Severe health anxiety and cancer worries

Dear all,

It is interesting to read all these posts and realise I am not alone.  I am so scared of being diagnosed with something terminal and not seeing my two boys grow up.  Like others of you, I scrutinise and Google every ache, twinge, pain etc to the point it is beginning to impact upon my enjoyment of 'life'. I hate the impact it is having and know that the worrying will make things worse but I am unsure how to get out of this cycle.  

I think it links back to a few years ago when I lost my grandparents within a month of each other and I went to see them in hospital. I myself also had a 2ww referral for my Liver last year which fortunately turned put to be a hemangioma.

Chinchops76

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  • thankfully not fiagnosed with any cancers yet, but anxiety has me absolutely convinced that i have leukemia and that i am dying lol. incredibly frustrating as  i find a lot of the symptoms i experience with anxiety line up with symptoms of leukemia so it's like i'm living in constant fear of my own fear...... going back into lockdown so i doubt i'll be seeing any doctors about this soon and won't be able to talk to anyone until january. need to stop googling my symptoms !!!

  • I know exactly how you are feeling, I struggle with health anxiety and I am in constant fear that a minor symptom or something slightly abnormal is cancer and that I do not have long left, but every time there seems to be a logical explanation , I had bad headaches constantly throughout the day for a period of weeks and then I was convinced I had a brain tumour or something! But turns out I need glasses! But I know how you feel you aren't in this alone, just make sure you speak to people about how you are feeling as I think that helps me to ease my mind

  • Hi 

    My name is Kod

    I also suffer with severe health anxiety. I look at something I think I have cancer.I now think I have skin and bowel cancer because. It is controlling my life and not sure what to do. Any tips will help please.  

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