chinadoll66102
09-11-2001, 02:21 PM
Hi everyone...I have an incredible fear of getting cancer. I am only 18 years old...and I have a few risk factors, but no one haas gotten cancer in my family. I eat healthy, I excersize, and I am an appropriate weight, A little over weight though. Why can't I shake this fear? I know that everyone has a risk of getting cancer...but why can't I accept it? What does everyone else do to get over it?
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Morbid Crow
09-17-2001, 03:30 PM
dont worry, you not the only one stressed about getting cancer. i mean, no one wants to get cancer. the best thing you can really do is have regular check ups with your doctor, and everything else you say your doing sound perfectly good :) the way i get over it, is i just accept it. yeah i might get cancer. but if you catch it early, you can make a good recovery :)
Kathrin
09-17-2001, 06:50 PM
Hey dear,
if your fear threatens to ruin your life and keeps you from doing the things you are in this world for (yes I do believe in a purpose of life :-)), please do get help. Talk to a doctor. Talk to a therapist. You don't have to go through this, there is help. In my case, it was severe OCD that almost destroyed my life - and that for years. I am 26 years old now and I just got "serious help" last winter.
There is actually a diagnosis for people who are afraid of a specific illness, yes I do think it is a kind of phobia.
Kathrin
if your fear threatens to ruin your life and keeps you from doing the things you are in this world for (yes I do believe in a purpose of life :-)), please do get help. Talk to a doctor. Talk to a therapist. You don't have to go through this, there is help. In my case, it was severe OCD that almost destroyed my life - and that for years. I am 26 years old now and I just got "serious help" last winter.
There is actually a diagnosis for people who are afraid of a specific illness, yes I do think it is a kind of phobia.
Kathrin