Chronic illness and anxiety

@modestLion158 In anxiety self help guide are listed symptoms of anxiety, which is very useful: https://www.7cups.com/anxiety-help/lesson1.html

If you have got any cognitive, behavioural and emotional symptoms in addition to physical symptoms, they can be due to anxiety, but physical illness can't be 100 % ruled out.

I suffer from a chronic debilitating disease and the anxiety disorder,OCD, which came about after my diagnosis.I find that the worst my disease symptoms are, the worst is the resulting anxiety. Both the chronic illness and the anxiety are linked in my case. Cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness has helped me deal with anxiety to some extent, but is is a constant challenge.

I relate to this! I have symptoms of POTS which is autonomic nervous system dysfunction (controls fight or flight). It's sometimes hard to decipher what is anxiety and what is part of the illness. Here for you