I have OCD and health anxiety, I'm constantly worried about health 24/7, it's really hard to convince the limbic brain and literally trying to cope up with life everyday, LIKE REALLY HARD, so a big thank you for raising awareness. TO ALL OUT THERE, PLEASE BE KIND TO EACH OTHER IN 2023 COS YOU'VE ZERO IDEA WHAT ANYONE COULD BE POTENTIALLY GOING THROUGH!!!
Cherelle, thank you so very much. My health anxiety has improved so much since watching your videos. I was in a dark place just 2 months ago but now I’ve stopped googling, stopped checking my body and I think I’m at least 70% over this just from listening to your advice. Thank you so much. You’re such a kind and loving soul and I know you will receive great things in your life.
@@al3xiumbeats489 recently I have been on medication ..it helps but won't help completely if you know what I mean. Recently...I have been practicing wim Hoff breathing exercises....it helped me ..let's see...you and I are not alone many are with us... let's overcome this together
Sharing our stories really cools our nerves and makes us feels normal again. Health Anxiety is the worst that can happen to anybody, let’s get this demon out of our HEAD…
Yes its terrible, when you think you got rid of it, it comes again when u not expecting. It literally sucks life and joy out of you. Every body symptom you assume its the worst outcome just like channel owner says. And all these body checks, it makes you mentally exhausted all together. Problem is we assure self by making diagnose, while we are not certified to do so, or we read few symptoms on google and that is enough to make us believe.
Preach!! The last half, especially, is so true. Our society teaches us that you must be happy (almost manic) all the time. Everything is over stimulating with social media, the news, etc.
For me, it’s a thought usually followed by a sensation. And the problem is that in the moment it feels so real… whether it be that my heart is wrong or my lungs are collapsing or I’m getting some serious disease, etc. and it’s so hard in the moment to differentiate between the feelings especially when (with my anxiety), I subconsciously put so much emphasis on that feeling. But I’m trying so hard to get through it, and please pray for me and I’ll do the same for you 🙏
My health anxiety is so bad lately 😢 it’s like I can’t see a way out of this horrible cycle. I get triggered and feel a woosh of anxiety in my body and my mind goes into a spiral of fear.
Your videos are so so helpful. Especially the points you make about health anxiety sufferers being chronic problem solvers and unable to live with anxious/ uncomfortable feelings. Really helps me see my health anxiety from a more rational perspective. Thank you ❤
For a while it was the tightness in the head always having weird aches and pains. Then it was my ear pulsating which led me down the path of brain tumors/cancer etc. I had a MRI head scan and they found nothing. I had my ears checked and they said my ears looked great and had perfect hearing. Whenever my anxiety spikes I always feel dizzy/fatigue. As of lately I've been stressing over left chest tightness/pains/tingling and sensations along with indigestion and chest burn. I also will sit down for a while and when I get up I have sharp pains under my ribs. Obviously I still suffer from health anxiety however I've stopped googling my symptoms and try telling myself to relax and that I'm okay because obviously nothing has happened yet.
Thank you so much for this content. Makes me cry, but in a good way. You're a breath of fresh air when I can't breathe through the darkness I'm living in currently
I can relate to everything you said. I also started following people in hopes to get some reassurance. I had to delete my tik tok because that one sent me down a bad rabbit hole. I recently found you a few days ago and you don’t know how much you’ve helped me already. I started today not asking for reassurance or googling anything and my anxiety has been better than the past month. I still get triggered but just hoping soon I will feel better. Thank you so much again ❤
Your videos literally got me through a recent lymph nodes scare where even what I thought were enlarged tumors growing in my groin were actually normal sized lymph nodes. I was so anxious and don’t think I would have gotten through sanely without your content. Thank you so much for the work you do ❤
Here’s a controversial thought, i believe sometimes those exact specific moments help you realize you’re doing the wrong things, like messaging someone who is genuinely ill and asking for clarifications (or for confort really), i’ve done it myself and if there weren’t for those moments i wouldn’t have realised how much i am sabotaging myself, i’ve done a similar bad thing where i messaged a person and letting her think she gave me a disease and i’ve been ashamed of that ever since, so i would say it is easy to say “don’t do that” but you will never fully understand and stop doing it until you’ve done it and feel miserable about it, anyway thanks for sharing that, it takes a lot of courage
Realise this is an old post but in case my experience helps anyone else… Recently I had to take an antibiotic. Stupidly for someone with health anxiety I read the side effects. But I didn’t stop there. Oh no. I then went on review pages, Reddit forums, read medical papers and case studies. I’d honed in on one rare but serous side effect and by the time I’d finished googling I was already seeing myself as the woman in one of the case studies who suffered from it. I was there. It was going to happen to me just as it did to her. And guess what? 2 days later I started to experience those very side effects. Of course I went to my GP who dismissed it. Well that didn’t help since I actually was experiencing genuine symptoms and it was clear he had no idea what the side effects of this medication actually are. So that led to more fear, more googling, more catastrophising and worse symptoms. I was even triggered by the dr asking if I also had any muscle weakness. Well I didn’t but I began to in the days that followed. Logically I kept thinking well either I’m physic and had a premonition of danger I should have listened to OR I am very susceptible to hearing other peoples experiences and this is a clear case of the nocebo effect in action. But logic doesn’t really play a part in health anxiety! It wasn’t until I found this channel that I have started to turn things around. I can’t change the damage and suffering I’ve caused myself this time round, I just have to be patient now and let things calm down but I now have the understanding and a set of tools to make sure I do things differently in future. The mind is more powerful than I ever imagined. I can’t thank you enough, you have been an absolute life and sanity saver, because you’ve been through this you know how to help others get through it - just very thankful you have chosen to use your experience to help others! ❤
I been dealing with health anxiety for the past 3 years and the worst part is that I worry about my kids health and my parents health it’s never my own health, and in April my dad was diagnosed with non Hodgkin’s lymphoma and I just lost it! A few months ago my daughter got those Petechiae spots and here I am again loosing my mind 😓 that’s how I found you!
I just wanted to say that your videos have helped me immensely and I'm greatly appreciative of the time and effort you put towards making free content for everyone. Don't let the trolls get you down.
Ive realized I get anxious at night while driving ,I was rear-ended by a drunk driver so if I see a car getting close or driving to fast behind me it sets my anxiety in
Absolutely no need to reply but I just watched your most recent video about people being unkind to you about not replying and such and wow! I just wanted to tell you that you have helped me so much. And honestly it’s just with your videos! (You’ve also replied to me but that’s not where all the help has come in). You were so right when you said if people look enough, the answers are in your videos! I honestly don’t have health anxiety anymore at all and you are the main reason why, along with therapy. Keep doing what you’re doing, you are amazing and you have come so far from where you started!!! You’re an inspiration.
Watching this now while I’m on a walk after getting triggered by an Instagram post: it said “ watch me lose my sparkle because of my illness “ and I could have clicked away but of course I watched ugh
I use to look at the obituary and find the deceased people that were my age, find them on social media and try to find out what they died from. Thankfully, I don’t do this anymore. My health anxiety has manifested in different way. Right now, I’m suffering from cardiophobia.
Health anxiety is so terrifying....battling with that for the past few months...juggling from one symptom to another..googling(the worst part) checking the body...this is so terrible...I wish I could get out of this health anxiety asap...its also terrible when you spot a symptom, you go into the dilemma of whether this is bcos of the anxiety or it is real.....this is so debilitating😢
I get auras and I'm perimenopausal so the anxiety has sky rocketed. I am so anxious every single day. 😢 any changes in the migraine or aura will set me off.. It's terrible. And yes if I see anyone on TH-cam getting sick that just triggers me no end. Ugh!!
Thank you for this video, it helps me dealing with my health anxiety. My biggest difficulties are (1)constantly self - monitoring my body and (2)going to second opinions. I always fell by those triggers that wakes my symptoms up. It can be opening my computer to study for exams and insead scrolling for symptoms and causes of my sensations. I always read posts in Reddit and I follow subgroups of people with deseases that scare me. I won't remind the name for not sending peope there' but there is a digital quiz that tell you about possible causes to your symptoms' and it always says I have a possibilty of cancer, and it's written that they diagnose correctly 90% of the cases, and my doctors say I don't have it, so the ambiguity is totally unbearable. Those social media and self-diagnosis by the internet can really make us unhappy and confused.
Been dealing with a constant tension headache for 3 months. They used to go away but a few months ago I convinced myself I was going to die and ended up in the ER. It hasn’t gone away since. I’ve had scans done and seen a neurologist but my brain won’t let it go.
Hi have you considered alternative therapy, I suffer from long tension headaches only time I get relief is seeing an osteopath because it stemmed from chronic upper back tension. Hope you find relief soon x
So I’ve been having twitching for about two months now then out of nowhere I had a migraine with Aura and I couldn’t speak and I couldn’t find words and I didn’t know my sons name, my wife’s name, or even my own name or where I worked. However 4 days before this I hit my head pretty hard on my refrigerator but I dont think it was enough for a concussion. Anyway, ever since I had that migraine I haven’t felt normal, I feel like I’m disconnecting from my body, like my legs feel weak, I feel like I’m saying the wrong words, I still have somewhat of a brain fog, I’m confused, and I’m having severe anxiety/ panic attacks because of these symptoms. I got a brain MRI and a CT scan and everything came back normal. Got blood work and it also came back normal. I don’t know what’s going on but I feel like my brain is shutting down. Can health anxiety cause this or is it something I should continue to get checked out?
Thank you so much for this topic! I watched your videos on blood in stool. Are you willing to share what your fecal calprotectin level was? Mine started at 19 and went up to 53 when I had blood in stool. My GI says it’s fine but I’m worried..
Some doctors are tragic! I went to the dermatologist the other day because I had a small rash on my upper lid.. she started mentioning autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis and others.. and then she said" let's see how it behaves.. if it comes out again or somewhere else"..." My God, why are you testing me like this?"🥶😭😂 I thought to myself.. She prescribed an ointment and it is over...
😅my doctor is the same, I went with slight shaking vision, and he mentioned MS or a brain tumour and to come back in 3 weeks if you still have it, of course now I have a whole array of new anxiety symptoms
i have this health anxiety, is part of the reason why i lost my job, i for got 2 renew my drivers licence for 4 weeks, worry about my health ya health anxiety sucks
Hi Cherelle, hope you are well. I just want to say how thankful I am for your videos, your story is almost similar to mine. Due to my journey I would like to change my career like you did to help people who have experienced anxiety but I am not sure where to start with looking on who to study with. Do you have any advice on which governing body or course I should start with in the UK? Any advice would be highly appreciated as I am becoming overwhelmed with all the different answers I have seen on youtube! xxx
Hi there! Oh that’s so lovely to hear you’re wanting to get into this too! I know it can be a little overwhelming with options. Honestly, the best way to do your level 4 in counselling is through a local college. You usually need to do an ‘introduction to counselling’ first that often only takes about 10 weeks and then you’ll do your level 2, level 3 and finally your level 4. You want a course that is BACP accredited ideally especially if you wanted to work for a firm/establishment. It’s not so much of an issue if you plan to work for yourself. I hope that helps! ❤
A friend just called me telling me that she is dropping off her kid at school and the police were there trying to do cpr on a father that was dropping off his kids too and he was not responding, omg that sent me into panic and I was thinking about my family, myself etc and what if that happens to any of us, this is horrible
how you were handling your daily life then ? I have severe health anxiety and it's kind a stopping me from living a normal life. now I m stressing abt whether the nurse used a new needle for blood draw as I dint see her open new one. despite being reassured by the other clinic nurse, my stress is on the rise. it's so worse. and now trying to get infection check. again there is a window for infection antibody to be found in blood test. which is again a waiting period. and I m stressing abt it so bad that I can't study.
I found your videos amidst the peak of my noise pollution induced anxiety, I had terrible twitching back then. It took a month to recede. Now it's back with some new twitching areas, but I know it will stop eventually. You really have to be in peace of mind all the time to stop these and sadly it's easier said than done 😕
I’m going through a really bad run of my Hypocondria at the moment cause I had a tooth infection then I got a toe infection and was convinced I’d get Sepsis so I was an absolute mess up in the hospital but they just put me on antibiotics and it’s all gone now but now I keep thinking I have bladder problems, Cancer, tumours etc and I just feel like I’m never going to get out of this even though I’ve been through setbacks before I’m so bad I have my mom in the room with me at night and I’m 28
Hey man, I know you posted this comment awhile ago and I hope you're doing better!! But I just wanted to say that I went through a super similar experience. Toe infection, then a UTI, was on tons (and I mean tons) of antibiotics for it. Developed health anxiety from the experience and was constantly worried about bladder issues, cancer, and neurological conditions -- anything and everything!! You name it I've probably thought I've had it at some point or another. I'm 25 and it got so bad for me I was sleeping in my mom's room at night, too. But getting on antidepressants / anti-anxiety meds and starting therapy + really working on reducing health anxiety behaviors like googling symptoms has helped immensely. I still struggle sometimes, still get triggered once in awhile, but my symptoms have slowly disappeared as I've managed my stress. Take care of yourself! Health anxiety can do crazy things to your body and create real physical symptoms -- but you will get through this. I know in the moment it can really feel like you're going to die and nobody can convince you otherwise, but hang in there. You've made is this far despite all that you've feared. Take it one day at a time. For a long time I couldn't accept that my symptoms were from stress but it seems like that really is the case. Advocate for yourself and go to the doctor if symptoms persist - but when they tell you you're fine and your results are normal, accept it as best you can. I can't recommend therapy enough. Stay strong, you're not alone and you'll be alright. 🫂
I'm looking for a new therapist, should I look for somebody who does ACT or is regular CBT sufficient for health anxiety? Of course any type of therapist is better than not going to therapy.
The main trigger I hate to see is when I see adverts saying 1 in 2 of us will now get cancer. I have to keep telling myself they are not telling you the full facts, like how old are they, are they smokers, is it genetic. Also tell us the survival facts, something positive! Like you say the doom and gloom makes good news and click bait
I've had an accident with an energy drink at the beginning of the year, which made my BPM raise to 140. Ever since then, the chest pains are still sort of... Here. Everyone tells me it's nothing, that I'm fine. But the chest pains persist. I went to the hospital right after it happened. My heartrate was fine, everything came out normal. Yet ive always worried about it. It made me have health anxiety, i believe, since my mother is a nurse and tells me my chest aches due to my posture. It went through the fucking roof as soon as a small, cute little mole appeared on my armpit. Its been.. three days ? Ever since it went haywire. This condition is so fucking painful. Especially since I'm not diagnosed for it yet, so it makes the dog bark even worse. I send strength to everyone who has a similar experience. ❤
I think antidepressants can be a great tool for some people. I tried a bunch back in 2019 but I didn’t have any success so I didn’t bother. It’s definitely doable without medication, like I did but I’m also not against meds! ❤
I have OCD and health anxiety, I'm constantly worried about health 24/7, it's really hard to convince the limbic brain and literally trying to cope up with life everyday, LIKE REALLY HARD, so a big thank you for raising awareness. TO ALL OUT THERE, PLEASE BE KIND TO EACH OTHER IN 2023 COS YOU'VE ZERO IDEA WHAT ANYONE COULD BE POTENTIALLY GOING THROUGH!!!
Cherelle, thank you so very much. My health anxiety has improved so much since watching your videos.
I was in a dark place just 2 months ago but now I’ve stopped googling, stopped checking my body and I think I’m at least 70% over this just from listening to your advice.
Thank you so much. You’re such a kind and loving soul and I know you will receive great things in your life.
Im suffering with health anxiety even a small trigger can make so anxious and make me go crazy
Same, its so hard to live with health anxiety
@@al3xiumbeats489 recently I have been on medication
..it helps but won't help completely if you know what I mean.
Recently...I have been practicing wim Hoff breathing exercises....it helped me
..let's see...you and I are not alone many are with us... let's overcome this together
Sharing our stories really cools our nerves and makes us feels normal again. Health Anxiety is the worst that can happen to anybody, let’s get this demon out of our HEAD…
Yes its terrible, when you think you got rid of it, it comes again when u not expecting. It literally sucks life and joy out of you. Every body symptom you assume its the worst outcome just like channel owner says. And all these body checks, it makes you mentally exhausted all together. Problem is we assure self by making diagnose, while we are not certified to do so, or we read few symptoms on google and that is enough to make us believe.
Preach!! The last half, especially, is so true. Our society teaches us that you must be happy (almost manic) all the time. Everything is over stimulating with social media, the news, etc.
For me, it’s a thought usually followed by a sensation. And the problem is that in the moment it feels so real… whether it be that my heart is wrong or my lungs are collapsing or I’m getting some serious disease, etc. and it’s so hard in the moment to differentiate between the feelings especially when (with my anxiety), I subconsciously put so much emphasis on that feeling. But I’m trying so hard to get through it, and please pray for me and I’ll do the same for you 🙏
My health anxiety is so bad lately 😢 it’s like I can’t see a way out of this horrible cycle. I get triggered and feel a woosh of anxiety in my body and my mind goes into a spiral of fear.
Your videos are so so helpful. Especially the points you make about health anxiety sufferers being chronic problem solvers and unable to live with anxious/ uncomfortable feelings. Really helps me see my health anxiety from a more rational perspective. Thank you ❤
For a while it was the tightness in the head always having weird aches and pains. Then it was my ear pulsating which led me down the path of brain tumors/cancer etc. I had a MRI head scan and they found nothing. I had my ears checked and they said my ears looked great and had perfect hearing. Whenever my anxiety spikes I always feel dizzy/fatigue. As of lately I've been stressing over left chest tightness/pains/tingling and sensations along with indigestion and chest burn. I also will sit down for a while and when I get up I have sharp pains under my ribs. Obviously I still suffer from health anxiety however I've stopped googling my symptoms and try telling myself to relax and that I'm okay because obviously nothing has happened yet.
Thank you so much for this content. Makes me cry, but in a good way. You're a breath of fresh air when I can't breathe through the darkness I'm living in currently
I can relate to everything you said. I also started following people in hopes to get some reassurance. I had to delete my tik tok because that one sent me down a bad rabbit hole. I recently found you a few days ago and you don’t know how much you’ve helped me already. I started today not asking for reassurance or googling anything and my anxiety has been better than the past month. I still get triggered but just hoping soon I will feel better. Thank you so much again ❤
Your videos literally got me through a recent lymph nodes scare where even what I thought were enlarged tumors growing in my groin were actually normal sized lymph nodes. I was so anxious and don’t think I would have gotten through sanely without your content. Thank you so much for the work you do ❤
hey I'm going through the same thing rn! how long did you had it for i have one and i can move it with my hand..
@@crystalwatson6464 I had it for maybe 10 days. It started going down when I stopped messing with it 😒
Here’s a controversial thought, i believe sometimes those exact specific moments help you realize you’re doing the wrong things, like messaging someone who is genuinely ill and asking for clarifications (or for confort really), i’ve done it myself and if there weren’t for those moments i wouldn’t have realised how much i am sabotaging myself, i’ve done a similar bad thing where i messaged a person and letting her think she gave me a disease and i’ve been ashamed of that ever since, so i would say it is easy to say “don’t do that” but you will never fully understand and stop doing it until you’ve done it and feel miserable about it, anyway thanks for sharing that, it takes a lot of courage
thank you for your videos, i’m finding life very difficult at the moment and your videos give me some comfort x
Realise this is an old post but in case my experience helps anyone else…
Recently I had to take an antibiotic. Stupidly for someone with health anxiety I read the side effects. But I didn’t stop there. Oh no. I then went on review pages, Reddit forums, read medical papers and case studies. I’d honed in on one rare but serous side effect and by the time I’d finished googling I was already seeing myself as the woman in one of the case studies who suffered from it. I was there. It was going to happen to me just as it did to her. And guess what? 2 days later I started to experience those very side effects. Of course I went to my GP who dismissed it. Well that didn’t help since I actually was experiencing genuine symptoms and it was clear he had no idea what the side effects of this medication actually are. So that led to more fear, more googling, more catastrophising and worse symptoms. I was even triggered by the dr asking if I also had any muscle weakness. Well I didn’t but I began to in the days that followed. Logically I kept thinking well either I’m physic and had a premonition of danger I should have listened to OR I am very susceptible to hearing other peoples experiences and this is a clear case of the nocebo effect in action. But logic doesn’t really play a part in health anxiety! It wasn’t until I found this channel that I have started to turn things around. I can’t change the damage and suffering I’ve caused myself this time round, I just have to be patient now and let things calm down but I now have the understanding and a set of tools to make sure I do things differently in future. The mind is more powerful than I ever imagined. I can’t thank you enough, you have been an absolute life and sanity saver, because you’ve been through this you know how to help others get through it - just very thankful you have chosen to use your experience to help others! ❤
I been dealing with health anxiety for the past 3 years and the worst part is that I worry about my kids health and my parents health it’s never my own health, and in April my dad was diagnosed with non Hodgkin’s lymphoma and I just lost it! A few months ago my daughter got those Petechiae spots and here I am again loosing my mind 😓 that’s how I found you!
I just wanted to say that your videos have helped me immensely and I'm greatly appreciative of the time and effort you put towards making free content for everyone. Don't let the trolls get you down.
Ive realized I get anxious at night while driving ,I was rear-ended by a drunk driver so if I see a car getting close or driving to fast behind me it sets my anxiety in
Absolutely no need to reply but I just watched your most recent video about people being unkind to you about not replying and such and wow! I just wanted to tell you that you have helped me so much. And honestly it’s just with your videos! (You’ve also replied to me but that’s not where all the help has come in). You were so right when you said if people look enough, the answers are in your videos! I honestly don’t have health anxiety anymore at all and you are the main reason why, along with therapy. Keep doing what you’re doing, you are amazing and you have come so far from where you started!!! You’re an inspiration.
Thank you so so much Courtney. It means the world! ❤
Your videos have made me sane! thank you so much! 😊 I am currently in therapy for my health anxiety.
Watching this now while I’m on a walk after getting triggered by an Instagram post: it said “ watch me lose my sparkle because of my illness “ and I could have clicked away but of course I watched ugh
I use to look at the obituary and find the deceased people that were my age, find them on social media and try to find out what they died from. Thankfully, I don’t do this anymore. My health anxiety has manifested in different way. Right now, I’m suffering from cardiophobia.
Health anxiety is so terrifying....battling with that for the past few months...juggling from one symptom to another..googling(the worst part) checking the body...this is so terrible...I wish I could get out of this health anxiety asap...its also terrible when you spot a symptom, you go into the dilemma of whether this is bcos of the anxiety or it is real.....this is so debilitating😢
So so relatable!!!!
proud of you cherelle
I get auras and I'm perimenopausal so the anxiety has sky rocketed. I am so anxious every single day. 😢 any changes in the migraine or aura will set me off.. It's terrible. And yes if I see anyone on TH-cam getting sick that just triggers me no end. Ugh!!
Thank you for this video, it helps me dealing with my health anxiety. My biggest difficulties are (1)constantly self - monitoring my body and (2)going to second opinions. I always fell by those triggers that wakes my symptoms up. It can be opening my computer to study for exams and insead scrolling for symptoms and causes of my sensations. I always read posts in Reddit and I follow subgroups of people with deseases that scare me. I won't remind the name for not sending peope there' but there is a digital quiz that tell you about possible causes to your symptoms' and it always says I have a possibilty of cancer, and it's written that they diagnose correctly 90% of the cases, and my doctors say I don't have it, so the ambiguity is totally unbearable.
Those social media and self-diagnosis by the internet can really make us unhappy and confused.
You’re videos are so supportive, thankyou
You’re so welcome 😊
Thank you so much!
Been dealing with a constant tension headache for 3 months.
They used to go away but a few months ago I convinced myself I was going to die and ended up in the ER. It hasn’t gone away since. I’ve had scans done and seen a neurologist but my brain won’t let it go.
Hi have you considered alternative therapy, I suffer from long tension headaches only time I get relief is seeing an osteopath because it stemmed from chronic upper back tension. Hope you find relief soon x
So I’ve been having twitching for about two months now then out of nowhere I had a migraine with Aura and I couldn’t speak and I couldn’t find words and I didn’t know my sons name, my wife’s name, or even my own name or where I worked. However 4 days before this I hit my head pretty hard on my refrigerator but I dont think it was enough for a concussion. Anyway, ever since I had that migraine I haven’t felt normal, I feel like I’m disconnecting from my body, like my legs feel weak, I feel like I’m saying the wrong words, I still have somewhat of a brain fog, I’m confused, and I’m having severe anxiety/ panic attacks because of these symptoms. I got a brain MRI and a CT scan and everything came back normal. Got blood work and it also came back normal. I don’t know what’s going on but I feel like my brain is shutting down. Can health anxiety cause this or is it something I should continue to get checked out?
Thank you so much for this topic! I watched your videos on blood in stool. Are you willing to share what your fecal calprotectin level was? Mine started at 19 and went up to 53 when I had blood in stool. My GI says it’s fine but I’m worried..
Hi, my body and the sensations trigger me, all aches, discomfort etc….it’s so exhausting
True, especially the part where we need to constantly convince ourselves that everything is okay haha, anyway GOOD LUCK AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
Some doctors are tragic!
I went to the dermatologist the other day because I had a small rash on my upper lid.. she started mentioning autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis and others.. and then she said" let's see how it behaves.. if it comes out again or somewhere else"..." My God, why are you testing me like this?"🥶😭😂 I thought to myself..
She prescribed an ointment and it is over...
😅my doctor is the same, I went with slight shaking vision, and he mentioned MS or a brain tumour and to come back in 3 weeks if you still have it, of course now I have a whole array of new anxiety symptoms
i have this health anxiety, is part of the reason why i lost my job, i for got 2 renew my drivers licence for 4 weeks, worry about my health ya health anxiety sucks
Hi Cherelle, hope you are well. I just want to say how thankful I am for your videos, your story is almost similar to mine. Due to my journey I would like to change my career like you did to help people who have experienced anxiety but I am not sure where to start with looking on who to study with. Do you have any advice on which governing body or course I should start with in the UK? Any advice would be highly appreciated as I am becoming overwhelmed with all the different answers I have seen on youtube!
xxx
Hi there! Oh that’s so lovely to hear you’re wanting to get into this too! I know it can be a little overwhelming with options. Honestly, the best way to do your level 4 in counselling is through a local college. You usually need to do an ‘introduction to counselling’ first that often only takes about 10 weeks and then you’ll do your level 2, level 3 and finally your level 4. You want a course that is BACP accredited ideally especially if you wanted to work for a firm/establishment. It’s not so much of an issue if you plan to work for yourself. I hope that helps! ❤
A friend just called me telling me that she is dropping off her kid at school and the police were there trying to do cpr on a father that was dropping off his kids too and he was not responding, omg that sent me into panic and I was thinking about my family, myself etc and what if that happens to any of us, this is horrible
I used to watch those same things ,trying to see if therr was hope for sick pple whos stories I followed I also used to be a hypochondriac
I was put away for a while but I’m back, wow 🤩 😘
how you were handling your daily life then ? I have severe health anxiety and it's kind a stopping me from living a normal life. now I m stressing abt whether the nurse used a new needle for blood draw as I dint see her open new one. despite being reassured by the other clinic nurse, my stress is on the rise. it's so worse. and now trying to get infection check. again there is a window for infection antibody to be found in blood test. which is again a waiting period. and I m stressing abt it so bad that I can't study.
I found your videos amidst the peak of my noise pollution induced anxiety, I had terrible twitching back then. It took a month to recede. Now it's back with some new twitching areas, but I know it will stop eventually. You really have to be in peace of mind all the time to stop these and sadly it's easier said than done 😕
I’m going through a really bad run of my Hypocondria at the moment cause I had a tooth infection then I got a toe infection and was convinced I’d get Sepsis so I was an absolute mess up in the hospital but they just put me on antibiotics and it’s all gone now but now I keep thinking I have bladder problems, Cancer, tumours etc and I just feel like I’m never going to get out of this even though I’ve been through setbacks before I’m so bad I have my mom in the room with me at night and I’m 28
Hey man, I know you posted this comment awhile ago and I hope you're doing better!! But I just wanted to say that I went through a super similar experience. Toe infection, then a UTI, was on tons (and I mean tons) of antibiotics for it. Developed health anxiety from the experience and was constantly worried about bladder issues, cancer, and neurological conditions -- anything and everything!! You name it I've probably thought I've had it at some point or another. I'm 25 and it got so bad for me I was sleeping in my mom's room at night, too. But getting on antidepressants / anti-anxiety meds and starting therapy + really working on reducing health anxiety behaviors like googling symptoms has helped immensely. I still struggle sometimes, still get triggered once in awhile, but my symptoms have slowly disappeared as I've managed my stress. Take care of yourself! Health anxiety can do crazy things to your body and create real physical symptoms -- but you will get through this. I know in the moment it can really feel like you're going to die and nobody can convince you otherwise, but hang in there. You've made is this far despite all that you've feared. Take it one day at a time. For a long time I couldn't accept that my symptoms were from stress but it seems like that really is the case. Advocate for yourself and go to the doctor if symptoms persist - but when they tell you you're fine and your results are normal, accept it as best you can. I can't recommend therapy enough. Stay strong, you're not alone and you'll be alright. 🫂
I'm looking for a new therapist, should I look for somebody who does ACT or is regular CBT sufficient for health anxiety? Of course any type of therapist is better than not going to therapy.
I’d recommend an ACT therapist for health anxiety or any therapist who is well versed with health anxiety 😊
The main trigger I hate to see is when I see adverts saying 1 in 2 of us will now get cancer.
I have to keep telling myself they are not telling you the full facts, like how old are they, are they smokers, is it genetic. Also tell us the survival facts, something positive! Like you say the doom and gloom makes good news and click bait
I've had an accident with an energy drink at the beginning of the year, which made my BPM raise to 140.
Ever since then, the chest pains are still sort of... Here. Everyone tells me it's nothing, that I'm fine. But the chest pains persist.
I went to the hospital right after it happened. My heartrate was fine, everything came out normal. Yet ive always worried about it. It made me have health anxiety, i believe, since my mother is a nurse and tells me my chest aches due to my posture.
It went through the fucking roof as soon as a small, cute little mole appeared on my armpit. Its been.. three days ? Ever since it went haywire.
This condition is so fucking painful. Especially since I'm not diagnosed for it yet, so it makes the dog bark even worse.
I send strength to everyone who has a similar experience. ❤
What do you think about anti depressants? Did you have to use anti depressants to get out of the health anxiety hole?
I think antidepressants can be a great tool for some people. I tried a bunch back in 2019 but I didn’t have any success so I didn’t bother. It’s definitely doable without medication, like I did but I’m also not against meds! ❤
@@cherellethinks okay, thank you for the reply ❤️
Does anyone suffers from constantly touching places in fear of missing a lump ?
just started the video but wanted to say that u look soo pretty!!! 🤍
Oh that’s super kind! Thank you! 😊