Newbie _ Health Anxiety

[SamKevin]

Hi. I am hopeful by coming across this forum as I honestly feel I am alone and battling with health anxiety so much so that I am totally distracted all the dam time and I feel unwell. I only have to get some sort of discomfort and I Google it and then I can feel every symptom it lists. This exacerbates my fear and I get into a terrible loop. Fortunately I have a great gp who gets me and she settles me back down but like now where I have to give another urine sample as my last one showed microscopic blood but of course I am think the worst. This is just one example. My fear is leaving my child. Anyone else experience things like this?

[romantic_thi3f]

Hi SamKevin,

Welcome to the forums and thank you for being here. You are absolutely in the right place and not alone with what you're going through.

This here is our home for anxiety threads - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/anxiety

and this here is a collection of all the posts on the forums about people dealing with health anxiety - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/general/search-results?keywords=health%20anxiety&page=1&condition=1d6169d559e84d9f99545d1ccbe85222&type=Forums

(There are 8132 threads which is on one hand overwhelming but on the other a lot of evidence that there's a lot of people going through the same thing!)

and this here is a post about a few tips and coping strategies - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/anxiety/health-anxiety---tips-ideas-and-coping-strategies---please-share-what-works-for-you

I hope this gives you a place to start! Feel free to post again if we can support you

Hope you enjoy being here

[SamKevin]

Thank you

[geoff]

Hello SamKevin, and can I also welcome you to the site.

Romantic_thi3f has given you some great sites to have a look at which maybe much better for your anxiety because Google is not your friend when it comes to your health, there are so many different symptoms that are mentioned and one condition leads onto another.

I am guilty as well but have learnt from what I thought I could have my GP dismissed it straight away.

It's good to know that you have a GP you can trust, and I wish you the best for this result and please let us know.

Geoff.