to the point I'm turning 40 this year, it stops me doing things, possibly why I've never had kids, as kids tend to get little bugs etc all the time. Starting to feel like nothing will help, this is also after therapy.
Thank you so much for this video! It explained to me a lot. A month ago I was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Since then, while I've been waiting for surgery I feel anxiety. At first, I had a lump in my throat. I knew it was caused by stress. But now I have also fog or dizziness (I'm not sure) and GERD symptoms. I'm aware it is caused by stress, but I didn't know what should I do with it. So I was just googling my symptoms again and again)) I hope all these will go away after the surgery, but I'll try to use your advice as well!
Sorry to hear about your illness. I can't imagine the anxiety a diagnosis like that can bring and anxiety can bring all sorts of symptoms. However be sure to discuss any new symptoms with your doctor. I know its really hard, but do your best to stay off google as it feeds anxiety which creates more anxiety symptoms which then causes more symptoms. I wish you a speedy and full recovery.
I am strugling for this ..almost 1year already and now i fully understand .. this illness take my happiness my will my love to my self .. so hard but i learned how to accept it and trying to deal with it..
Mine started when i lost my dad due to health problems and I haven’t had a peaceful day since then.
Here are the questions we are suppose to put up somewhere , in case like me you will read things more if they are typed instead of in your own handwriting.
Where will I be in 5 years if I don’t change the way I manage my health anxiety?
How does my Hypochondria affect my relationships?
What would life be like if I didn’t have health anxiety?
What does my health anxiety prevent me from doing that I would like to do now?
Also thank Martin for the link to the health anxiety thought record. It was only when re watching this video that I noticed that this sheet is slightly different than the thought record that I usually use. I printed it off and put in my binder of Anxiety Attic worksheets to pick from daily.
Number 3 is right for me.
Thanks!
Anyone else hyperventilate and feel like they’re gonna pass out? My muscles and hands Tense up and get sleepy. Like pins n needles. I’ve been to the ER many times because of this and they give me the clear every time…
This video may help czcams.com/video/Eaoh89a0YD8/video.html
Yep, it happens to me at night randomly
Anyone else get a burning feeling on their skin, feel scratchy, muscle aches, teeth grinding at night, I wake up sore in my muscles at times
I cover the cause of some of these in my 20 anxiety symptoms video. czcams.com/video/Eaoh89a0YD8/video.html
The worst part for me are palpitations. Those are my biggest fear and it always happens - palpitations, sweating, chills. When will I know if it's real or not?
It is difficult to know if symptoms are anxiety or not and there is always that fear that it could be something more sinister. I made this video to help with this problem. It shows a tool used in CBT to help people rationalise their symptoms and make decisions about their health. czcams.com/video/2qkz70kC7PE/video.html
very useful - but what if you have a symptom that doctors can't explain which is also very uncomfortable? I am sure that all of my previous symptoms were anxiety but now my eyes are in pain..I suspect anxiety caused the problem, but I don't know how to address it.
Step 3 is totally me!
Wife is struggling with this.
Every 15 minues for the past yr she has told me about a new synthom she has. I'm over this. It's a mental thing and she wont get checked or seen by a psycologists. Ugh. Its sort of killing me.
Exactly what I do
Sir, I have been feeling short of breath for 3 months, feeling short of breath, wheezing, and often taking long breaths from my mouth to feel relief in my chest. And I feel this all the time. 😢
Most times I have a symptom first, then the thought, then feeling, then behavior.
Example: perfectly calm watching my I pad, then sudden tachycardia, at 2.00am in the morning, 160 BPM. The last one raised my BP to 275/129, thank god I only get those about once per year.
Thats very high
I get also those, 180 but it goes down again
Dang! Here i am panicking on my 131/79 bp. My bp is usually around 110/70, so when i got this high reading my anxiety starts to kick in! 😵
@@2rguidance ive got 180 i think u should relax and find better peace of mine or a job maybe to divert and eases your bp
@@2rguidance my highest reading was 180/97
I have this. The fear of developing a severe mental illness and losing control and hurting myself or my child. It’s truly horrible. The most severe episode I’ve ever experience because every negative emotion or thought can become a trigger. It’s a vicious cycle
Hey i have the same fear.. That i might get a serious mental illness.. And it's so frustrating.. I can't stop thinking about it
Hi, thats me exactly. i dread a diagnosis of dementia. it has me in a real pickle. constant worry and for a period constant googling which brough me to this crisis. been like this now for about four months. getting help but its hard. this vid is very good.
Living with health anxiety is hard but my worst fear is actually going to the docs and them telling me i’m actually ill. I haven’t gotten any diagnoses for any of my symptoms just been living in fear for the last 4 years 😢😔. But I want a biopsy for a lump I have in my neck and a ECG because my heart feels weird and doesn’t beat regularly all the time.
Exactly. I’m waiting on results from a skin biopsy, I’m convinced that I have skin cancer. It’s been a horrible 3 months dealing with my skin, My Dr should be calling anytime now and I freak out every time my phone rings. I hope you’re doing well
@@thelords4691 Thanks, you too! 🫶🏽♥️
@@thelords4691update ? U okay ?
@@sashhhaa4874update? You okay ?
I have been feeling extremely on edge since the past 6 months. I worry that I have a heart condition all the time and become fearful about the slightest sensations and bodily feelings. I have undergone many tests and have been checked out by 2 cardiologists. I have been assured that my heart is fine. Still I feel anxious and fearful on many days. Some days I am fine and I wonder how did I go through the entire day without feeling fear. And the next moment, the anxious feelings are back. it really is limiting my life and happiness.
Exact same, however I think I have a real problem but my mum says its nothing bad. Whenever I walk it hurts my feet or the ankles feel like they need to click but they dont have to, and it has lasted a few days so far but it hurts quite a lot my mum says just because I haven't been walking on them but I don't think so. Anyway, your comment is so relatable. and seeing a doctor helps me, but for 3 days at most. then i start getting anxious they didnt check the right spot or something
Thank you
You're welcome
I don't have a thought first. I have a sensation then I have the thoughts about what if it's this or that.
The anxiety cycle can start with a thought feeling or physical symptom and its often very difficult to work out where it did start because people who suffer anxiety are constantly in the anxiety cycle which keeps going around and around.
I am in healthcare I see things all the time they say that people in the medical field are the worst patients lol. I have severe medical anxiety I saw my best friend die from cancer since then I haven’t been the same . I had a gastritis flare up after 18 years which of course will trigger my anxiety thinking I had stomach cancer gave me a trip to the er with my bp at 180/120. Yep anxiety will numb your face make you feel like your having a stroke . My anxiety made me discover a week after being in the hospital and I had microscopic hematuria in my urine not visible to the eye but on the urine test and I’m not supposed to have blood as I don’t get a period anymore . Now the dr wants me to have an ultrasound and again I’m here thinking it’s bladder cancer it never ends . I have been trying to calm my fight or flight cause I’m tired of fighting and working on this parasympathetic system lmao cause it needs to chill . I have been doing cbd oil , you probably won’t believe me, but chamomile has been my lifesaver. I have been doing chamomile tea in the morning. It has like some type of sedate or something that calms you the hell down and I do it at night time before I go to sleep, because I couldn’t sleep at night I felt like I was having a heart attack and I also started magnesium glycinate, which is helping me a lot with my anxiety. Mental health is not easy. Many would judge you because they haven’t been in that situation. It’s a struggle every single day with yourself. Meditate and think your body for helping you fight for you because this is a way that your body fight for you, because you keep thinking that something is wrong with your body and don’t allow yourself to fall. We are all in this together. You are not alone.
I'm exactly the same. I've convinced myself I have bowel or stomach cancer due to some symptoms I'm currently having. 😢
I'm literally 15 and I feel targeted by the throat lump thing you said
I’m booked in to get a breast augmentation in a couple months and I can’t stop thinking about what could go wrong, I have a history of health anxiety but it’s been pretty dormant recently until this triggered it. I decided it might be good to get a blood panel done before you try and ease my worries, however everything was in the normal range a few were fighting higher on the normal range which concerned me. I’m worried about blood clots mostly because my grandfather died of a blood clot when he was 39 however he has a lot of health issues without knowing and also he smoked neither of which I have or do. I’m just trying to reassure myself because I’ve wanted this surgery for about 15 years.
Hi, I dont know if you will see my message but you don’t need to go through breast surgery to feel beautiful, I saw so many people with breast implant illness its scary. Wishing you best of luck and im not judging you, hoping you make a safe choice. If you feel like there is a big risk why risk it ? Wish u luck xx
Thanks, my friend had it it’s terrible but it is very rare and mostly only associated with textured implants which I am not getting.
Does anyone experience increased sensitivity and sometimes phantom symptoms due to their hypochondria?
Yes like being sensitive to all smells
Hi! Martin this must be late but, sorry for my grammar hope you understand I'm still learning English but, anyway what can I do to get rid of thinking like Imagining things impossible and I can't focus on my studies because of this I'm always Imagining something that isn't even necessary help me?😫
Yes exactly
Good lord these examples are exactly things I’ve said and done.
Hi! Great video!
But what to do if you have really scary symptoms that’s not caused by the health anxiety.
I got really scary muscle twitches that’s on my lower body all the time like worms, exactly the ones you get when you suffer from ALS. The doctors have told me that it’s not ALS but I can’t stop thinking about them anyway because there always there and grabbing my attention.. it’s really debilitating to always being scared of them and what more they can become.. 🙁
I cover anxiety twitching in my 20 anxiety symptoms video. Understanding what causes them will help. czcams.com/video/Eaoh89a0YD8/video.html
Also check out my health anxiety playlist. I have many videos that teach you how to manage health anxiety.
I'm worried I have ALS as well. My legs have been weak for 4 months
I'm 15 and my anxiety starts when I first had panic attack and I went to google my symptoms and that started my health anxiety after I searched my symptoms in Google and says it's heart problems. my panic attack continues until the next day without sleeping till my anxiety worsens and I tried to convince my dad to go to ER just to find out that I also had acid reflux and that gave me temporary relief but still my anxiety and symptoms continues after few weeks of cycling anxiety I went to a doctor and did a lab test and xray they all are normal
I was told by my doctor that I might have health anxiety. As I was typing this I'm still feeling anxious about my heart beats and anxiety symptoms.
I'm so unlucky that my health anxiety started at such a young age.
I also have cardiophobia because of my anxiety
same here ! i’m 15 and have terrible GI anxiety hope we can all make it out :)
dont worry same for all, some one comes forward to express and few wont thats it, same feeling for me also but we will b okay
Can excess mucus in the throat be an anxiety symptom. Iv had it for a while, I am constantly swallowing, not a minute in the day I don’t know when I am swallowing. I get globus every so often but I when I calm it goes, but the mucus feeling remains. I can’t see the mucus, I can’t spit it out. I just don’t know if it’s there or it’s my mind. I am anxious and have suffered with health anxiety my whole life.
My doctor says it’s nothing sinister but I find it hard to believe!
It’s taking over my life.
Dont be worried, excessive stress can cause acid reflux (harmless), which then can make your throat create excess mucus.
@@andrewhaugen7865 I have the same issue, salivating when I vape - have dealt with this my whole life, I know the feeling. I wish everyone here strength, if people do not suffer with it, they will never know how awful it is to live like this everyday.
I’m at that point where I’m just becoming hyper aware of my body. If I focus on an area of the body I can feel a pulse, blood flow through that area. So I google it and it’s said that I have a blood clot or my artery is about to burst
I hate google for this! It’s really sad when you type a symptom it’s always something serious. I wish internet didn’t exist and yet I’m so addicted 😢
I wonder if mindfulness is a way to practice and perfect simply not imagining anything, but instead be aware of only what is tangible and real around you. That is, I was walking and heard the part about mindfulness and thought it might be a way to practice relaxing and so my mind leapt to a patch of lily pads I saw and started to imagine a scene where I am peacefully lying and floating amongst them but then I realized that imagining myself in different scenarios is part of my anxious brain and that perhaps even nice mental projections are practicing the same reflex. It then seemed to me that actual mindfulness practice would be a way to intentionally not imagine anything better or worse than what is right here right now, which is also why dwelling on the mundane might be beneficial.
Just a thought, seemed interesting to me. I’m at the beginning of my journey to overcome a panic disorder and have found reading peoples thoughts here and there to be helpful. I don’t necessarily take them as fact and would not suggest anyone do so with my words. But feel free to add your ideas.
I have a few videos on mindfulness but what I think would help you more is my series on Panic Disorder. czcams.com/video/21fp9HLBqqI/video.html
It teaches you how to use the principles and tools of CBT to reduce and eventually stop panic attacks. czcams.com/video/21fp9HLBqqI/video.html
I have tried everything!!! My health anxiety is debilitating. It's non stop in my head every waking hour. I'm terrified and have convinced myself I have ALS. But I can't see a neurologist until February. I don't know what to do anymore
Do you have muscle twitching ??
@@austynurbanski5196 every now and then
Follow CherelleThinks. She talks about her health anxiety journey and her fear of ALS from muscle twitches
@@Robin-uu6eg I've watched her and all she focuses on is twitching. That's not all ALS is.
Samee,how many yeats did you have it
Thank you for this vid! I’ve been constantly worrying about my eyes, it all started 5 years ago. And it came back again a month ago, i’ve been worrying about my eyes like what if im going blind because i am high myopic, I already had my eye dilated exam and the doctor said that I have a healthy retina, but I cant stop overthinking and having panic attacks sometimes, im only 19 and I worry so much. Idk how to deal with these thoughts
I'm having these health anxiety just a few mo ths ago then i went to check my eyes and the doctor said that my eyes are perfectly fine except that it's dry and i may need to upgrade my myopic glasses.
Same so much, I worry that I’m gonna go blind all day every day it is exhausting
@@2rguidance same! i got my new lenses now, i still see some vision problems like seeing light at the top of my eyes when i move my eyes up and down/side to side in a dark room, also the dim light vision with a dim line at the top of my eyes. This could be the anxiety affecting our eyes. I only experienced this now when im overthinking about my eyes
@@erincrawford3929 as long as your retina is healthy there’s nothing to worry about! this could be our anxiety affecting our vision at it connected to our brain. I still do seeing some vision problems like light at top of my eyes when I move it up and down/side to side and a dim light vision at top of my eyes going on and off for seconds. Still worrying like what if something develops after my eye dilated exam, but seeing these comments make me calm that its the anxiety! still learning how to calm everytime i get these thoughts too much
@@churos4174 could be. After i got my eyes checked and the doctor said it's perfectly fine. My anxiety just subsided. I did freak out one time though when i had kaleidoscope vision, i didn't realize it's called an aura, the one you get before migraine strikes, i was stress that time.
Hi Martin, Can you make a video on gut health and anxiety
Hi Shwetha. That subject is on my to do list. Its a very interesting subject
@@TheAnxietyAttic Thanks Martin, You are a Savior for anxiety sufferers
Yesss!!! Totally welcomed such a video. Amazing how anxiety causes loose stools, which then cause more anxiety (omg, I have bowel cancer, despite obvious relation to stress) and the circle never ends.
OMG I do all of this so I may have this
I've been 'waiting' till the symptoms go away, its been 3 months... how long until i should go back to the doc
Recently after my father's death i started having anxieties and its still continuing since 6 years.... Now it has become unmanageable, i cannot keep my mind shut... I did a health checkup, it came out to be normal still I am not satisfying i constantly scare of getting heart attack or stroke or cancer or anything worse I become dizzy and cant attend my college regularly.... I had to skip exams, thought of trying therapy but its too costly and Indian families usually dont take mental health problem seriously so its hard for me to convince or do anything about it...... Once i tried to end it all at once but i was too scared dont know what is happening and what will happen to me if i keep getting those anxiety attacks
Everytime I come across a video on tiktok about a certain illness, or someone died because of this and that, after reading the symptoms, i feel like i have it. 😢
I’m really struggling, I’m 20 and have always kinda had health anxiety but recently it’s gotten much worse. I forgot something small then couldn’t get rid of the feeling I was having memory loss, dementia etc. I’m so scared of getting it since this. I feel awful & so depressed. I don’t know how to overcome it
Hi, have you tried CBT? It will help honestly x
#3 is very much like me.. i hate it.. its so hard living a life like this
Broke down earlier because just like what’s on the video, I thought I was being healed already without any worries for few days then voila anxiety attack with trembling and it’s soooo tiring. While I was trembling, I went to the comfort room then later on I did high jacks to face it then I felt okay bc nothing in my mind went true. I hope this will be gone completely or at least bearable and not get worst as we want to go on with life to live and not just survive. Whoever reading this, I hope and pray that you will heal from everything you feel or undergo. 🥹❤🙏🏻
For people who still has it and don't get better I want to tell my story of recovering.
If your panic attacs are regular or after them you feel exhausted for the whole day, you might need some medication as I got. Don't be shy to go to the psychiatrist, at first it may be the only way out. After some time using sertraline or other SSRIs with tranquilizer, you will feel better. Then I started to do yoga for 2 weeks or more. And reading, reading, reading, guys. Not about your symptoms, but about GAD aka health anxiety aka hypochondria. Then you have to upgrade your body, your heart, lungs and body in general. In my opinion, it is running(cycling, swimming). It worked for me, see if it will work for you. At first I felt really bad after running. Really bad. Head was spinning, HR was strange, I couldn't catch my breath. And this after 10 seconds of running;) But then up time of running, little by little. So I came to 2 minutes running 1 minute walking for six times. When you understand you are ready meaning you accepted your anxiety, you can start CBT. Now I'm not yet overcome my anxiety, I mean I want to get back to the gym, be more sociable as now. I still do CBT, but now I feel that I control my anxiety and can it change. Be healthy, guys!
Tbat cycle is so trueeee
If anyone reads this, just know I’m in the same boat as you are and we will beat this. This condition will no longer have control over our lives. If you believe in Christ, pray to him to set you free.
True
I developed tinnitus 7 months ago and im pretty sure it was caused by my behaviour regarding health. Every time i felt something strange before i would go to google and check, be anxious for a couple of days and then back to normal. However, one night my Tinnitus appeared (already checked with doctors and my ears are super fine) and that attitude got me into a negative and anxious spiral that took control over my whole life. Now i am a little more in control but there are days where anxiety is too much. I want to get better, tame my tinnitus, befriend it and calm my anxious brain. It is going to be a long journey😂.
Hy ruben, I'm also suffering from tinnitus for the last 6 months... and the ringing sound is coming from the right ear.. it's jus freaking me out literally every single day.. went to the doctor and he said it might be bcz of the nerves around the ears and gave vitamin tablets for one month...if it continues then I have to go to ENT and check...so have you seen any doctors? How are you feeling now?
@@jesnajessy790 Hi! Yes I have seen two different ENT and both told me that me ears are fine but I still hear the sounds hahaha. It is more related to the brain than the ear. I have my days, some good and some not so good. The only thing I can recommend you is to stop visiting forums or checking for symptoms, try not to fight the T because that fuels it and play ambient sound in the background. Listening to crickets helps me a lot. Hope you get better or at least tame the sound !
I’m not sure how much longer I can deal with this 😭
I had health anxiety since I was little. Whenever I learned about a disease, I would pray to God that I didn’t get it. As an adult, I can feel when my body is off and I have to figure out what it is and fix it myself. I can’t keep going to the doctors and when I do they just ignore me 90% of the time anyways.
Man, Its like you looked into my brain with the 'Avoiding exercise as fear it may worsen'
Brains are funny old things.
They certainly are.
You may be interested in my 'Too anxious to exercise' video czcams.com/video/Q1J14VQ5U3s/video.html
My anxiety cycle starts with a symptom. I am over sensitive for whatever symptom arises i my body, but the scariest is dizziness. I feel dizzy, then I think it must be brain bleeding (my father in law had it 2 years ago and it really affected me, but he is old and he had chronic high blood pressure). I feel very anxious, i am checking my watch where the pulse and stress level is very high and I am getting more afraid. Then I think - this time is for sure not anxiety, then I get more dizzy or get weird sensations in my body and become sure that this is brain bleeding and If I dont pull myself out by accepting that this is anxiety - I get a panic attack:(
I had an MRI scan and many many blood and other tests, that shows I am healthy - but when I get dizzy, then it is very hard for me to pull myself out of it without being very scared
Is there anyone fearing dementia any helpful tips ?
Ugh! Having health anxiety is horrible. Even though I got blood tests done last year, I'm still freaking out.
Same situation here
In 2021 I believed I had depersonalization, this is also caused due to severe stress, fear itself caused me brain zaps till this day
I feel stupid.
Anytime I have a medical appointment and they need to do a BP check my BP and heart rate goes through the roof. The anxiety starts the night before the appointment. Once I leave the appointment my BP goes back to normal. I tried many techniques but they never work. It takes the medical staff about 3 BP checks for them to see that it's anxiety and it decreases once I feel safe. I hate it. I will only do telemed appointments now. I will not go in unless I have to. I need help. I am so tired of it.
Same issue here - stress related higher than normal BP - all anxiety but my Doctor keeps telling me to remember its my health anxiety. I am petrified of the C word.
it started as acid reflux and now i have a terrible health anxiety. last month i was so afraid of having kidney disease, this week, our neighbor died due to heart attack and from then on, i noticed some tightness in my chest occassionally
This is me . Did you find any Solutions?
@@Mojeebsahakofficial hello. are you afraid to go to the doctor too and dont want to undergo check ups?
@@Mojeebsahakofficial i would suggest of going to your doctor just once. and if you find out you have nothing serious in your body, it will help you greatly.
@@Mojeebsahakofficial i keep myself busy so i dont think about anything at all. find ways to be busy, do some artwork, exercise and etc. it will help you greatly and will make you healthier. you will be fine bro. dont worry.
@@theoutsider8209 yeah brother I afraid because I have fear if doctor say you have serious illness 🥹 that is why i have fear
I got as far as "it's going to take a lot of hard work over a prolonged period".
For me, it all started when I did a school presentation about rabies. I fell into the usual rabbit hole of videos about rabid animals and people. I was scarred for life. The thing is, I have a terrible mouth breathing problem, some days I would wake up to my throat not being able to swallow properly. I associated that with hydrophobia, and had little panic attacks. The worst part? I didn't even have a close encounter with an animal lately, or if I did have, they are all vaxxed. Why am I so neurotic?