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extremely worried teen

waller999
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hi i’m a 16 year idk boy struggling with extreme health anxiety for a good 5 weeks on brain tumours since iv been worried on brain tumours iv been noticing these little episodes they have happened 3 times , all 3 times these have happened is when im watching a video on a brain tumour. what happened is 1 min i am awake and then 30 secends later feels like im waking up from soemthint with no memory of falling asleep the other time it was like a gusp of panic in my stomach like a rolacoster feeling but i am just so stressed and worried and i dont know anything about these kinda stuff and just want to know like if stress can cause these or what cause googling doesnt help at all

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    Hi waller999 and a warm welcome to our forum, 

    It does sound like you are struggling with health anxiety and I would suggest you avoid triggers like watching these videos on brain tumours as they will be making you unnecessarily anxious and contributing to your overanalysing anything you feel and making your anxiety worse. You are absolutely right, Googling doesn't help at all so I would say stay away from these videos but also from the temptation to look things up on Google. Google is definitely not your friend there and it has a tendency to always bring up the worst case scenario and make your anxiety ten times worse. 

    If the health anxiety doesn't improve once you avoid those triggers, I would suggest you get in touch with your GP who will I am sure have some really good suggestions and techniques to help you deal with and ultimately overcome health anxiety. Try and talk to your doctor about all this and I hope that you feel better and reassured soon. 

    Best wishes, 

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator 

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