Health Anxiety - Part One: What It Is and How to Overcome It
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- Do you or a loved one worry that you may have or could acquire a serious medical illness and constantly research disease symptoms on line? Do illnesses like cancer, heart attack, and multiple sclerosis scare you? ADAA board member Ken Goodman, LCSW, explains what health anxiety is and how you can overcome it. This webinar includes a former health anxiety sufferer and offered a Q&A opportunity.
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According to my amygdala, I've had ulcerative colitis, gastroenteritis, diabetes, kidney stones, HIV, syphilis, cardiac arrest, COVID-19 and, most recently, melanoma. According to reality, I've only ever had health anxiety.
This is me lol sad
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I searched my symptoms on google now it said cancer BRO WTF 😭no im scared and here i am
You gave me laugh 😂😂😂😂im also does be thinking the same
To anyone that is going through a mental health episode, keep telling yourself about the many other diseases we have convinced ourselves that we must certainly have and we came out just fine.
Thanks u with 💓
Great advice. I try to do that- sometimes works for a while.
I remind myself of my Brain Tumor scare from my Junior year in High School and how I should've been dead already
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😅 exactly what is happening and just came out good. Its weird because its like i feel it. Too much to be true but at the end it wasnt that mental illness. Its anxiety doing weird things
I have the unenviable skill of manifesting the precise symptoms I don't want to have.
G G 😂 I know this too
Same here pooping too much its colon cancer, peeing to much its diabetes, headache aneurysm etc... Got a mole in my foot melanoma even felt pain and turned out ot be nothing.
Side pain its the liver or the pancreas... this is horrible but I will conquer this shit and you will too!
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Then you should believe that you're also capable to use your unbelievable skills for manifesting something that you really want, and no otherwise 😊
This is very interesting but health anxiety suxs and it’s so hard to change your thinking and thoughts and to live with this everyday is hell
To everyone here. You are NOT alone! There are millions just like you! If you ever need to reach out I’m here and I’m listening!! You are stronger than you know!!!
Damn bro and here I thought i was alone
Having health anxiety while also having actual health issues has been a huge struggle to find balance between advocating for myself and not letting myself spiral. It's hard to parse out.
I know how you feel
You got this. This is your struggle to overcome.
Story of my life..anyone with already existing health issues and suffering as well with health anxiety, your alert and worry are going to be twice as high...its crazy
This so much. You're definitely not alone.
Same here ugh
So unbelievably comforted to know that I am not alone in this!
Noooooooooo, you are NOT ALONE!!! ❤️ someone told me it is MY CHOICE........to be happy, sad or WORRIED........& Worry makes you FEEL like we are doing something PROACTIVE.....When in fact it does NOTHING but take away our HAPPINESS in the moment, the Now.......THIS TOO SHALL PASS........❤️
No you're absolutely not alone. I deal with this and it sometimes distract me daily chores and going out. What's sad is how some people try and make fun you.
Me to hunny
@@rhondapelletier2141 this brought tears to my eyes. This too shall pass is comforting
Nope... not alone!! ☝🏻
I am constantly worried that I have cancer. I am slim and always check my weight to make sure I dont have any weight loss, everytime i feel weak or tired i think it is a terminal illness but I am also afraid to visit the doctor incase they confirm my fears. I was diagnosed with GAD around 6 months ago but worry my anxiety symptoms are serious
Just a quick update everyone 7 months have gone by and I am still here and slowly getting better every day. I have stopped googling things and I have stopped over thinking any body sensations. It's not been easy but I am slowly learning to live with health anxiety. Wishing you all the best and we can fight past it.
1 year has gone by now and still here and still keeping healthy. Mediation has been a really big help for me to fight my thoughts 😊
"Hard times come and they pass and they come to pass" 🙏
Update:
Feb 2022
I am so glad I uploaded this post. Having a place for everyone to comment and not feel alone has really meant a lot to me. You are all blessed and loved and no matter how hard things are now they do and will get better ❤
Oh my goodness. It’s like I just read something I wrote myself. I am terrified of going to the doctor for this same reason. Which is odd because I am currently experiencing my second bought with anxiety and during my first bought several years ago I feel like I was going to the doctor several times a month because I didn’t believe that nothing was wrong with me and I wanted them to double/triple check but this time I stay far away. I think the differences now are I’m several years older plus my mother died from cancer 5 years ago so my mind knows that there really is a possibility I could one day have it.
It really is so frustrating isnt it. I will go a few weeks without having the thoughts of being seriously ill then a few weeks later it's all back again and I start to worry again :(
I know my friend, it sucks. Get help. There are a lot of smart people who want to help
coolripe Yep. That’s pretty much the same thing that happens to me as well. It’s funny (not funny haha, but funny ironically) though because I am sane otherwise. I have a good job and make decent money. I am a responsible adult that takes care of my family but every time this happens to me I feel and act like a person who is having a mental breakdown of some sort. This is really the second time in my life that I have experienced this. The first time was in the months after I had my daughter so I assumed then that it had something to do with post-partum depression. I am not really sure what the trigger is now. It’s gotten a lot better since the first comment I made here a few weeks ago so here’s to it staying that way. I hope it gets better for you too.
coolripe Your anxiety can an demonic oppression. Pray and ask protection from your guardian angel. I had the same problem. You need to improve your spiritual life.
Best advice to stop scanning my body? That is my biggest issue...it's the first thing I think of when I wake up. Even when I have a good day, it's like my brain says wait, you have anxiety remember?....it's so discouraging.
sameeeeee😭everytime I wake up I always feel nervous then my heart will start beating so fast😭
Same here 😭😭I always scan my body and sometimes I see things that are not there, like sometimes I see that my face on one side is swollen and it Gives me dizziness cz of the many names of sickness that I diognise myself with
My heart has been hurting a lot lately, but I know that I'm okay. Instead of giving into it and freaking out, I've decided to start doing jumpjacks instead to prove to myself that my heart is just fine!! It's very helpful
Same. I've had odd sensations around my heart, thinking i was having a attack. Ive started going to the gym and running. My heart feels just fine.
That is great keep going. I have bad days when that happens I get into the word of God and remind myself how far God has brought me and the knowledge that God wakes me up everyday
this is how im feeling right now. i had a halter monitor two years ago and it came back perfectly normal. just recently i started feeling it all over again after two years of feeling good and not having heart anxiety. went to the doctor and she checked my heart and said it sounded fine, its so hard not to worry because the sensations i feel due to my anxiety feel horrifying at times but in reality there is nothing wrong. its also easy to forget that the heart is so resilient and puts up with all kinds of stress everyday, and if you're an active person especially your heart beats fast due to that and nothing happens. so having some anxiety and having a fast heartbeat/chest pain due to that is also something your heart can handle!
i hate it when i find random normal changes in my body or feel a lump anywhere and diagnose myself with anything and get scared
I always feel my lymph nodes and it freaks me out
I'm exactly the same. Feel like I'm in a constant cycle of hell
me too! I'm struggling with health anxiety after a couple of health scares, so it's really hard to relax.
@@duskicakruskica That's exactly how mine started...now I'm stuck in this loop.
wait do you guys get moles ??? when you have health anxiety
As soon as I get chest aches everything goes down the drain from there. Even when my day has been going great I zoom into my chest and what if’s is heart attack etc will occur suddenly. 😪
Horde_04 I have exactly that feeling now . 🤣
Horde_04 ME TOO😢
Same here
Exactly what has been the issue with me for 3 years now !
I’m broken too 😞
This video made me cry so much because IT’S ME. I ‘m calling this doctor. I can’t live this way any more
Yes
Hope you find relief......You are NOT ALONE..........Remember, It WILL PASS......... comes in cycles, but you will be able to manage once you have the tools .....It sucks! ........
Hey dear bro , can health anxiety be cinerted into ocd?
Me either it is no way to live
Feeling the same...you are not alone...i hate it when people say you are alright why do you worry So much you are a scientific rational person..i can't able to explain them that i have real issues... nobody can understand except a psychologist
Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery, it's quite fascinating how effective they're for depression and stress disorders. Saved my life
Psychedelics definitely have potential to deal with health issues like anxiety and depression,I would like to try them but it's hard to source them here
My first shroom trip was really awesome, it felt like I was deep into the sea
/doctor_mckenzie/
Got psych's*
Shroom microdosing help me overcome my life long addiction to cigarettes and alcohol
@@joachimlunares4871 Is he on on Instagram or what?
The brain is an amazing thing. I was an absolute mess for a long time. Literally every illness you could imagine, I’d read about it and sure enough the specific set of symptoms would pop up. I’d then focus on the somatic symptom continuously 24/7. It was so draining. Then my daughter was born and I found new focus. I guess if you care more about something than yourself the focus shifts. Good luck everyone with anxiety. It’s a bastard affliction.
Me too. I worry as much about my loved ones as i do myself.
I can relate to that i have been doing the same for years i worry about myself and everyone else it's a night mear
Everyone should have this bookmarked and have this playing passively on loop over and over again - it'll help you keep it in the back of your mind so you can use it as a "shield" when the monster of health anxiety rears its head.
No amount of anxiety is going to stop what’s going to happen if you get cancer you try and beat it if you get heart attack maybe it will heal..One day your health is going to go downhill hopefully not for a long time In the meantime do whatever makes you happy
So true
VERY easily said
My health anxiety started when a physician read my EKG improperly and told me I had an electrical problem with my heart and that it could stop at any moment. Prior to that FALSE diagnoses I practically lived in the gym training very hard and was built like superman. Lol. That was 20 years ago now and I still can't shake that FALSE diagnoses even though I have been to the ER countless times over the years consulting with several cardiologists doing every test in the book when it comes to testing heart function - everything is perfect.
I have been in the health industry myself for the last 28 years as a personal trainer and have studied exercise physiology and functional medicine the last 7 years so I could learn a lot more about the human body. I know how to interpret ultrasounds (Sonography), EKG's, echocardiograms, and have studied hematology to the point I believe I know as much if not more than most physicians when it comes to interpreting blood test results. I can even see things in test results before the body shows symptoms.
So, after diagnosing myself I have concluded I am healthy as a 20 year old healthy male and I am 56 years of age. So, why is it I still have in the back of my head what that MD told me about my heart 20 years ago now. It was super bad to where I'd check my blood pressure a few times per day and every 30 minutes I'd catch myself checking my pulse rate. UNREAL is all I can say! PLEASE people, don't let ANYONE plant something in your head because it can be very difficult to pull that weed out! I guess it is a form of brainwashing. Maybe I need to study psychiatry next so I can diagnose myself a little more. Lol.
In any case I have used what I have learned over the years to help people get and stay well with a primary focus on preventing disease before it even starts. Best of all I consult with people for FREE! While I am not a licensed MD, I have taken thousands of hours of courses over the last 7 years and could pursue a medical degree, but after learning what I have learned, I want NO part of the BIG pharma because they are all about masking symptoms with TOXIC prescription drugs instead of curing the problem - or better yet, preventing the problem. Not to mention it's ALL about the MONEY! So, at least all my health anxiety wasn't bad because it caused me to want to help people which led me to learning more about the human body. Because of my issues I now have more compassion toward anyone with any medical issue because I can understand to a certain degree what people are going through and I don't want to see anyone suffer! Blessings to ALL!
Can you help me ? How can I consult with you ?
I need your help :(
I need your help:((((( do u have reddit?
Do you give free consultation?
For someone who has suffered from health anxiety for yearsssss. This is invaluable information. Thank you! ❤️
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Bryana, so have I and it's a horrible and painful way to live. It's been 3 years for me.
My life is over. I am completely paralyzed by fear and cannot do anything. I have no life because I am constantly feeling hopeless and terrified of aging and dying. I never feel safe or peace or hope. I feel diseased all the time.
As a kid up to the age of 13, I watched my grandpa slowly pass away from the worst case of heart disease of anyone I've ever known. He had multiple heart attacks, multiple bypasses, an eventual heart transplant, another heart attack, then ultimately passed away after a horrible car accident and had a heart attack in his sleep at the hospital. I remember the feeling of dread as my mom explained to me at the age of 7 that my grandpa's blood vessels were clogged up because he ate too much butter. I remember the pit in my stomach as she explained how a pacemaker SHOCKED the heart into working again if it stopped. I remember sitting on my grandpa's lap as he opened up his shirt to show me his heart transplant scars... this was back in 1994 when pacemakers were a box of batteries and you could literally feel it under his skin. I remember seeing the raw flesh in graphic detail and was instantly traumatized. Since his death, I've been completely terrified of heart attacks and heart disease. I've dedicated my life to preventing them in my own body and learning all the mechanisms of heart issues so I don't develop it, but I live in constant fear that nothing I do will ever be enough because there are no guarantees. It's sometimes a living hell... I get ectopic heartbeats, I've worn halter monitors, I've been checked multiple times, and x-ray, multiple EKG's, a stress test, and the doctors can't find anything wrong with my heart. But I live everyday with the constant fear that they missed something... that each day I'm one day closer to having a heart attack. It's awful. I cooked a whole chicken last night and could barely look at the heart because I was scared of it... It's a constant battle.
A great CZcams channel is York Cardiology by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. He addresses a lot of these anxiety issues related to the heart, especially ectopic beats, heart palpitations, and many others.
I’m here watching this video for similar reasons as you. I’m 45, and have had chest pains and those ectopic beats for a month. I also wake up in the middle of the night with my heart racing and short of breath. My father and all four of his brothers had some form of heart disease or problems. So, naturally, I am concerned. Of course, I already have terrible anxiety, including health anxiety, to begin with.
I know exactly what you're going through because that is my exact fear! I get pains from my anxiety like all in my left arm and my chest which constantly scares me for having a heart attack, it's the worst feeling ever. Just thought I would comment to remind you that you aren't alone and as much as I can say you're fine I know you won't think you are because I think the same way. I hope we can both get through this (':
39:20 for strategies & how to manage it. I try to revisit this section frequently as a "prophylaxis"
Thanks for the webinar. Incredibly, incredibly helpful.
Thank You!!
thank you so much
Thx!
This video has just made me feel 10 times better
Hope X 10
Yes me also my confusion has gone after 12 years
@@Amityphysics omg
Corona has my hypochondria reach the summits now. I cannot take it anymore. With the ongoing lockdown, I have nothing to do except for googling and the health anxiety over the years have sky-rocketed. This video is so so so perfect demonstration of my life. I wanna cry, take my life without pain but then I do not want to give into something that's not even tangible. I will get through all this one day. I WILL!!!!!!!
Literally me, all the google links are purple now for pretty much everything because ive been to them all, good lord.
I relate
My grandfather passed away from cancer in 2016, he was a father to me and seeing his health deteriorate really messed me up... I thought I got over it but apparently I didn't, thank you so much for this, seriously you have no idea how grateful I am
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It was like I had a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, and a feeling of happiness came over me while watching this. Thanks, Doctor Goodman. Your words really helped hit home. I'm definitely going to take your approach and practice these tools as much as possible. I WILL OVERCOME HEALTH ANXIETY! ❤
Before you doubt your health. Doubt your ill feeling. I was reminded that before i doubt God, doubt your fear.
Thanks for this talk. I was reminded.
My 16 year old daughter and myself both suffer from HA. I have started therapy and my daughter is starting therapy tomorrow. She’s at a very high level of anxiety for the past two weeks and the current fear is esophagus cancer because of heartburn/gerd symptoms. In the past it has been cramps that turn into ovarian cancer (in her mind), a lymph node on her neck that she thought was cancer and dug at it for a month til it was sore and we had to go to the doctor, leg/arm tingling.. etc. Every single ache or pain signals cancer to her and that’s all she will focus on until the pain disappears. A family member recently tried to reassure her telling her she is not sick and doesn’t have symptoms of weight loss, vomiting, fevers etc. and now she wants to weigh herself to see if she’s losing weight or she will get chills because of panic attacks and think it’s a fever. She said breathing techniques/meditation don’t work for her because once she is in the full panic zone all she thinks about is that she’s terminal. I haven’t watched this video yet but does anyone know if I should have her watch it with me or should I just watch it myself .I’m praying that therapy will help us both because it’s like the blind leading the blind as I can only calm her so much because then my mind starts wandering like hers and I start having the same fears for her. It’s a vicious cycle. I’m so sad to constantly see the panicked look of fear in her eyes and face. The pandemic has made it worse since she can’t see friends and be social so she has been clinging to me even more. I just want us both to get better.
Omygwaaaddd I am suffering from the same thing as u daughter ...it's so shitty ....I can't stop myself from thinking all this nonsense. I just hate it.
@@aanya2224 yes, it’s awful and I don’t wish it on anyone. I hope you will start to feel better:)
@@lisas.1280 Hope the same for u and ur daughter 🤗
I am the exact same way as your daughter and the same age. I have health anxiety, social anxiety, ptsd, everything. I was prescribed medication for it but I am terrified of it. I’m scared how my body will react to it or if I will have like some severe deadly allergic reaction to it because that is what my grandpa died from. And every time I take half a pill (I have a low dosage) I feel like I am dying and can’t breathe. But I am wondering, did your daughter try medication or some type of therapy that helped her?
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I can relate with this 100%. It made me realize I really need help/therapy. I cannot function like this to the point that sometimes I wish I was sick so I don’t suffer from anxiety anymore. It’s horrible to write letters to my daughter in my head in case I die before she grows up. I feel so alone in this
Sorry you are feeling this way. I can relate to everything you said. I also feel alone in the world. It's so hard sometimes.
I understand 100% your pain my dear. I also write letters to my kids that are now so young. We have to come out of this evil hole. Feel free to contact me, sometimes talking helps. We may not know each other, but as a mom I can feel what you feel. I am so sorry.
WE WILL GET THRU IT ALL!
It's really lonely!! I rarely hear of this, and it's crippling!
@@joannaarmin1746 ... called my kids severely to advice them thinking I was going to die
I cannot explain how much comfort I got in this video, especially when he goes over how our bodies are naturally noisy but with health anxiety, we will notice it more than the average person.
Yep, like a car.
This was so helpful. I’m grateful for doctors who take the time to post these because I don’t have insurance and health care is not very accessible during these times
This is HELPFUL! I recommend this to everyone who is suffering from health anxiety. Watch from the start till the end. I got tears in my eyes as the doctor was exactly explaining what I go through; the symptoms, thoughts everything. It felt so relieving that someone actually understands what goes in my mind.
how are you now?
Same! It's as though he was explaining me!
I just recently went through something that sparked up my anxiety and ive never felt anything overwhelming as this feeling. it stops me from feeling normal and in a constant state of worry and panic and its been about 2 weeks of first feeling this way! i searched up my symptoms and it made everything even 10x worse with thoughts rushing through my mind. after watching this and learning how to respond to these feelings and thoughts I feel way better. Thank You
I have the exact same issue
Me too. I had covid and I lost my sense of smell. Like it was GONE. It's back now. But because of that i have an extreme fear of losing my senses. Like going blind. I now check my eye sight every 10 min. I've been like this for about a month now. Its bs.
@@Chelleyboo getting covid literally changed me in the worst ways. I’ve never been so anxious and lost even months later
@@CaliHummel me too. Never had serious anxiety. I wasn’t even worried about covid when I had it but I am constantly worried about health issues since l, even though I feel mostly fine.
@@Chelleyboo ive been constantly checking my eyesight cause i fear of going blind as well. at least we aint alone in this
For me the trigger for the disorder started with my job, working in hospital admin, I read some terrible things. So from then on it would go in cycles, I would focus on different parts of my body with the occasional absence of worry. The event that sealed the deal with me was watching my sister die from cancer. From the moment of her diagnosis I am convinced that the big C is just around the corner.
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This has been my life for 3 years. I feel like you have taken me as an example.. I always worry about a cardiac arrest.. when I hear someone suffer from something I immediately start building the same symptoms.. Thank you so much for this presentation, I think this is my way forward
Not only do I panic when I have a symptom, but I also panic when anyone I care about tells me about a symptom they have. This is the first time I've seen my disorder identified.
laying in bed trying to sleep , sh*t i feel like i have shortness of breath , this , that...... crying 😢😢😢😭
Thanks for this video. It's amazing how straightforward and sensible overcoming Health Anxiety is on paper but how much harder it actually is to put it into practice. Rewiring the brain is like exercising a weak muscle! Thanks!
Agree!!!!!
Hey bro can we do it by ourselves and during this should we avoid medicines
Panic and anxiety is rarely logical which is the issue :(
I asked my doctor that same question a few days ago.
I have listened to this countless times because it makes me feel "normal".
Having health anxiety is a very lonely, terrifying and frustrating condition. Unless you personally experience it nobody can understand. Not even therapists fully understand, they can tell you why you do what you do. What not to do but in reality that is a billion times more difficult.
I don't disagree with anything in this video but finding the strength to actually face the fear terrifies me. Why? Because this time it's really an illness, the last million times I believed the same, it was not right, but this time it could be. I currently have a pain in my back which I've had myself convinced is due to a tumor. Yet last week when I believed 100% I had oral cancer the back eased. Now my mouth is better, the pain in my back is worse. So it has to be cancer because it's progressing. So the fear goes on and on, and my life goes on hold because i can't function till I know for sure. However I don't want to go to doctor because I'm terrified it's "true".
I truly hope to one day find the strength to conquer this. I hope you do too!
Anxiety can cause someone to ran real mad, you feel like losing your sanity
The stories of my life...
Have you read Dr Sarnos book or look him up on CZcams
@@vdittycc I will check it out thank you.
Wow! I completely agree with everything you've said. I am exactly the same. Exactly. I'm currently in the throes of anxiety over recent tests I've had. I'm awaiting the results. Every minute feels like an hour until I can feel reassured again. I'm sleeping as much as I can to get through it. What you said about being distracted from your symptoms really struck a chord with me. If a found a breast lump now (which is one of my many fears) I know my back pain and burping would be forgotten. Anyway, it's at least reassuring that I'm not alone on this crazy path.
Health Anxiety normally happens to people who love life too much. chances are you not going to have cancer. The Stress can be dangerous.
Thank you for uploading this video! One of the best videos on this subject matter I’ve seen!
I’ve had health anxiety due 20 years, I’m just now trying to help myself by researching how to “cure” this. I’ve missed so much life. Not to mention my kids have watched me live this way. I would do anything to not feel this way.
Possibly the best video ever in describing this whole process
I am currently in therapy for health anxiety and have made a lot of progress, but still have days where I'm pretty high on the anxiety scale, like 6 or 7. This is a great resource to reframe my anxiety as a bully, a monster, an opponent. I won't let it win!
Did you ever have physical symptoms that made you think of heart attack or stroke?
@@chrispanico2276 Definitely! I used to have physical symptoms all the time, and the fact that I was hyper focused on them made them feel 10 times worse. Once, I had gas pains in my stomach and diaphragm, and I literally convinced myself I was dying (which made those sensations even more unpleasant). I used to worry about a number of really alarming health issues like heart attacks and strokes, sometimes for days and weeks on end. It was exhausting!
I have been in therapy for almost two years now and left a really unhealthy workplace environment. After leaving the job I was miserable at, I was totally shocked at how much my symptoms improved, but it makes sense. I'm in a much better place and no longer have physical symptoms, and mentally I feel much better. I have even moved on with my therapist and am working on other issues in my life besides my health therapy. It feels so good it doesn't control my whole life anymore!
Progress is possible for everyone. But you have to take the first step and ask for help. Therapy totally changed my life for the better. If you're also on your own health anxiety journey, I wish you the best of luck. And stay off WebMD!! ❤️
@@zeauxster how can I tell my parents that I need therapy, I think I will look like an idiot. But I need it desperately
@@galactic3027 Let your parents know you've been struggling. I would try to be as honest with them about what you are experiencing as possible. If your parents don't respond well, it's not your fault. You can't control their response. If it doesn't work out with your parents, you should try reaching out to an adult at school. A teacher or a counselor you trust. They can help you access the resources you need. I would try to talk to your parents first though. Best of luck on your journey, I'm rooting for you 💜
@@zeauxster thanks, I talked to my mom about it
I’m only on minute 16 and can relate to so much of this. Especially, the heartburn and Gerd comments.
How r u now
Thank you for this video! I have been suffering miserably for two or three years now with this. Some days are better than others. Sending much love to all of you also suffering from this. We can get better and will get better. Just don't give up!! I believe in you and you are not alone!
This video is fantastic and so relatable to my health anxiety. I would love a copy of the slides. Thank you so much for recording this. My opponent is not going to win.
By far...the best explanation found on youTube that describes what I am going through right now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You guys are the best!
I've had major health anxiety since the pandemic started. I was fearing I had COVID all the time. Now it's an obsession with my heart. I was checking my heart rate when you mentioned it! I have heart palpitations and feel like I'm struggling to breathe. I've been to the Dr several times and my heart is fine. But I will randomly get sweaty and twitchy and my heart accelerates and the palpitations will start. It's scary! But she said we need my anxiety under control or it will cause damage to my heart! So I'm trying to eat healthy and exercise she she prescribed paxil but it's not working. But I'm trying to meditate. And the people close to me with heart issue caused their issues. This was so helpful!
I’ve experienced this too, and it’s takes a toll on you. For me it started on April 13 my first panick attack because I woke up to acid reflux I couldn’t breathe and it reminded me of the time I had covid and wasn’t able to breathe when I would only walk to the restroom I had pneumonia but I got better in 2/3 weeks. Those weeks where horrible. And it’s what is causing my anxiety. Little by little I’m getting bette ray controlling it, this video helped me so much. And to learn about mental health. I’ve been having a headache since early in the morning and trying to calm myself and say it shall soon pass. I really hope you are doing okay!
After watching this, I had a couple hours of peace, but of course, the ruminations started up after a while.
Thank you for uploading these webinars!
Wow! This video is life!!
Thank you so much!
Reading the comments make me feel good!
This was great, thank you very much!
I am excited for part two!! Thank you for this very helpful information
This was so HEPFUL!! Thank you and God bless!
Thank you so much for this video! It has helped me a lot :) It is all about learning the tools to deal with the anxiety when it comes up
Thank you for this. I've lived with health anxiety since my teens. This time all it took to set it off was a new skin spot. That's all it took. As soon as I felt less worried about it I started focusing on other skin things... it never ends. Now I'm afraid I have internal cancer, everything feels weird & I've started having nocturnal panic attacks. Every pain means something. Anyway, I needed this video right now!
I feel this
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Thank you so much.Felt like most of my questions were answered.
This is the best video ever. Thank you and god bless you
This is the best health anxiety resource I've found up to this point. Thank you for thoroughly explaining the process!
One thing I never hear anyone touch on is phantom pains as well. I used to think about my heart every waking hour of my adolescence. The physical pain I felt in my heart was horrible . It’s wasn’t GERD or acid reflux. My brain literally caused real physical pains 🫠 thank god I stopped obsessing and it went away 99%
No words could express my gratitude for this webinar. Thank you so much sharing it for free with all of us health anxiety sufferers. Everything that was said here is spot on and incredibly helpful.
This is the best informative video I’ve seen, very professional , thank you!!!
Thank you so much.. 🙏🏼
Very impressive video. Wonderful information. Great job.
A cause for health anxiety not on the list - misdiagnosis by a doctor. This is the reason for my health anxiety. First my daughter being misdiagnosed for ear infection when in reality she had acute asthma, ending up in ICU and nearly dying as a result, myself being told I had anxiety for two years when it reality I had gallbladder disease which was cured once my gallbladder was removed. Now I'm having dental work done, dentist tells me I have a cyst on my upper jaw which is causing my pain, refers me to an oral surgeon, the surgeon tells me it not true, that I have TMJD. Now I'm asking myself it it really TMJD or just anxiety. I feel like a victim at this point. I just want the doctor appointments to stop so I can get on with my life. I'm tired of the misdiagnosis. Because I've experienced misdiagnosis by a doctor multiple times in my life, I no longer trust a doctor's diagnosis skills regardless of the number of years of experience or education. It's kind of like, which came first the chicken or the egg, (misdiagnosis or health anxiety.)
Thanks for this guys! Very valuable information! Really helps!
What a great webinar. Very, very helpful!
OMG this is so right on!!! Just like stephanie! I spent 2 hours today looking up my blood results from today! I do have to smile as all of this is a little over the top when it's spelled out!
This is great. I suffer from a different anxiety but it's linked and this is giving me some excellent coping strategies.
Thanks
This video is unbelievable. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this information!! This gives me hope!
Thank you all for this free information
Thank you for this video, I can’t tell you how much I relate. !! I’m getting a referral for CBT❤️
Great video presentation! You've contributed a very useful video for people who suffer from this condition.
Thank you for this webminar, thank you sir ken and too all of you guys
I was diagnosed las year..was suffering for 6 months straight..i was ok afta dat...than afta this convid19 it strikes again..i cant function like normal..not even want to go to work...constant worries of dying..it ruins my life
Mayang Keith OMG you sound like me 😢🤦🏾♀️
Shenika StGermain hope we will better soon amen🦋
I’m so sorry. I’m going through the same hell right now. I had been working on it for a year too and then Covid 19😢
@@mayangkeith427 Hi! I suffer from health anxiety, too! Like today I had a headache and I suddenly thought I had the coronavirus... it's so horrible! Has this ever happened to you?
Same here! am helpless.
Thank you
Wow, thank you so much for this great insight.X
This was a great eye opening video….thank you ….🙏🏽 I feel relaxed now
Just watching this video made me feel so much better
This vid was a blessing to me😭. Since i've experienced health anxiety again this pandemic i've become curious for what's happening to me and this vid discuss everything i wanted to know. Keep on spreading info, knowledge and awareness🙏
Thank you so much for posting this
Remarkable video, truly helpful for people with health anxiety.
Does anyone else get blured vision? So helpful knowing im not the only one .
Yes I do from dizziness body pains acidity neck pains all the symptoms
Yessir
Wow all of this is me , just about everything that’s mentioned is how I feel
Been dealing with this for couple weeks and this is definately helping me understand somethings
Thank you so much God bless you all🙏🙏🙏🙏
Excellent webinar.... Always watch it when my anxiety worsens
An extremely helpful video! It’s going to take a lot of time and effort to break free of my habits. Whatever I’ve been doing to recover from this disorder has certainly not been working.
Thanks alot Mr. Ken for this lovely session.
This is the best thing I've ever listened to. Thank you.
I'm 44 year old and suffered for the last 30 years I was 14yo when it started because of childhood trauma ( the worst kind of trauma imaginable) my life is truly awfull , apparently my doctor said I suffer from health anxiety, panic disorder, emotionally unstable personality disorders, depression, panic attacks, agoraphobia, insomnia, constantly worrying about me health , I have no interest of doing anything, I don't laugh at what most people find funny, I'm always tearful, always tried with no energy what so ever , as soon as I stand up I feel dizzy , heart racing shaking, chest pain, shortness of breath and high BP but doctor said I do not have hypotension, I'm always fearing the next panic attacks, I have had bloods done and ECG and even went to see a neurologist, all came back normal results, I just can't seen to shake off the feeling of doom and dread , the only way I can explain how I feel is " imagine going in to a bar and you see your friends at the back of the bar at the far end of the room , you see them laughing and fooling around enjoying themselves, and there is a smoke machine filling the bar with smoke , but the smoke is black and I can't see nothing sound me apart from a falling feeling , deeper in to the black hole filled with smoke , in the distance and hear the happiness from my friends but I can't find then or join them , I'm getting dragged deeper in the hole with the vision of unknown hands dragging me down and deeper and deeper in to the black smoke filled hole , I'm screaming for help but my voice is muted and I'm trying to pull myself out of the hole but it's like I'm trying to get out of black thick oil that's filled the hole along with the black smoke , I want to laugh with my friends but my thoughts and racing heart and my constant battle with the black hole depression is making me that exhausted and tired I just don't have the energy, this is the only way I can explain how I am feeling , when I do want to do something my anxiety thought pop into my head ( I call him sooty) sooty says " your not going anywhere, your not going to enjoy it , I will make sure of it " then I will have an image in my head ( not literally an image ) but like I can see the scenario in my head ( for example) going in the the store and while in in the store I can see myself ( in my head not literally) in the store floor with paramedics surrounding my working on me with machines and wires everywhere trying to resuscitate me after a heart attack or a stroke, while my partner is looking over my crying and surrounded by on lookers , them my heart raced feel dizzy sweating , feel sick vision blurry , stuttering and can't get my words out , headaches churning tummy , and the fear of a panic attack while feeling like my whole body is literally shutting down, so I just sit and cry while curled up in a ball day in day out and constantly sleeping not because I'm sleepy but because when I'm not awake I don't feel the suffering, I am so alone and just see the four walls in my living room 24/7 , even just walking to the kitchen to make a coffee is a living hell as soon as I stand I feel dizzy start sweating BP goes up to around 187/107 and pulse 136 on average ( my doctor said it's just temp spikes because if anxiety and the fear of doing stuff the making my BP spike) when I'm sitting my BP is around 117/72 and resting heart 68 to 79 . I don't drink and stopped smoking and I have been in Zoloft/ sertealine but it gave my diarrhoea between 8 to 12 times a day constantly for 10 weeks so the doctor took me off them , they didn't change a thing and did not improve my mental health infact I fell worse , my doctor now wants me to try another SSRI called fluoxatine/ Prozac but I'm not going to take it as it's another SSRI so I can see the diarrhoea starting all over again , I'm currently on week 2 of CBT THERAPY with a therapist, and I really don't know what else to do, my friends say my appearance has changed and I look tired and warn out ,I have even started to get like a dermatitis like patches on my face and head , apparently due to high stress, I have seen a neurologist too because when I partly smile my face goes into spasm like a tremor almost like a hemifacial tremor, mainly my right side of my face near my jaw feel like it's dropped and lips and mouth feels droopy ,along with a stuck feeling in my throat, I literally feel like my body is dying , I have days where I even struggle to move my body arms legs and even turn my head I'm that warn down I'm 44 and feel like I'm 102yo old man , this really is a living hell , I can honestly say in my life I have never experienced happiness or the happiness feeling I truly do not know what that feels like I cannot remember the last time a laughed or smiled, I look out my window in the morning at people getting in there cars for work and smiling at there loved one while they head off to work or go for trips and days out with there loved ones will tears and running down my face crying because I'm so envious and jealous that I can do that or would love to do that ,I feel so lost in the smoke and can't find my way out. Someone please listen and help me I don't want to be or feel alone any more. When my attacker went to prison it said in the papers " perpetrator gets 18months , victim does life " how true this is .I can't work , I'm on disability, I financially struggle to make ends meet and don't trust anyone, it's a living hell, all I want is to experience some form of life as I don't know how to or know what that's like .please help me I feel so alone and lost.
I am the same as you maybe worse. I am 49 and feel as though my life is over. How are you now? Anything work?
I’m so thankful for this video and I’m at a position to apply it to my life. Just keep being strong and listen to what they are saying. We need to rewire
I’ve watched this video over and over it’s very good and should’ve millions of views
I love this. This webinar is what I needed
I wish I had found this video a couple years ago.
I love this way of looking at health anxiety bc I am very competitive and looking at it like a duel with a clever adversary is perfect for me.
I will win, no matter what.
This Webinar have seriously helped me to reduce my anxiety happening after I had a shoulder fracture in a bike accident 3 months ago.
Waiting when will this go away forever and I can live like I was before this anxeity attacks.
Thank you very much for all the information, it helped me a lot!!
Thank you this help me a lot I just got it like a week ago like a never ending anxiety attack you basically read me