Obsession?
 

This just sounds really stupid (like actually ridiculous, I would be tempted to laugh if someone else told me they were feeling like this), but it's quite a big problem for me at the moment. I'm obsessed that there is someone (hostile intruder) or something (ghost/dead person) in the house and I'm terrified of looking in the mirror cos I can feel that there's someone behind me and I hate being in the house alone because I'm constantly worried that there's someone/thing there. I have to keep checking there's nothing there, I have to sit in the corner of the room or with my back to a wall and I can't sleep.

I used to be obsessed that I was ill (heart abnormality/cancer) and couldn't sleep because of that, had to keep checking my pulse and stuff constantly, and I've kind of got that a bit more under control now so I was wondering if maybe I'd swapped one obsession for another?

Just wondering if anyone can relate or if anyone has any advice?

Not sure if this is how you feel but I always feel someone is begind me when i look in the mirror and I am scared to crap that they are actualyl staring at me and they are going to pop up .. So i avoid looking in the mirror when i go to the bathroom. I am sometimes scared to take a shower but we now have a clear shower cover thing. So its not so bad. I have OCD, but its nothing to do with this. I think mine is just a fare (sp)..M OCd is got to do with ODing ..But maybe talk to someone. If you think its a conercen you can call some kind of help line and explain them to them. sorry I ant much help ! Best of luck ! I know its hard

Nicolexxxx <3

This might seem like a totally off the wall question, but are you angry with anyone at the moment?

I'm not particularly angry with anyone I don't think..

And when I was obsessed with being ill I went to the doctor and had ECG and ultrasound scan and they found nothing wrong with me but it didn't make much of a difference, I was still worried =\

No, I'm in the process of getting referred to someone. They've put me on a waiting list but I'm not really very hopeful for it. I don't think the doctor really believed that I had an ED so I'm not very high priority and I haven't said anyhting about this cos it's literally like the stupidest thing ever and anyone I told would think I was a freak =\
Like when I told my parents I was ill etc they kept telling me it was in my head, I was being stupid etc and I felt like nobody took me seriously. Could maybe get another appointment with my GP and push for an appointment or something cos I've been constantly anxious for over 2 years and on/off been having panic attacks

When I was younger, I used to believe/worry that I had serious illnesses. The doctor I saw about them implied to me that it was a concern that I had this belief, and said I could talk any time I needed. But at the time I was too terrified to be open about what was going on in my mind. My anxieties were a sign of really deep insecurities and worries about my place in the world [to put it generally] and needed 'translating'. I can understand that now.
What I'm trying to explain here is that medical and mental health professionals do take such worries and fears completely seriously, definitely in my experience.