I’m scared of dying, I'm scared of being ill, I’m scared of so much I hate it!

[Guest]

Got that wave coming over me before you have a panic attack, the hot flush feeling..

I’m scared of dying, I'm scared of being ill, I’m scared of so much I hate it! I’m so angry! I was fine in January and now this is taking over my life! It’s actually making me low, like what even is the point.

I’m dizzy, sweating, shaking, dithering, upset stomach and my brain is repeating ‘you need to go to the hospital’ ‘you need an ambulance’ NO stop it I’ve been 12+ times in the last 3 months about various different symptoms that nobody has ever ever been concerned about!!! They won’t even do me a CT or MRI because ‘I don’t need it’ ‘the radiation would be absolutely pointless’

TRUST IN THE DOCTORS LAUREN. They are professionals, not anxiety! I don’t want to live my life this way, it’s absolutely debilitating and I feel ill all the time because of it!

I’m so so upset..

[Desarae]

I’m going to tell you, even if you get the CT scan or all the tests in the world, our anxiety will say something is wrong. I did an ultrasound and CT-Scan at the ER back in October, and I’m so paranoid that they missed/overlooked something or that the radiologist didn’t even look at my scans. Health anxiety has really weakened by trust in doctors, sadly. I could go to three doctors, they tell me the same thing and I won’t believe them. I’m truly sorry you’re going through this.

Suggested: I’m so scared to take medicine anyone ever use lavender essential oils for severe anxiety?

[Jill]

May sound weird but when I get a tad obsessive like that I put a rubber band on my wrist and pop myself each time I have a negative thought then tell myself to stop. The slight pain from the snap kind of helps your brain a little with redirection. Maybe give it a try? It certainly can’t hurt.

[Ashley]

I cried on my way to work this morning for this very same reason! All of this is exactly the way I feel all of the time. Any twinge of pain I think I'm dying or something could be wrong that could turn serious quickly. I hate living this way!

[Sioun]

I’m like this. Often so scared of dying that I stop living. Now I do have physical ailments that stop me doing soooo much, and I wish I could go back and experience so much more than I have. I wasted the best years of my life because of anxiety.

[Veronica]

Oh my gosh you took all the words right out of my mouth. It completely sucks! I too just had that wave! Completely tired of being tired and anxious!