I am a complete hypochondriac

tranced Joined: Jan 30, '10 Status: New User	2010-01-30 12:42:11
	I ahve been reading your posts and it is amazing that I am not alone. I read yours Sammie, I had that vision thing re focus. I don't even want to write down what I thought was wrong with me but after 2 doctor visits and an eyetest I was all ok. Strange though as per usual everytime I go to the doctors my 'imaginary' (maybe) symptons disappear! But as usual another sympton comes along to replace this. It's approaching the end of January now and already I have been utterley convinced I have had lung, testicular cancer, a stroke and lots of heart attacks. I am 37 and have been like this since a child and have finally plucked up the courage to do the fearfighter.com CBT course which I have arranged through my GP (who will be so relieved not to see me again!!). It has got so bad over the past 3 years that I can't do normal things as I have a fear that I am going to get a heart attack everyday ever since a minor chest pain 3 years agao ( which the doc said was acid reflux). But my mind raced and I cannot control this now. I fear going swiming or to the cinema with my kids as it would be difficult and embarrassing to call and get a paramedic to me. So I have to have an alcoholic drink to be able to go anywhere like that now to take away the fear and to also let the imaginary symptons go away. Does anybody also have pyscosomatic pains? I have manged to control mine for lots of years now but when I first got it in 2001 after seeing a magician put a needle through his eye I actually GOT the pain and it was excrutiating keeping me up all night and sending me into a serious depression for 6 months. HELL. But happiness got me out of that. It does rear its ugly head every now and again especially when I'm really down. Whenever I get any kind of pain or twinge I break out into a sweat which often turns into a panic attack which in turn gets me wanting a drink to escape the fear. What I have noticed though is that stress causes almost all of these 'symptons'. Weird eh? I'm not hinking it's stress - I'm thinking I am dying!!!!!!
erinro Joined: Nov 13, '09 Status: Senior User	2010-01-30 13:05:07
	tranced, you need to check out mindfulness. it helps with panic attacks in particular - people thinking they're getting heart attacks and not being able to breathe etc..
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