THE DEBILITATING FEAR OF CANCER
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- Hi everyone! In this video I talk about the fear of cancer and how this has affected me. I hope this video brings you some comfort to know that you are never alone. Cancer is scary the fear of it is even scarier!
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My grandma had breast cancer at 62 and treated with chemo and cancer free and now 97. She is fearless which is what I love about her and wish I have a little bit like her.
God bless her,🙏🏼🙏🏼
Long live grandma ❤
I came back to this post to encourage myself because I went to my first mammogram and scared to death … my 97 years old grandma I mentioned above …. passed away a couple of months ago at age 💯, a hundred!! From a stroke ..
I am afraid of death. Mostly because I’m 27 years old. I am looking forward to graduating with my masters, having a career, hopefully getting married, and one day having children. Watching my nieces and nephew grow up. And healing from my trauma in a way that’ll let me finally relax and enjoy my life. And I have this debilitating fear of all that going up in smoke. My greatest fear is wasting away in a bed.
Been there done that. Had every possible cancer from bowel cancer to blood cancer. So bad anxiety that symptoms matched the cancers. It's no way to live. Fear of cancer is worse than cancer.
Same, I have a few dots in my leg I'm scared I think I have blood cancer, a week ago I thought bit had lymphoma
I know this is an irrelevant question, but from my heart I want to thank you for your lymph node videos. Google can damn well drive ppl crazy sometimes
Pancreatic cancer is a big one for me rn..and just a couple months ago it was chrons disease or ulcerative colitis..Health anxiety is nooo joke man it will eat you alive!
I thought I had hyperthyroidism
HIV
A cervical cancer
Blood work came back clean
But I still think I have a brain or lymphoma
I subscribe to people s channel when I see a video about my health fears
I made a friend in TH-cam when I thought I had hyperthyroidism
Sadly I’m had to let her know that it wasn’t
I am really just tired of all this
I really wanna go back to the doctor and get checked again
Cause I am convince j have something serious
But I am scare
I picture my reaction when the doctor tells me I have cancer
Or myself in hospital
Or when I die
It’s a lot
Ohhh also I ve developed social anxiety
I panic when I am in public
I was diagnosed with depression after I had my daughter and I ve had panic attacks
It’s a tough road
Do you have a meditation practice? My health anxiety has come back recently and I think it coincides with me stopping my meditation practice. I’m in a shorty place right now but I do believe that it’s my mind and I’ll work through it.
1 in 3 get cancer at some point in their life. A vast majority of cancer-patients overall survive. Cancer is not a death sentence per say. More common in older people though.
@AJD 1 in 3 is still pretty high though. Still as you say, there are some controllable factors like pollution, diet, smoking, physical fitness et,. Then again, if I got cancer or a terminal illness when I was beyond 70 I would not feel that sad.
@@maryamkaramkhel6353 but the pain is same whether you are 17 or 70
@@vishveshtadsare3160 believe me, it is not. Way easier to accept your fate if you are old and ill than of you’re young. You are losing way more if you are young.
Remember, this is lifetime risk, like through 80 or so years of life. Cancer in younger people (in their 20's and 30's for example) is 1 in 1,000...not 1 in 3. So keep that in mind!
@@maryamkaramkhel6353 I totally agree, the fear is to get cancer while you are still young, but as we get older we might accept it more I guess
Thank you 🥺🙏🏻 I need this so so much! I’m convinced I have a Brain tumor or just something horrible going on.. I am the one who fears the doctors office and fears being told bad news. But I decided today enough was enough. I am done with the fears and done with my health anxiety taking over my life. I wanna enjoy every single day that I have at peace and just be grateful ❤️ thank you so much for your videos!
I convinced myself I have a brain tumor but now it’s turned to brain cancer so I’m going for a MRI
So looks like these comments are a couple years old… were your fears substantiated?
@@santiagobetancur5703 yes they have! I watch a lot of her videos and have helped me
A lot!
This is what I'm going thru right now.
@evelyncornejo8486 did you get tests? Or did the symptoms just go away? A chiropractor told me to get an MRI of my neck cause she didn't like how it felt but didn't want to speculate so now I'm terrified to even get an MRI. What were your symptoms?
I’ve gone back and forth for a decade about cancer fears. Right now is a rough patch with cancer thoughts and your video came at the perfect time.
Lauren Lo I feel your pain. I have been dealing with the feaR of skin spots.
do you get super stressed and feared as product of that anxeity? and how long it stays with you? all the time stressed?
Most types of cancers one day will hopefully be cured 100%, hopefully the rarer and more tricky type of cancers to treat can be cured one day.
Cherelle...thank you!!!! Cancer had always been one of my fears and like you I have diagnosed myself with so many things. I’ve been much better after CBT but have felt myself slipping into old habits and your video has appeared at the right time!!!! As always Cherelle...thank you! You know how brilliant I think you are 💕
I've lived with health anxiety for about 4 years now, it sucks when you can't stop worrying
do you get fear of cancer when you get stressed? as a result of that fear? and how long it stays with you?
Going crazy right now. Thanks so much. Vid came at a good time.
This is me everyday every pain I think its cancer atm I'm dealing with a uti infection and I'm convinced i have ovarian cancer 😪 xx
Change your life style raw vegan diet and fruits and no process foods and no sugar
@@zoltrix3817 I am vegan are you referring to me having a uti?
So its just an infection dont think abt it bcz the more u think of something you would get the same result dont u know abt the power of mind
so are u okay now?
I've had severe chronic pains for years. Lately it's been worse. I've been sad too bc I fear I might be very sick. I've gone to my doctor, the emergency room over and over for years they always tell me your blood work looks normal. But then I think about all the people who were misdiagnosed until they reached late stage. I developed terrible. hypochondria, and literally I avoid all the foods I love bc I'm convinced that our food is carcinogenic or artery clogging bc of all the dyes, preservatives, pesticides, bioengineering etc. I have spent the last 6 years trying to get used to the fact that one day will be our day to lie alone front and center with sad eyes looking on. I watch NDE experiences and nature of reality a lot and they do bring some comfort, that the soul lives on. Being dead does not scare me as much as the dying process. I'm a very private reclusive person, I live alone and except for my immediate family no one really knows much about my life. It really bothers me to imagine everyone finding out I'm dying, the news and shock in my community. Feeling helpless in the hospital, with people looking at me and feeling sorry. That is my worst fear. Your video is comforting bc you also were very convinced that you had some of the things I'm afraid I have. Reassures me that it is possible I'm just catastrophizing. Thanks for sharing!🙂
I am 18 and lately I have unexplainable pains too! But my ultrasound and blood work are normal and everyone tells me it's nothing serious, still I saw many young people with cancer online and I developed terrible health anxiety, yesterday I was convinced I'm dying of cancer and I cried for hours until my parents calmed me down.. I have no other symptoms other than pains and I hope it's just my mind messing with me creating psychosomatic pains, and I'm not actually dying
Google gives the worst case scenario just in case that no one should sue them.
Love u cherelle. You have helped me soooo much with my health anxiety. I always feel safe and reassured watching your videos x
I relate to this. Thank you for sharing.💚
Also my mums got a freind who’s had, skin cancer and is currently living with a brain tumour. She’s surprisingly doing great, the brain tumour is under control and they are managing to keep it small and less harmful.
Nice to see you back Cherelle (would be better in nicer circumstances). Dad had prostate cancer and died after being in lots of pain. It is legitimately frightening. Despite this, he would want me to live life to the full and not feel miserable.
I think the mole part of the video where you said you can’t do it because you haven’t had that fear was aimed at me! I had asked a video on moles!! Thanks for acknowledging it! You the best girlie :)
Its like you read my mind with this one. Im in the middle of a streak
Your very pritty, I've added you as a friend on Facebook, texted U on Messanger, I've watched this video, and it made a lot of sense, I like your other videos aswell, gives out a clear understanding.
you are amazing xx
cancer is scary, I agree with you every year the treatment for cancer would get better and better, My Grandad who is in his 80s and was found he has slow growing cancer, and the lump has only grown a few mm in the last few years, does not need treatment (yet)
Aww I love your openness. I am in the same boat. This year I convinced myself I had esophagus cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer. I had a lump on my breast and got referred for ultrasound, and it came back benign, but they didn't take a biopsy so I can't help but worry it was missed! Currently have awful cramps and lower back pain. I am so worried I now have metastatic breast cancer, or cervical cancer. Health anxiety is the worst! Sending hugs
how are u?
Hey girl, it feels good in a way where I see that the other person is sharing the same fear as me. In the past
I have worried about all sorts of cancer, and lasT weekend I was fixaTed with spots on mY back. Anxiety pushes me to focus on thaT spot on my
Back. I have been thru health issues in the past and I suffered thru those issues for five years. It made my health anxiety worse. I ended up loosing confidence in my body because there were so many things going on with my body at the same time. I go into the health anxiety phase and fear death and all that is attached to that. And what will my family do and how will I survive the disease. I am 41, never married, never had a boyfriend, and lived with depression etc. so sometimes I don’t know what to look forward to and then sink into this situation of what the disease would do to me. Xoxox
Are you any better
i am worried about every symptom I get is cancer, google is the problem. you read something about a symptom you get, and bang you think the worst
A very frightening disease for sure. We may have to do our best to prevent it like proper diet, no smoking, exercise, etc.
Don’t take life too seriously no one gets out.
What’s for you won’t go by you be thankful for every day you have on this planet because one day that will come to an end.. live for today and not Tomorrow Good luck in your life x
Yes I so agree with the wormhole that is Facebook my biggest trigger. The ho fund me pages etc are amazing but as soon as I see those I go into panic attack mode. Thank you for this video though it's so well put.
I’m absolutely terrified of the c word. Although my genetics are good and my immune system is good and I’ve been told I am very healthy and I lack risk factors and things, it’s still one of my biggest fears ever. I feel like the c word is getting more treatable.
Your an angel
Cherelle my health anxiety has always been bad. I've always feared cancer my entire life and had really bad health anxiety and I still do to this day and it heightens even more when I found out that my aunt is carrying a rare genetic cancer mutation. I've been trying to take it day-by-day but have been extremely depressed and scared crying all the time going on Google obsessing. I've also have a swollen submandibular gland for five years and didn't think much of it but now obsessed moreover it especially with the genetic mutation in our family I am going to go get a check but now I'm really scared if it is cancer
same with me. i’m already worrying about cancer at 15 :(
Why fear cancer?because of death?and a sad long fading away its not fast like a heart attack,but ultimately its fear of death we have to come to terms with it because no matter what,everyone is gonna die some maybe younger or older but everyone is gonna be in a grave,think where you were before being born did you had any discomfort?like it was bad?nope you had no joys but no suffering either it was neutral but not bad.so even the worst to me its nothing ive had blood drawn so many times my blood work is all over the place for over 5 years but i aint dead yet even tough acording to google i am already dead,doctors saw now i need to wait 3 months to repeat the bloodwork but they cant find anything even tough high lymphocites high hematocrit suggest a number of diseases like lymphoma wich would have killed me in a year let alone 5 so who knows but i dont care anymore death is not that bad i just enjoy the present
God bless you
I felt this …. 🙏🏽
I’ve watched two people in my immediate circle go through chemo and die anyway. One of them only had chemo for a couple of weeks and then she was gone. The other suffered for a few years and then he had a bone marrow transplant and was ok for a little while but then went downhill. Part of me wonders if cancer is linked to parasites and maybe the answer is fighting parasites. I don’t know but I’ve known so many people who were destroyed by chemo, and even if they were ok for a while, the cancer came back because the chemo destroyed their immune system. I know a guy who was given a few years to live and he refused chemo. He radically changed his diet and eliminated all foods that could feed cancer especially sugar. Last I checked he was still alive and he was diagnosed around 18 years ago.
I was 100% certain I had a brain tumor/cancer because I was getting twitches and headaches. Got a million tests (MRI, CT scans and blood work) everything came back fine. I still get muscle twitches here and there and headaches once in a while but have no answers to any of it. Now my most recent issue is I’ve been spotting after sex with my bf and I’m constipated which could be signs of some kind of Gynecologic cancer like ovarian cancer and it’s been freaking me out!
how are u
For me, it’s the fear of needles, vomiting from the treatment and being extremely vulnerable to other illnesses while the immune system is down.
Oh my God😦 l am having the same symptoms as you had and l did and l do the same things as you did and do, is absolutely same😂 everything that you just said you did, l did too. l subscribed to many your tubers channel with all type of cancer and l even had to unsubscribe to one of them, because it was getting on too much on me. l also joined and l am still joining in groups of the disease and other diseases such as HIV. l also felt selfish too, because by join in these groups l could see people really ill and l was fine because l don't have any health negative diagnostic while mentally, l was ill too. But at the same time, l felt myself one of them and l am still, but the feeling now is to help them to give my support. l had to comment on your video because my case is just similar to yours, incredible 😁😎👍
Actually now, l am trying to volunteer in a cancer hospital to help people living with cancer. While this threat is incurable, we all should feel one of them with cancer, it is all of us job to helping people beating cancer, but to understand that we need to become one. So, you are not selfish and l am not selfish, we are privileged to be able to feel this disease without haven it so we can prepare, learning and face our fears, by digging in to it, discover, researching etc. then, we all can beat cancer in the way that they show to us.
You mentioned you have a couple of palpable lymph nodes in your neck. How big are they? Are they movable? I have a couple of immobile, hard, pea-sized ones and I am freaking out. They are really close together
My health anxiety is so severe, I have convinced myself that I have some form of Blood Cancer, this is because I had two bruises on my hands , and my V12 level was high at 1150ng/L but that might be due to my diet and the supplements that I was taking. My blood count , White and Red and platelets and all came normal, my kidney's function is fine and so is my liver. But I have already imagined myself in the worst state possible. I need help, genuine help.
German new medicine is great everyone should study that
I have health anxiety too. Mostly about cancer , but I've convinced myself in the past that I have other illnesses too (like MS or an aneurysm ect). The problem with cancer is that it's everywhere. If I watch a video on YT about cancer, I'm getting bombarded with cancer related videos in the next weeks. The media talks about it everytime too because cancer is a "dramatic" topic and the media loves "cruel fate" storys. Also , as we all know, cancer is a money printing machine. The more we see it, the more we fear it - the more money it will generate. There are studies out there about the fact that screenings are not as helpfull as we think (1-3% lower all-cause mortality) and sometimes they are harmful. Especially the mammography for us women should be viewed very critically because it can be a cause for breast cancer in the first place - so if you are a woman with a low breast cancer risk (about 1/3 of the female population in western europe) you should stop doing it completely.
When you had muscle twitching was it all over your body? And did you also have it on your eyelid? Did your muscles hurt? Thanks
It's not ALS if you don't have weakness and upper and lower motor neuron signs. Muscles don't hurt, they get fatigued from less impact than before til you start failing at things. Twitching in the eye is super common and nothing to worry about at all. Tounge fasciculations may be worrisome if they're real fasciculations and not the weird thing that most anxious people call fasciculations. But then it's happening on the daily or weekly basis and it's more than a couple of twitches at the time.
@@maryamkaramkhel6353 thank you for your knowledge it is comforting
A lot of my fear stems from not being able to afford medical care in the states. My senior plan is ill probably die from something preventable bc i couldnt afford screenings. I havent had a pap in over 10 years . Im trying to leave the country and i cant save unless i live out of my car
My mum had cancer and survived but now I'm am so fucked up a month it was luekimia then it was bone cancer know its brain tumor
I have skin cancer in 4 places and only one area was a little mole. All the other areas were not moles at all, but looked like a bruise and one looked like a circular scar. I have 4 separate operations coming up 😭
Good luck to you :)
Wait...wasnt the fear one of MND? is this new
You know we luckily live in an age where medical science has improved so much That's there's always that option to get the treatments to find out we could have there's a support system. Versus if we were living in the medieval times and their understanding of medical science with minimal but progressing but not nearly what it is today. So I don't know that's just the logic I have to follow nowadays to keep myself at bay
Cancer if you think objectively is overgrowth of cells, our own cells. It's strange that our own cells become unknowingly our threat.
I have not go as far as I joining cancer forums with my anxiety
Did your brain fog go away? I’m dealing with it right now and it has gotten a lot worse this week
Same
Same here how’s it going you guys are y’all any better
Kim Anei no
My biggest fear
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Ive got breast cancer tbh unless it spreads its nothing. I left my lump 8 months before diagnosis and have been treat minimally no chemo only op and radiotherapy learn to put things to back of your mind get on with living.
Don't perpetuate this attitude to breast cancer, you got LUCKY with a slow growing, hormone positive cancer with a low recurrence rate thats why you didnt need chemo. There are lots of different types of breast cancers, 10 to 20% are very aggressive and waiting 8 months would not be an option. Ladies check your boobs and go to your GP if you spot anything different for YOU, early detection saves lives 👍🏻.
R Martin your right but 80% of breast cancers are hormone positive her2 negative tho and have been growing years before they are found.
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Do you have Snapchat?
You should have that fear...i had that fear and developped cancer last February...and a rare one on top of that. So fear and worry about it. You will probably get it
No
That’s absolutely no way to live our lifes
Lmfao this is definitely a troll
@@thelonebeed im not a troll...just saying trying to ignore it wont stop it from happening
i seriously cant understand why would you write smth this to a video where everyone wants to get relaxed and overcome their fear.