Health anxiety blues

[Horseyheart]

Health anxiety sucks and I get it quite badly....

A lot of things trigger it like hearing health scares on the news, people's own problems..etc.. Well now I've been triggered thanks to what my sister told me this morning.

My neighbour is dying in hospital (I feel really bad for her right now), and while I won't say what her problem is for personal reasons, her illness is giving me unpleasant, unwanted thoughts about me getting this problem one day.

Now I can't stop thinking about it. Can anyone else relate to this? Just wish health problems wouldn't trigger me and cause me so much distress... :-(

[Snow White.]

I can relate, it's very difficult to have so much anxiety around this so I really feel for you. Has anything helped to in the past to reducehire triggered and stressed you feel by health problems?

[Horseyheart]

Thanks for the reply! If I'm honest I've not found anything that's helped. I try keep myself occupied when the health anxiety gets really bad but even then it can become hard to ignore.

Sounds bad but I can worry about the same thing health wise for months. It's crap... :sad:

[talaiporia]

Have you tried talking to anyone about how you're feeling and things?

Does anything in particular trigger your anxiety?