Who else suffer from health anxiety?

Speak to a therapist that specializes in OCD

I have always had anxiety. But my health anxiety started for me when I became a mam. It’s only gotten worse as I’ve had my second child and it honestly is exhausting I check my skin for new freckles/marks etc and convince myself that I have cancer and it gets to the point I have really really bad anxiety attacks. It’s gotten that bad I went and saw my GP and I’ve been put on medication it’s early days so can’t say wether it’s worked yet or not. But I know how it feels and it is such an awful thing here if you need anyone x

This happened to me following having a breast cancer scare a couple of years ago. I have done CBT and it really has helped me. Challenging your thoughts etc. hope things get better for you x

Mine has driven me mad recently 😢 it’s so debilitating isn’t it. I just want to wake up one day and not worry about my health and just live a normal life like I use to!!

I do! Currently worrying about a tremor I seem to keep getting in the back of my head every night I lay down 🫠 I keep taking my hair out and re putting it back up not that it’s helping in anyway

@Ellie omg me too I use to have it when I was a teen but never this intense I would say after my first child everything changed for me I was 26/27 then and now I’m 30 and still it’s the same Thing after I had my second child I had lots of symptoms like dizzyness after birth which I was so fixated on so I didn’t think much about checking my breast however now that my dizziness has gotten better I’m worried again about my breast and lumps etc i literally check everyday I wake up feeling soo anxious it’s literally taken up my life all I do so check and I even was told that your only meant to check after your period is ended like three days after not every day like the way I do

@Lauren what is CBT hun? And had it helped you? And do you feel much better now

@Candace hey hun it’s horrible I know I just feel so upset everyday that I even live like this now! And what would you say is your health anxiety related too? And have you found ways to stop searching for lumps etc

@Sam for me it’s one thing after another first I was fixated on dizziness and now it’s this again it’s been 3 years and I’m struggling with my health anxiety I felt like j was getting better at one point but it’s came back