Googling symptoms and spending most time doing so has been the worst thing I’ve ever done. I hope it’ll give me reassurance but it just gives me worst case scenarios every time, putting the fear of god into me. I’m so done with this. Please stay off google guys. That’s what made me like this
I found praying, mediation and eating healthy helps a lot. Much love to everyone who’s going through something. I want to remind you that you’re not alone and you should also be proud of yourself for talking about what’s you going through.
Things that work somehow for me and which might help others; 1.Breathing exercises 2.Reaching out to friends who you love 3.Being in the moment 4.Some kind of movement and not staying at your desk if you are office based 5.Giving to others - compliments/gifts caring 6.Morning mindfulness meditation for 10 mins 7. Formal therapy 8. Medication if they work for you
I have severe health anxiety but I also have anxiety about going to the doctor. I would be too scared to find out if i actually do have cancer. I feel stuck 🥺
I am the same, I'm so convinced I have cancer, i don't want to go to the GP! I find it so hard to believe your mind can invent certain symptoms. I actually feel "swelling" and discomfort in my area of focus... 😢
Currently going through the worst I’ve ever been with my health anxiety! And I completely agree, you need a professional to see you before you can work on it!! It affects all aspects of life x
I’m so happy I found your channel! I struggle badly with health anxiety along with bipolar one. Some days are good and other days like today I sit here binge watching your videos just so I know I’m OK and not the only one going through this!
dealing with crazy head pressure and headaches and I’ve convinced myself it’s a brain tumour of intercranial hypertension, I thought I’d got out of this but it just keeps coming back :(
@@anxiousjess6352 what type of headaches have you had ? Just a moment ago I had a painful sharp pain in the back of my head now it’s throbbing I’ve been to ER twice and blood work is fine they don’t expect a tumor so they didn’t do a MRI
Me too. This week has been particularly bad, had it every day 😥 I’ve been dealing with head pressure, head zaps and headaches since October last year. MRI, MRA & CT scan and blood work all clear. Struggling to get over why I’m still getting them, Cherelles videos help so much. Particularly enjoyed this one and agree fully it’s just hard to accept the symptoms. 🙏🏻
I got cocky. I had overcome my health anxiety by improving diet, exercising (specially spending time in nature), earthing, meditating and a few other practices. I felt like health anxiety was in my past but it’s come back this week. I’m sure it’s not a coincidence that I stopped meditating about 3 months ago because I wasn’t sure if I still needed it. I’ve also been eating more processed crap. This sucks but I believe I will overcome it. One day at a time...again. Thank you for sharing :)
@@NostalgiaT Hey man, I am pretty good right now. I’m anxiety free. However I did go through a reboot (some might call it a depression) for about three weeks last month. The reboot led me back to getting deeper into meditation (using Dr Joe Dispenza’s work, lol I just realized that makes me sound like a bot haha), it also led me to take a transformation course. So I’m coming out of it stronger and wiser. As far as anxiety goes, a strong (unexpectedly so) edible trip actually made me realize that I now have the skill to just trust and surrender to the moment. That seems to help me get through any level of the sensations that I label “anxiety”. I have also come to become more conscious of the power of our words. How labeling something negatively can make it a negative experience whereas a simple label change can free up energy. I am continuing to dive deeper. The journey continues :) thank you for asking.
I've found just giving up coffee/caffeine has dealt with about 90% of it. I still get anxiety attacks like the last three days I've been convinced I've found a melanoma. I've managed to talk myself down but if I'd had my usual coffee in the morning I would be 10 times worse. I think you're right we need to work on it in the calm times, sometimes I wish there was a comedian out there that joked about health anxiety. I feel like a good long hard laugh at myself would release a lot of the anxiety, this illness is so ridiculous. Your videos help too Cherelle so thank you so much :)
Thank you. Love your honesty and spirit. I'm convinced that the root of health anxiety is trauma. Something traumatic happened to make us feel terribly unsafe in the world and in our bodies. And that something caused us to feel that we cannot cope with "bad things". Until we treat the unresolved trauma in the nervous system the mind will constantly over-alerting us to potential dangers. And in our case it is alerting us to potential dangers re our body.
Very well said! It’s true...no matter how many times we calm ourselves and work through the anxiety.....when the next symptom comes, so does the anxiety and the new “diagnosis”
Wow! Just found you through Trey! I have had heart anxiety for the last 11 years non stop always scanning for physical symptoms etc. I cannot wait to view all your videos. I know in my mind it is anxiety but when you feel one little thing it sets you off, so thank you LOL I’m crying listening to this 🙏💖💖💖💖
Cherelle, your children are so beautiful and you are such a positive presence in the world. This video came at the perfect time: I’m suffering from so much health anxiety and I’m new to this; I’ve only had it since late July and it’s driving me insane. I have some really big auditions for some great opportunities to achieve my dreams coming up and I can’t focus on that because I’m so obsessed with focusing on a brain tumor. Do you think you could do a video on ‘why you probably don’t have a brain tumor?” Like the one you did for ALS and lymphoma. It would mean the world to me and help me so much. Thank you so much and I wish you and your children nothing but the absolute best.
Hi there! I’m so sorry to hear you’re suffering from this awful condition! Health anxiety really is terrible. I will absolutely do a video on the brain tumour topic. In fact, I’ll film it for you tomorrow. I know how hard it can be! X
I don't think I've ever left a comment on a TH-cam video before ever in my life and came across this as a suggestion because I've been watching colon cancer videos (my obsession of the past few months). I don't think I've ever related so much to someone before. I, too, have two children, and my anxiety started with the birth of my first, but with the birth of my second, it has been an unbearable year. I've gone through ovarian, breast, rectal, and now colon cancer obsessions. My health anxiety is really only about cancer, and I have told my therapist that (like you), i have this paralyzing fear i won't see my children grow up and I've also said...as long as I see see them grow to adulthood and then I think I will be better about death. I also struggled with existential crisis and death anxiety, as well. As of yet, haven't been overly successful with managing it. As you know, it ebbs and flows....
Thank you so much for your comment! Health anxiety really is absolutely awful isn’t it. I always tell people if I could have a crystal ball that would tell me that I’ll be able to see my kids reach their twenties then I’ll be happy. But now I think, my gosh! What a miserable though! I’ve started to aim a bit higher now. I’d like to see my kids in their 50s! Health anxiety is absolutely debilitating and I’m so sorry you’re going through it. For what it’s worth, I truly understand what you’re going through. X
This year has been so hard, my anxiety usually makes me feel like a cant breath and i was diognosed with asthma this year... So with those things on top of worrying about covid and feeling a lump in my throat its been hell, constantly trying go reasure myself, while also feelin stupid because I could die and telking nyself im fine feels lile denying the truth.... i feel like i could suffocate to death at any minute, never knowing if the shortness of breath is anxiety, ashma or covid or cancer of course the forever worry of mine. Bit finding your channel fells cathartic, seeing my symptoms through another person, its nice not feeling so alone in it.
it really sucks for me because i don’t have insurance so i can’t afford to constantly go to the doctor a lot. but i have my physical coming up in may so that’ll give me comfort
The problem is if we don’t find something in the tests or something is slightly off you start to dig even deeper which is even worse. I honestly recommend everyone use insight from past situations and avoid these tests. A lot of the time we ignore our rational mind during these times and deep down during these times you almost kind of feel like the test isn’t worth it bc you know the constant anxiety and hyper focus to an area is causing all of it.
Thank you so much for this Cherelle! I think we all have so much respect for your journey as you understand, you don’t sugar coat things, you are real and raw about how terrible health anxiety is but you offer so much hope to health anxiety sufferers that they can manage their anxiety so much better. I agree with you on the diet changes, that is huge! Sugar is such a trigger for me, I will be on the verge of panic attacks the whole day after it. Also removing gluten from my diet helped reduce so many poorly stomach episodes. Love to you all ❤️ xx
I always see people talking about having health anxiety and always being out of the GP surgery etc but I am completely unable to even do that to ease my mind even for a week or so, I'm so frightened of my " illnesses" that I can't even seek reassurance because I'm so convinced I have these things that I just shut down and can't even go to check.
Hi Cherelle.I don't know whether you will see my comment or not but I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.You are the one who helped me to fight my anxiety.Thanks a lot❤️ Please keep posting and stay healthy. Lots of love to u and your children
Hi there! Thank you so much for your comment. I’m so pleased to hear that my videos have helped to aid in your recovery! Comments like this really encourage me to continue posting these videos! All the best. 🤗
This is exactly what I do.. I prefer to spend any amount of money as long as I have the confirmation.. my family thinks I am wasting money but I know I need it for my peace of mind
Thank you so much for sharing this. You don't know how much I can relate. My health anxiety has never been as bad as yours/ the examples you describe (I have only been to A and E once for it) and it comes and goes but is a continuous thread in my adult life. I started getting it when I met a new boyfriend at uni and his brother had died from a heart attack age 16 when he was asleep. My main scares have been related to palpations, heart stuff, neck cancer etc. I know so many people experience it. I am a qualified yoga teacher and taught to someone with it very very bad. But I also know yoga is not the ultimate solution, at least not for me. It helps, but it does not make it go away. Gratitude is key too. I am studying Theology and Philosophy for Postgrad at Cambridge Uni, and am thinking of doing a thesis on health anxiety. The world we live in is overloaded with information and sensory stimulation. All of this is a symptom of the society we live in and I think having a reference beyond ourselves, such as through gratitude or even connecting with God or a higher being, can help us in the metanarrative of life. x
Yeah I’ve been going through a lot the last year and a half and I had saw your video Long story short thought I had ALS but years of testing have shown no diseases but I’m grateful for your videos and also you’re beautiful so it helps with click bait😂😂
My physical anxiety symptom are what is making me chronically anxious. I am 99% convinced I've got nothing wrong with me now after soooo many tests, its my symptoms now that are fueling my anxiety, i stress about my bodily symptoms because they are so horrendous. Its a vicious cycle
In my opinion I can go to all the doctors I want, but at the end of the day. One symptom goes the other one comes. And I instantly connect them in my head. For Example Nausea and Indigestion since beginning of lockdown. Nausea is gone. Lower abdomen pain every day. And I just connect those two symptoms, and get the worst conclusions ever.
With no appetite for like ever or months my anxiety keeps me thinking its cancer ahhh I just want my appetite back! Seen a specialist and she insisted its not cancer but my anxiety! But why for sooooo long!
Ive seen so many people have anxiety about actually going to the doctors and be scared to find something they dont wanna hear. If i had the financial support to go to a doctor i would just go. Cause id like to know if it is what i think it is and then actually do something about it.
Hi! I am so glad i found you when I searched twitching because it’s been driving me nuts. I flipped through your videos and felt instant connection with you. It’s crazy. I started having health anxiety after a chemical pregnancy and miscarriage before I had my daughter. When I was pregnant with my daughter I was obsessed with google because I was afraid to miscarry again. I had a perfectly healthy daughter and then when my son was born he had a fever at 10 days and I went through everything you did, the tests where he screamed and the antibiotics and being hospitalized with him and then followed by postpartum anxiety disorder for me when he was 3 months old. Now they are 10 and 7 and I still have gripping health anxiety each time there’s something wrong. A headache and I think it’s brain tumor, recital bleeding and I think it’s colon cancer and now twitching all over and I never had twitching for anxiety so now I think something is really wrong with me, like MS. I am so tired of living in fear and so disappointed with myself each time this happen. I have friends and family that have the awful diseases and they are more relaxed than I. Why? Anyways I found you so calming to watch because someone understands, my husband could talk to me for hours telling me to relax but it doesn’t help because he doesn’t get it. But listening to you is different. My husband is joking I could start a channel like yours but rarely anyone would want to put themselves out there because this condition is both frustrating and embarrassing. So I am so glad you did and you are blessing So many people like me One last question. With the body twitching, why were your fears ALS rather than MS? I am so afraid this is MS. My bloodwork is back normal and now waiting for an appointment with neurologist and I am nervous wreck especially in the morning. Thanks for listening
@@katiewilliams6130 oh my goodness! 7 months? I called and got an appointment early November, with a young doctor but I won’t mind, especially when she specializes in MS
I've been dealing with health anxiety for almost 18 years. Seems doctors don't truly understand it. Tried therapy, different medications, and even went in to a mental health facility a few times. Nothing has helped. Every time something happens to me, I think the worse. I've went from doctor to doctor for almost every odd sensation. It's horrible living this way, and my life has been a mess. Nothing has helped. I'm to the point where I just accepted that I have to live this way for the rest of my life. Nobody has been able to help.
i get this one episode where i feel like i can’t breathe and that my lungs are collapsing and that I have something in my lungs that the doctors missed
Have been having horrible heart health anxiety it’s literally ruining my life. Just had a normal echo and ekg and hasn’t helped at all. I get a physical symptom and I spiral thinking I’m having a heart attack
Actually health anxiety is literally killing me..for past few months I have gone from syphilis to hiv to brain tumour to head and neck cancer all of it..but its all nothibg at the end..but now its seems as if my anxiety brought some real disease like oral cancer and anal cancer..I m literelly going through hell..I dont know whts true and whts fake...it appears tht I have the nost convincing symptoms but not the disease itself..although recently I have leukopllakia in mouthand tht is really scaring..
Have u been diagnosed with leaukoplakkia I’ve currently got thrush in my Mouth and a bacterial infection but they only diagnosed over the phone so I’m worrying it could be that
For One month today I have had yellow phlegm, thicker in the morning... was on doxycycline no change , just did sputum culture nothing grew .. been on 11 antibiotics since April for multiple different things ... worry it's something bad , doc just says ongoing broncitis ... this is making me soo soo bad with my health anxiety 😭
I have just been prescribed antibiotics and an inhaler for a possible chest infection because I’ve had a terrible cough for 2-3 weeks that started off as a fever with shivers and sweats and sickness etc , but last week it just become this horrible nonstop cough. Went doctors again today (went A&E two weeks ago and went doctors last week, too) and now I’ve been prescribed these things they’ve actually made my anxiety worse cuz now I’m like oh shit this is escalating now they’re proscribing stuff and saying if it’s not better in a week come back… and somehow this has made me feel worse if that makes sense? I’m worried it won’t clear it up I’ll have to go back and they’ll find something far worse beneath all this. It’s like a horrible voice whispering into your ear that it won’t get better that the symptoms will get worse that ur breathing will get worse that you’ll have to go back to the doctors next week and then they’ll do more tests and then they’ll find something far worse. Such a cruel, cruel illness. Your videos are helping to calm me down tho. Thanks Charelle
@@cherellethinks it is expensive but to be free from all that worry / symptoms is priceless , plus the money you save on unnecessary medical consultations etc ... over the course of a year .. well worth it ... keep up the amazing work you do .. great to see people like you in the world
Hey Cherelle, your videos are very motivating and helpful. Id love to have a chat as your videos have made me feel much better and would love to have a talk as I have severe medial anxiety as well. If there is any way we can talk let me know! Thanks!
Hi Cherelle. I love your channel so much- it has helped me through the worst of it. I am currently freaking out about bowel cancer. I had a tiny bit of blood and now I am spiralling. I got diagnosed with IBS-C and SIBO last week. I have had a clear sigmoidoscopy and clear biopsies in the last month so there really isn't more that can be done.. what should I do now? Xx
You are so gorgeous 🥰🌈🌈💚 your little boy is so beautifully behave and I saw another little one in the back are they twins? You certainly have your arms full. You could look up Matt Fraser who is a medium has a book out ‘We Never Die.’ Keep up the good work darling heart.💚 I suffer from the very illness you are talking about. It’s not easy. Much love🥰🥰😇😇🙏🙏🌺🌺🦋🦋🌻🌻
Hello, Do you have any idea what started or triggered your anxiety?I have had anxiety triggered by workplace bullying several times. Nothing in my home life or social life has caused my anxiety, it's always been through work .
I'm really sorry to bother everyone here but can anyone tell me is it possible to go crazy from anxiety I feel like I'm going to lose my mind and I'm really scared thank you for the video you help me a lot.
@Samantha Collazo I get headaches everyday I can't even explain to you the symptoms I get today my perception was off I actually went for an MRI last week you sound a lot like me if you want to talk you can add me on my Facebook
Iam also suffering from this I got lymph nodes then I think about it so much that it’s kind of cancer I over think a lot and then I got fever and now it’s been two months iam suffering from fever my all reports came normal but still I think that I have cancer some time I think that I have stomach cancer some time lukememia lymphoma and now I juxt feel little blood in my stool nd now my anxiety is on a peek like I have colon cancer iam 100 sure that I have colon cancer and now iam juxt dying about it I went to doctor they gave me medicine but nothing helped me iam so tired of my own thoughts i juxt want to live happily plxxx rply me I don’t know what to do
Hi Linda, you can book through my booking system which is in the description of this video or you can email me at cherellefarrugia92@live.co.uk and I can tell you my availability! Thank you! X
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Googling symptoms and spending most time doing so has been the worst thing I’ve ever done. I hope it’ll give me reassurance but it just gives me worst case scenarios every time, putting the fear of god into me. I’m so done with this. Please stay off google guys. That’s what made me like this
I found praying, mediation and eating healthy helps a lot. Much love to everyone who’s going through something. I want to remind you that you’re not alone and you should also be proud of yourself for talking about what’s you going through.
Things that work somehow for me and which might help others;
1.Breathing exercises
2.Reaching out to friends who you love
3.Being in the moment
4.Some kind of movement and not staying at your desk if you are office based
5.Giving to others - compliments/gifts caring
6.Morning mindfulness meditation for 10 mins
7. Formal therapy
8. Medication if they work for you
Name of medication please
I have severe health anxiety but I also have anxiety about going to the doctor. I would be too scared to find out if i actually do have cancer. I feel stuck 🥺
Yes yes yes. God I couldn't think of anything less comforting tbh
@@czhaok EXACTLY
That’s exactly where I am at this point. I feel stuck too. Great word to describe it. It’s a terrible feeling
Same here 😒
I am the same, I'm so convinced I have cancer, i don't want to go to the GP! I find it so hard to believe your mind can invent certain symptoms. I actually feel "swelling" and discomfort in my area of focus... 😢
Currently going through the worst I’ve ever been with my health anxiety! And I completely agree, you need a professional to see you before you can work on it!! It affects all aspects of life x
Does your brain ever alert you to your breath?
I’m so happy I found your channel! I struggle badly with health anxiety along with bipolar one. Some days are good and other days like today I sit here binge watching your videos just so I know I’m OK and not the only one going through this!
have you ever dozed off and then suddenly woke up because you were gasping for air?
I have, especially when I have bad anxiety or after drinking alcohol
Yes I have,its scary
Oh ny god this has started happening to me this year... Its so disconcerting.
Yup, it’s horrible
dealing with crazy head pressure and headaches and I’ve convinced myself it’s a brain tumour of intercranial hypertension, I thought I’d got out of this but it just keeps coming back :(
Me too!!!!!for two weeks now
Me too!!
@@anxiousjess6352 what type of headaches have you had ? Just a moment ago I had a painful sharp pain in the back of my head now it’s throbbing I’ve been to ER twice and blood work is fine they don’t expect a tumor so they didn’t do a MRI
@@kimanei5359 I've been getting them in my right Temple and behind my eye mostly.
Me too. This week has been particularly bad, had it every day 😥 I’ve been dealing with head pressure, head zaps and headaches since October last year. MRI, MRA & CT scan and blood work all clear. Struggling to get over why I’m still getting them, Cherelles videos help so much. Particularly enjoyed this one and agree fully it’s just hard to accept the symptoms. 🙏🏻
Everyone with any kind of anxiety should read The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté. Life changing, I promise.
Completely agree with all of your advice! It’s pure unadulterated hell and I’d give anything for it to go away.
I’m honestly so glad I found your channel on here. I’m really struggling right now and your videos are really helping me. Thank you x
I got cocky. I had overcome my health anxiety by improving diet, exercising (specially spending time in nature), earthing, meditating and a few other practices. I felt like health anxiety was in my past but it’s come back this week. I’m sure it’s not a coincidence that I stopped meditating about 3 months ago because I wasn’t sure if I still needed it. I’ve also been eating more processed crap. This sucks but I believe I will overcome it. One day at a time...again.
Thank you for sharing :)
I also got cocky and have a new bout of twitching! Time to get back into routines.
How are you doing
@@NostalgiaT Hey man, I am pretty good right now. I’m anxiety free. However I did go through a reboot (some might call it a depression) for about three weeks last month.
The reboot led me back to getting deeper into meditation (using Dr Joe Dispenza’s work, lol I just realized that makes me sound like a bot haha), it also led me to take a transformation course. So I’m coming out of it stronger and wiser.
As far as anxiety goes, a strong (unexpectedly so) edible trip actually made me realize that I now have the skill to just trust and surrender to the moment. That seems to help me get through any level of the sensations that I label “anxiety”.
I have also come to become more conscious of the power of our words. How labeling something negatively can make it a negative experience whereas a simple label change can free up energy.
I am continuing to dive deeper. The journey continues :) thank you for asking.
@@doyouevennaturebro4593 I'm glad you're doing well man, how long were you suffering? When did you realize you were recovering
@@NostalgiaT I was there for two weeks. The last two weeks I’ve been slowly feeling better.
Journaling, solo nature, meditation and gym have helped.
I've found just giving up coffee/caffeine has dealt with about 90% of it. I still get anxiety attacks like the last three days I've been convinced I've found a melanoma. I've managed to talk myself down but if I'd had my usual coffee in the morning I would be 10 times worse. I think you're right we need to work on it in the calm times, sometimes I wish there was a comedian out there that joked about health anxiety. I feel like a good long hard laugh at myself would release a lot of the anxiety, this illness is so ridiculous. Your videos help too Cherelle so thank you so much :)
Thank you. Love your honesty and spirit. I'm convinced that the root of health anxiety is trauma. Something traumatic happened to make us feel terribly unsafe in the world and in our bodies. And that something caused us to feel that we cannot cope with "bad things". Until we treat the unresolved trauma in the nervous system the mind will constantly over-alerting us to potential dangers. And in our case it is alerting us to potential dangers re our body.
Very well said! It’s true...no matter how many times we calm ourselves and work through the anxiety.....when the next symptom comes, so does the anxiety and the new “diagnosis”
I am so glad that I found your channel ❤ Thank you so much for helping me 😍 Feeling relaxed ☺️
I always find your videos calming. I’m dealing with something that is very life changing but thank you 😊
Wow! Just found you through Trey! I have had heart anxiety for the last 11 years non stop always scanning for physical symptoms etc. I cannot wait to view all your videos. I know in my mind it is anxiety but when you feel one little thing it sets you off, so thank you LOL I’m crying listening to this 🙏💖💖💖💖
How are you now friend?
Cherelle, your children are so beautiful and you are such a positive presence in the world. This video came at the perfect time: I’m suffering from so much health anxiety and I’m new to this; I’ve only had it since late July and it’s driving me insane. I have some really big auditions for some great opportunities to achieve my dreams coming up and I can’t focus on that because I’m so obsessed with focusing on a brain tumor. Do you think you could do a video on ‘why you probably don’t have a brain tumor?” Like the one you did for ALS and lymphoma. It would mean the world to me and help me so much. Thank you so much and I wish you and your children nothing but the absolute best.
Hi there! I’m so sorry to hear you’re suffering from this awful condition! Health anxiety really is terrible. I will absolutely do a video on the brain tumour topic. In fact, I’ll film it for you tomorrow. I know how hard it can be! X
@@cherellethinks thank you so much. Wow you really care about your viewers so much, it’s amazing. Thank you, it means so much.
Does your brain ever alert you to your breath?
Does your brain ever alert you to your breath?
I don't think I've ever left a comment on a TH-cam video before ever in my life and came across this as a suggestion because I've been watching colon cancer videos (my obsession of the past few months). I don't think I've ever related so much to someone before. I, too, have two children, and my anxiety started with the birth of my first, but with the birth of my second, it has been an unbearable year. I've gone through ovarian, breast, rectal, and now colon cancer obsessions. My health anxiety is really only about cancer, and I have told my therapist that (like you), i have this paralyzing fear i won't see my children grow up and I've also said...as long as I see see them grow to adulthood and then I think I will be better about death. I also struggled with existential crisis and death anxiety, as well. As of yet, haven't been overly successful with managing it. As you know, it ebbs and flows....
Thank you so much for your comment! Health anxiety really is absolutely awful isn’t it. I always tell people if I could have a crystal ball that would tell me that I’ll be able to see my kids reach their twenties then I’ll be happy. But now I think, my gosh! What a miserable though! I’ve started to aim a bit higher now. I’d like to see my kids in their 50s! Health anxiety is absolutely debilitating and I’m so sorry you’re going through it. For what it’s worth, I truly understand what you’re going through. X
This year has been so hard, my anxiety usually makes me feel like a cant breath and i was diognosed with asthma this year... So with those things on top of worrying about covid and feeling a lump in my throat its been hell, constantly trying go reasure myself, while also feelin stupid because I could die and telking nyself im fine feels lile denying the truth.... i feel like i could suffocate to death at any minute, never knowing if the shortness of breath is anxiety, ashma or covid or cancer of course the forever worry of mine. Bit finding your channel fells cathartic, seeing my symptoms through another person, its nice not feeling so alone in it.
it really sucks for me because i don’t have insurance so i can’t afford to constantly go to the doctor a lot. but i have my physical coming up in may so that’ll give me comfort
The problem is if we don’t find something in the tests or something is slightly off you start to dig even deeper which is even worse. I honestly recommend everyone use insight from past situations and avoid these tests. A lot of the time we ignore our rational mind during these times and deep down during these times you almost kind of feel like the test isn’t worth it bc you know the constant anxiety and hyper focus to an area is causing all of it.
Thank you so much for this Cherelle! I think we all have so much respect for your journey as you understand, you don’t sugar coat things, you are real and raw about how terrible health anxiety is but you offer so much hope to health anxiety sufferers that they can manage their anxiety so much better. I agree with you on the diet changes, that is huge! Sugar is such a trigger for me, I will be on the verge of panic attacks the whole day after it. Also removing gluten from my diet helped reduce so many poorly stomach episodes.
Love to you all ❤️ xx
It’s so true, I’m glad I’m not alone
The problem is it teaches you every time you feel anything similar to go and get the same tests. Been a victim of this.
I always see people talking about having health anxiety and always being out of the GP surgery etc but I am completely unable to even do that to ease my mind even for a week or so, I'm so frightened of my " illnesses" that I can't even seek reassurance because I'm so convinced I have these things that I just shut down and can't even go to check.
Hi Cherelle.I don't know whether you will see my comment or not but I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.You are the one who helped me to fight my anxiety.Thanks a lot❤️ Please keep posting and stay healthy. Lots of love to u and your children
Hi there! Thank you so much for your comment. I’m so pleased to hear that my videos have helped to aid in your recovery! Comments like this really encourage me to continue posting these videos! All the best. 🤗
@@cherellethinks Thanks Cherelle for Your reply ❤️❤️
This is exactly what I do.. I prefer to spend any amount of money as long as I have the confirmation.. my family thinks I am wasting money but I know I need it for my peace of mind
your kids are a cure for anxiety, they are so bloody cute!
Glad your doing so much better!! Well done 👍🏻 your a strong 💪 woman
Thank you so much for sharing this. You don't know how much I can relate. My health anxiety has never been as bad as yours/ the examples you describe (I have only been to A and E once for it) and it comes and goes but is a continuous thread in my adult life. I started getting it when I met a new boyfriend at uni and his brother had died from a heart attack age 16 when he was asleep. My main scares have been related to palpations, heart stuff, neck cancer etc. I know so many people experience it. I am a qualified yoga teacher and taught to someone with it very very bad. But I also know yoga is not the ultimate solution, at least not for me. It helps, but it does not make it go away. Gratitude is key too. I am studying Theology and Philosophy for Postgrad at Cambridge Uni, and am thinking of doing a thesis on health anxiety. The world we live in is overloaded with information and sensory stimulation. All of this is a symptom of the society we live in and I think having a reference beyond ourselves, such as through gratitude or even connecting with God or a higher being, can help us in the metanarrative of life. x
Thanks for your videos, you really know what health Anxiety Is And you Are giving perfect tips how to overcome it plus you Are absolutely beautiful.
Yes 100% agree!! Thank you!
Omg a real person at last thank you x
Hey cherelle! super happy that I got the notification for this video. Honestly your timing couldn’t be better
Hey Zaina! I’m glad my timing was great! I hope it helps! 🤗
Yeah I’ve been going through a lot the last year and a half and I had saw your video Long story short thought I had ALS but years of testing have shown no diseases but I’m grateful for your videos and also you’re beautiful so it helps with click bait😂😂
So glad I came accross your channel
When I spoke to my gp he said well yeah you are dying we all are lol x
Thank you so much for this video I can just sit here & watch you all day your so amazing 😉
My physical anxiety symptom are what is making me chronically anxious. I am 99% convinced I've got nothing wrong with me now after soooo many tests, its my symptoms now that are fueling my anxiety, i stress about my bodily symptoms because they are so horrendous. Its a vicious cycle
In my opinion I can go to all the doctors I want, but at the end of the day. One symptom goes the other one comes. And I instantly connect them in my head. For Example Nausea and Indigestion since beginning of lockdown. Nausea is gone. Lower abdomen pain every day. And I just connect those two symptoms, and get the worst conclusions ever.
Health anxiety is truly debilitating...for me it's the self pity as you imagine how your body will deteriorate..
With no appetite for like ever or months my anxiety keeps me thinking its cancer ahhh I just want my appetite back! Seen a specialist and she insisted its not cancer but my anxiety! But why for sooooo long!
Thank you for this 🙌🏻
So adorable ❤
Ive seen so many people have anxiety about actually going to the doctors and be scared to find something they dont wanna hear. If i had the financial support to go to a doctor i would just go. Cause id like to know if it is what i think it is and then actually do something about it.
Hi! I am so glad i found you when I searched twitching because it’s been driving me nuts. I flipped through your videos and felt instant connection with you. It’s crazy. I started having health anxiety after a chemical pregnancy and miscarriage before I had my daughter. When I was pregnant with my daughter I was obsessed with google because I was afraid to miscarry again. I had a perfectly healthy daughter and then when my son was born he had a fever at 10 days and I went through everything you did, the tests where he screamed and the antibiotics and being hospitalized with him and then followed by postpartum anxiety disorder for me when he was 3 months old. Now they are 10 and 7 and I still have gripping health anxiety each time there’s something wrong. A headache and I think it’s brain tumor, recital bleeding and I think it’s colon cancer and now twitching all over and I never had twitching for anxiety so now I think something is really wrong with me, like MS. I am so tired of living in fear and so disappointed with myself each time this happen. I have friends and family that have the awful diseases and they are more relaxed than I. Why? Anyways I found you so calming to watch because someone understands, my husband could talk to me for hours telling me to relax but it doesn’t help because he doesn’t get it. But listening to you is different.
My husband is joking I could start a channel like yours but rarely anyone would want to put themselves out there because this condition is both frustrating and embarrassing. So I am so glad you did and you are blessing So many people like me
One last question. With the body twitching, why were your fears ALS rather than MS? I am so afraid this is MS. My bloodwork is back normal and now waiting for an appointment with neurologist and I am nervous wreck especially in the morning. Thanks for listening
I am in this position too. Ive been waiting since February to see a neurologist 😭 my twitching is relentless and has been for over a year now. X
@@katiewilliams6130 oh my goodness! 7 months? I called and got an appointment early November, with a young doctor but I won’t mind, especially when she specializes in MS
@@gli17b it's a nightmare. they have a 26 week waiting list even in non Covid times. Throw çovid into the mix and it's been doubled!! X
@@katiewilliams6130 are you in US? This wait time is just not acceptable! So sorry you are going through this
@@katiewilliams6130 Is the twitching better?
Beautiful children.
my health anxiety has through the roof on and off since 2011. I am doing CBT.
I've been dealing with health anxiety for almost 18 years. Seems doctors don't truly understand it. Tried therapy, different medications, and even went in to a mental health facility a few times. Nothing has helped. Every time something happens to me, I think the worse. I've went from doctor to doctor for almost every odd sensation. It's horrible living this way, and my life has been a mess. Nothing has helped. I'm to the point where I just accepted that I have to live this way for the rest of my life. Nobody has been able to help.
i get this one episode where i feel like i can’t breathe and that my lungs are collapsing and that I have something in my lungs that the doctors missed
Have been having horrible heart health anxiety it’s literally ruining my life. Just had a normal echo and ekg and hasn’t helped at all. I get a physical symptom and I spiral thinking I’m having a heart attack
What is your pulse at? I have sinus tachycardia so I know how it is
It’s hard also bc the symptoms will persist bc of anxiety
Actually health anxiety is literally killing me..for past few months I have gone from syphilis to hiv to brain tumour to head and neck cancer all of it..but its all nothibg at the end..but now its seems as if my anxiety brought some real disease like oral cancer and anal cancer..I m literelly going through hell..I dont know whts true and whts fake...it appears tht I have the nost convincing symptoms but not the disease itself..although recently I have leukopllakia in mouthand tht is really scaring..
Have u been diagnosed with leaukoplakkia I’ve currently got thrush in my
Mouth and a bacterial infection but they only diagnosed over the phone so I’m worrying it could be that
@@jackmulholland640 I still didn't show it to doctor..but it looks exactly like tht..
@@aaravdev3342 how come You dident show the doctor? that needs checkin
@@jackmulholland640 well I will..he is not available till Saturday..thts why
@@jackmulholland640sorry about u...but I think my ones not a thrush ..it doesn't come off from scraping..
Sweet sweet kids :)
No amount of testing is convincing me that I'm ok and I'm absolutely fed up of it.
Hi my name Daniel. I suffer from health anxiety for the last 8 months now. My throat titenes up when I get anxiety
What happens if you doctors tell you that you don't need certain tests though?
stunning laady i love watching you exactley how i feel atm anxiety is very bad i will pay u money to speak to you any day see you soon veilo
For One month today I have had yellow phlegm, thicker in the morning... was on doxycycline no change , just did sputum culture nothing grew .. been on 11 antibiotics since April for multiple different things ... worry it's something bad , doc just says ongoing broncitis ... this is making me soo soo bad with my health anxiety 😭
Ct of lungs was fine.. was seen in er was fine 😔
You are the most realistic person i know
Yes! Would love to meet Joe or Mom!!!! Lol
I have just been prescribed antibiotics and an inhaler for a possible chest infection because I’ve had a terrible cough for 2-3 weeks that started off as a fever with shivers and sweats and sickness etc , but last week it just become this horrible nonstop cough. Went doctors again today (went A&E two weeks ago and went doctors last week, too) and now I’ve been prescribed these things they’ve actually made my anxiety worse cuz now I’m like oh shit this is escalating now they’re proscribing stuff and saying if it’s not better in a week come back… and somehow this has made me feel worse if that makes sense? I’m worried it won’t clear it up I’ll have to go back and they’ll find something far worse beneath all this. It’s like a horrible voice whispering into your ear that it won’t get better that the symptoms will get worse that ur breathing will get worse that you’ll have to go back to the doctors next week and then they’ll do more tests and then they’ll find something far worse. Such a cruel, cruel illness. Your videos are helping to calm me down tho. Thanks Charelle
Did ur bronchitis trigger ur health anxiety?
@@BODSTREAMyou better from bronchitis
Try The Linden Method !
I’ve heard great things but unfortunately it is VERY expensive and the average person can not afford it
@@cherellethinks it is expensive but to be free from all that worry / symptoms is priceless , plus the money you save on unnecessary medical consultations etc ... over the course of a year .. well worth it ... keep up the amazing work you do .. great to see people like you in the world
My anxiety is debilitating since I had kids
Hey Cherelle, your videos are very motivating and helpful. Id love to have a chat as your videos have made me feel much better and would love to have a talk as I have severe medial anxiety as well. If there is any way we can talk let me know! Thanks!
What caused your health anxiety? Did you have negative past experiences regarding health?
Hi Cherelle. I love your channel so much- it has helped me through the worst of it. I am currently freaking out about bowel cancer. I had a tiny bit of blood and now I am spiralling. I got diagnosed with IBS-C and SIBO last week. I have had a clear sigmoidoscopy and clear biopsies in the last month so there really isn't more that can be done.. what should I do now? Xx
Hey! Bit of blood is totally normal at times, probably an anal fissure. If it comes back, contact your GP. :-)
i used to be very scared. I gained weight. Yeah it went awat but i still have it to a degree but not as bad
You are so gorgeous 🥰🌈🌈💚 your little boy is so beautifully behave and I saw another little one in the back are they twins? You certainly have your arms full. You could look up Matt Fraser who is a medium has a book out ‘We Never Die.’ Keep up the good work darling heart.💚 I suffer from the very illness you are talking about. It’s not easy. Much love🥰🥰😇😇🙏🙏🌺🌺🦋🦋🌻🌻
Hello, Do you have any idea what started or triggered your anxiety?I have had anxiety triggered by workplace bullying several times.
Nothing in my home life or social life has caused my anxiety, it's always been through work .
I am touching my eye is that anxiety symptoms...behavior....??? I am feeling eye pain and something in my eye the same time....🤔🤔🤔
I jog to check if I can still do it
I'm really sorry to bother everyone here but can anyone tell me is it possible to go crazy from anxiety I feel like I'm going to lose my mind and I'm really scared thank you for the video you help me a lot.
@Samantha Collazo I hope so im so scared
All the time, its very scary. Hope you feel better soon xx
@@blahblah1287 thank so much im just scared
@Samantha Collazo very im dealing we with a lot :( are you okay?
@Samantha Collazo I get headaches everyday I can't even explain to you the symptoms I get today my perception was off I actually went for an MRI last week you sound a lot like me if you want to talk you can add me on my Facebook
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Iam also suffering from this I got lymph nodes then I think about it so much that it’s kind of cancer I over think a lot and then I got fever and now it’s been two months iam suffering from fever my all reports came normal but still I think that I have cancer some time I think that I have stomach cancer some time lukememia lymphoma and now I juxt feel little blood in my stool nd now my anxiety is on a peek like I have colon cancer iam 100 sure that I have colon cancer and now iam juxt dying about it I went to doctor they gave me medicine but nothing helped me iam so tired of my own thoughts i juxt want to live happily plxxx rply me I don’t know what to do
Can u tell me wich one help u
But i what i have been and asked and she said all looks normal,
Three months for an MRi? In China we can do that in one day, no problem.
Nah cause i was bleeding from my anus. After being concinved having a briantumor i am now convinced of colon cancer. Only 16 ffs. I wanna be ME again.
Hi chenille how do i do a coaching with you please? Xx
Hi Linda, you can book through my booking system which is in the description of this video or you can email me at cherellefarrugia92@live.co.uk and I can tell you my availability! Thank you! X
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is any 1 else 15 with this it’s so annoying
yes
you should start putting ads on your videos
Shes not a cunt like u
U make counseling session for people who are wealthy what about people who are unemployed 😢
That’s why I have hundreds of free videos on here and Instagram 🤦🏽♀️
Such preciousness