hi StrayingDog 

i am a 17 year old female and this sounds like I have written it myself, I have health anxiety and what you have said is exactly how I feel, when I think about googling symptoms I try to distract myself instead and put off googling, googling symptoms is a very bad idea because 1) they are not always reliable 2) they always come up with the worse possible scenario 3) your mind is very powerful and can convince yourself that you may really have there symptoms and your body goes into “super scanner mode” where you pay very close attention to your physical sensations which can amplify the sensation.

hi StrayingDog 

i am a 17 year old female and this sounds like I have written it myself, I have health anxiety and what you have said is exactly how I feel, when I think about googling symptoms I try to distract myself instead and put off googling, googling symptoms is a very bad idea because 1) they are not always reliable 2) they always come up with the worse possible scenario 3) your mind is very powerful and can convince yourself that you may really have there symptoms and your body goes into “super scanner mode” where you pay very close attention to your physical sensations which can amplify the sensation.

Hi guys! I'm not sure if this thread is still going but I'm 23 and have severe health anxiety!!! Recently I've convinced myself I have a brain tumour due to eye tests! I was getting headaches so went to get my eyes tested and they told me I had a swollen optic nerve and that I was being referred to the hospital with in 2 days! During those 2 days I was never off google, to the point I couldn't eat or sleep and didn't even want to shower ( gross ) Eventually I went to the hospital where they said my eyes were absolutely normal and I had nothing to worry about and that my optic nerve was pale looking which can come up as swollen to opticians. I was ok for a day or 2 then started getting bad pressure in the lower back of my head I phoned nhs 24 numerous times and was seen at out of hours where they tested my nerves and it was all put down to stress and anxiety. I then started obsessing over my eyes again so went AGAIN for another eye test at a different opticians they said my lenses were out of date and I needed stronger ones. Other than that my eyes were healthy. Literally 4 hours after my app I started seeing a black ring in my left eye vision but it quickly went away I was frantic and phoned the opticians and they want to see me tomorrow. Following this I had a massive argument with my partner resulting in more stress and have pressure again in the same part of my head. I'm so so scared they have missed something in my eye exam and that I have a brain tumor :( I know it sounds irational but that's how bad my anxiety is at the moment