Having Health Anxiety
I don't know why, but I'm having some severe health anxiety on top of all my other anxieties. (of course!) I'm having a slight issue and my brain has taken it from "your poor posture, arthritis and too much sitting is causing this" to "you have cancer." It's terrible. I mean, I generally feel okay, I'm just having a new issue and my brain is blowing it up into something big. I don't know why.
I was doing pretty okay with anxiety, but the past couple of weeks were bad, and I'm wondering if the daily anxiety is really starting to affect me physically. When I am out with others and doing things, I don't feel as bad. When I'm sitting around in my thoughts (like now) I'm feeling it.
Now, I don't have any reason to believe I'm horribly ill. I get my regular checkups and will be in to see the doctor in a few weeks for my annual anyway. I just hate that my brain is taking what is probably nothing and making it this disastrous mess.
@thoughtfulmomma
Hi! How are you doing now? I am guessing you have seen your doctor by now. Our brains can sure get carried away, can't they!? 💛
@VioletSpringGlade
Thanks for checking back. Apart from some minor issues that I already knew about, everything was generally okay. I've got some more appointments coming up (gotta get my mammo!) because, as I get older, I get to visit more fun doctors and have more tests - but it's all preventative stuff to make sure I'm good now so I don't have problems in the future.
I'm fighting some kind of infection, but it seems to be getting a little better, though I may head back to the doctor in a few days if things don't change.
I still have concerns, but am feeling a lot better about things.
