Health Anxiety (Reassurance Seeking Type)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2021
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Damn. November I had insane health anxiety. Coming back to your channel is like coming back to a dark place I experienced. It’s literally all in our heads caused by fear. We can’t allow fear to run our lives even if it feels so real that we have something wrong it’s really not the truth. It’s all lies we tell ourselves. Please whoever is reading this stop being scared be thankful you’re breathing & trust in yourself & God. We weren’t born to be worrying over literally nothing! This is just a phase in your life where you’re going to look back and tell yourself,” damn I was trippen tf out!!!” You got this enjoy your day as you would and don’t listen to those thoughts we are not our thoughts we are how we react to them & put faith into the life you want not what your negative mind wants! 🙏🏻
I’ve never related to someone so much, everything you say is is me and it feels good to know someone understands
I think it's health anxiety in my case, I am programmed for a scan next week, peeing a lot...definitely comes from anxiety since just listening to your vids makes it better...Thank you!
You explain how to deal with anxiety while most people just explain the disorder thank you 🙏🏻
I've been really sick recently. All the blood tests, ultrasounds, CT scans just make me feel sick. I had to have four blood tests in four weeks, four scans in four weeks. Currently waiting to see a surgeon. In a huge amount of physical pain and, definitely have been anxious, and way more fearful recently. I guess part of my trouble is I used to starve myself, and now that I'm getting better from anorexia I've been worried about getting sicker and sicker, especially since I'm really committed to be healthy now that I'm on the carnivore diet. I watch medical lecturers when I'm trying to understand what may be potentially wrong with me. It helps the fear when I understand what's going on. I find craft really helps me to cope. Self care too, things like facials. I've not been able to go for walks. I have got an amazing doctor. I'm really trying to handle in better. My doctor is treating the pain. I had no idea how being in extreme pain made me so anxious and edgy too. Thank you so much for being so vulnerable, and sharing yourself. ❤
You're videos help me a lot with my anxiety
I'm definitely the reassurance seeking type, it is so exhausting. Did you ever had health anxiety on your loved ones like your partner or your kids? I find that the anxiety is changing tactics and raising head when I manage to overcome it about my health so it's like an endless cycle.
Couldn’t relate more, I tried to get reassurance seeking last night from Mumsnet and they were telling me to go to a&e 🙃 well that’s exactly what I wasn’t wanting to hear 😅
honestly the reassurance i want to hear is just that the thoughts, its just "Heather", its not me.
Thank you so much for all your videos, they are immensely helpful. I noticed that (unlike myself) when you are actually ill with Covid or a cold/flu, you are pretty calm and don't appear to freak out that much? Whereas when I get the illness, I am beside myself for the entire time stressing about whether it's going to get worse, or generally just panicking about existing with the experience/symptoms of the illness in my body and wanting it gone. If you ever have time to discuss this, that would be amazing. Thank you 🙏
I was the same.
My tips=
Sit with the Pain and Say "You can feel pain in my body" and embrace it. Be present with it and don't fight it.
Whenever I Embrace it and not Fear it, I overcome it. Fear of "illness" kills more than illness itself.
It's like a mental/spiritual battle.
BE OKAY w IT! Accept it. BELIEF YOU ARE OKAY. :)
Headaches as well really suck again I haven’t had for 2-3 weeks than it all came back and I keep thinking like I felt this before?! It’s horrible absolutely horrible
Thank you so much for these videos. I relate so much. I've tried too get reassurance from doctors over and over throughout my life for various things. Main one being a brain tumor. Which I had no symptoms of at all not even headaches but still convinced myself I had one. I got so many brain CT scans in just one year because the reassurance the scan would give me was short lived. So I'd run too the ER and get another CT scan. Then I found out that CTs use radiation and can cause cancer! And I had had so many for no reason. And for the past 8 years that's all I can think about is that now I will definitely get a brain tumor because of the scans. It's a horrible vicious cycle
Feel better Cher
A video on how many times a year you get blood work done and checkups and what checkups you get and what you and your family gets. Your amazing !!!!
I am the person who wants to be reassurance , checker and the google person. I always want GP appointments, I always ask reassurance from my mum
Just watched your lymph node video and it was so reassuring 🥰 I relate to you SO much. This is really amazing to see that you are doing better ... thank you for this!
does anyone get the odd wee pain on top of your head? like the scalp. It just comes and goes sometimes. It's not like an ongoing pain or anything. Only lasts for a second.
I get weird sensations on the top of my head sometimes
@@MindyParker
I get that to mindy a weird fuzzy tingly sensation and it is one of anxiety symptoms....although your brain tries to tell you something else. X
yes it’s called a brain zap ❤️
Hi, what does your diet look like?
Mine is my Brain telling me I’m not breathing or my hearts gonna stop to something horrible it’s sucks so much and it’s not like I can control it.
same with me
I have a trapezius that is more toned than that of the opposite side. My surgeon thought it's a lipoma.. I went twice for ultrasounds and once for an MRI. All came out clear. It's my posture. I still cant accept the fact. Idk what to do. It's really hard as I have my exams to appear in. My brain keeps telling me that I have something serious. God forbid. Or that I have some sort of tumour. I keep seeking reassurance.
You are ok, try not to worry to much..
I check my temperature and blood pressure and weight sou h it's annoying
Reassurance is addictive and not good for you. Think of it as a bad drug habit.
Hey have you ever had the feeling like your not breathing or your heart feels off it’s been three days like this I was good for 2-3 weeks than I got stressed than everything came back… I’m very scared I’ve had my heart and lungs checked they said everything is fine even blood work.. I keep thinking to myself there is no way this is anxiety the breathing thing feels horrible like I’m not breathing at all or getting air
i felt like i couldnt take a breathe or breathe properly 24/7 for 11 months, couldn't feel air going in or going out either, it will pass but it is complete shit for a whilst, what helps is learning the brain has a center dedicated to breathing and you literally can't just stop breathing, when you internalize this you can start reassuring yourself and ignoring it, eventually it passes.
@@ciaranperry4677 have you had heart fears like your heart feeling odd or off or like it doesn’t wanna beat cardiophobia mine went away for two like a month I was able to play games and do regular life stuff than it came back due to stress I believe
@@f4degaming461 Nah but my life has been completely destroyed by it in general and left me with one of the worst somatoform disorders humanly imaginable (assuming there isn't an underlying cause). The heart thing is common but the reason its pointless is hearts are incredibly strong and rarely ever fail, the human heart can beat at 200 bpm for 4 months solid before collapse so i just ignored flip flopping, palpitations etc, just don't care about them as it's always a nothing burger. It's definitely due to stress and gaming can definitely be a contributor due to its stimulation levels.
@@ciaranperry4677 when I gamed I felt better but sometimes it gets so bad like now constant air hunger scared of the fact I have it and chest pain I’ve been checked when I was like this before and was told I was perfectly fine… how could this all start from a panic attack?
@@f4degaming461 chest pain is tension, it's all stress and sensitized nerves and unfortunately it takes a long time to bring it back down to normal levels, what's important is removing all life stress and dealing with your mental fears etc that may of lead to the debacle. Believe me panic attacks are no joke and can send you on a first class ticket to hell very fast but you can get better.
Hi sister plz provide subtitles I am Indian🙏
What problems you are facing ?i am also an Indian
My mother suffering with als.i have excessive health anxiety about als.it causes different problems pulling legs,fast heart beat,tension,vertigo, numbness&muscle twitching in different hot spots like knee, arms.
@@adithyasrividya4220 als twitching is loaclized and doesn’t appear in different parts of the body i am also suffering from muscle twitching because of anxiety and vitamin D3 deficiency
Wow I didn't knew you made a video just yesterday... I saw your video on lymphoma
1 August- that was the day when my health anxiety crashed on my like tsunami... It lasted few days? No
Lastted until the end of October... After I was convinced of 10 (not kidding not exaggerating) types of C.
A month of Nov was spent with a relief from this go ogling and madness over c.
I finally visited a physco therapist, got prescribed anti-depressants.. I was like I don't need them no more.. Then few days... I felt a lump.. Swollen lymph node.. Maybe a cm? I don't know if it is move able or firm... I mean when I press on it.. I feel my finger tap can slip all over the swollen lymph node.. I don't know if it moves..and I don't know if it has that kind of hardness of a lymphoma lymp node...when I press on it with my nail.. It doesn't compress its Preety hard and makes a sound when i press and move nail over the swollen node and slips off it
I am 19
Hiii, I relate to you so much! I’m a 17 year old female. About 2 weeks ago I felt about 3 swollen lymph nodes in my HEAD, and one really hard and PAINLESS in my neck, I wasn’t sure if I could move them.
It was awful. I have really bad health anxiety too, never been to a therapist (I probably should lol). Anyways, i was 100% convinced it was lymphoma. I skipped about a week of school right after winter break because I was in such a bad mental state it was hard to get out of bed. Guess what? The ones in my head have decreased in size significantly, and the one in my neck is completely gone. After tons of googling, checking, and getting reassurance I have worn myself out so much. I want to let you know that at this time of the year most people get infected with some sort of bacterial or viral infection so getting swollen lymph nodes is expected. My dad previously had really bad health anxiety so I would constantly go to him for reassurance. So try your best not to worry, it’s nothing :) Now I’m mentally preparing my self for the next time I think I have cancer, which is probably soon lol because health anxiety sucks. I hope this makes you feel a little better, even though I just reassured you which I probably shouldn’t have lol. Since you have experience with therapists and anti-depressants should I give it a try? My anxiety gets worse by the day.
@@maram2564 hey Mara, guess we both are not having so great times.. So are you on somewhere so that we could talk and exchange our darn anxious loifes❤️
@@maram2564 and tbh, without them sugars (talking about anti-depressants😂)... I would have ( these past few weeks) fallen in severe anxiety... I could tell u in detail about myh.. Experience with the sugars :)
@@maram2564 r u still around? 👀
@@maram2564 I am on like 3 sugars per day, and no side effects... They do their job :P
Not relevant really but is it you doing the clearscore advert 🤣🤦♂️