Whats Wrong? - Anxiety Message Board

KingDobe · 05-12-2006, 05:01 AM

hi all...

i cant help but feel like something is constantly wrong with me. usually, the main worry of mine is cancer. i am absolutley terrified of the thing. i went for a check on testicles last month and was told nothing was wrong. now i feel a lump on my adams apple, and so i am worrying about throat cancer. i read in the newspaper the other day about a man with breast cancer, and wondered to myslef,..what if i have breast cancer?
i think you get my point. i am constantly worried about getting/having cancer..
any help as to deal with this worry and control my anxiety(if thats what this is) would be greatly appreciated.
Thank in advance

KD

hry33 · 05-12-2006, 04:50 PM

too much worry about your health is called hypochondria, try to find an understanding doc, ask him to check you out regularly and come to an agreement that he will do all the worrying about your health from now on

KingDobe · 05-20-2006, 12:49 AM

thanks for reply hry33, but i feel so stupid going to the doc all the time.. its always about the same type of thing though, Cancer. i always think any lump in my body is automatically going to be cancer. i really feel like life is passing me by.. everyday more or less i worry about cancer. im only 1*, and i dont need this in my life.

KD

BAILOR · 05-20-2006, 08:39 AM

I think you are suffering from HA (Health Anxiety) I have HA and I know how horrible and cripling it can be. I get the symptom and leap to it's fatal conclusion

Any pain, lump, discoloration is cancer or something horrible.
I haven't completely figured out how to control it but here is some advise I gathered which seems to work.
Do NOT symptom search
Do NOT watch medical shows
When you get a symptom or start worrying about something take a brake and think about something else.. ger your self conditioned to do so.

You can find a lot of support for HA on line. Hope you also find relief.

KingDobe · 05-20-2006, 12:46 PM

Bailor i think im in exactly the same boat as you! Every lump i find=cancer. my current worry is my breasts/chest. i have found a lump behind both my nipples and they are now looking inflamed.. probably due to me feeling and poking at them etc. every five minutes

.. it is true how life controlling this can be. i think about cancer every day.

Any tips on how to deal with this would be appreciated.. Thanks.
KD