Me panicking at 2am in the morning bc i feel an off and on cramp or ache in my right ribs area thinking the burger king food i had earlier prob got a worm in it and the worm is crawling in my ribs? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i just want to fall asleep and be at peace... i hate health anxiety so much....
Me panicking at 2am in the morning bc i feel an off and on cramp or ache in my right ribs area thinking the burger king food i had earlier prob got a worm in it and the worm is crawling in my ribs? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i just want to fall asleep and be at peace... i hate health anxiety so much....
All comes down to one thing. Fear of Death. Which is really a hard thing to let go but we health anxiety sufferers must program our subconscious mind to believe that we should not fear things that is not happening yet. focus on the present moment and try not to control things we can’t control. I’m not yet 100% anxiety free but I’m on the path to recovery and realized that anxiety is a friend that will strengthen our minds. Let’s all overcome this!
Hello Char, I have a severe case with the fear of death and I cant take it anymore. Lately for about 5 days now my chest has been hurting and im scared its going to be a heart attack that happens. I constantly live in fear . I need help.
@@terminator04201989 have you consulted a doctor? Try that first and if the results came out fine then that’s the time you have to start making changes in your thought patterns.
@@terminator04201989 I suggest you start listening to what your body is trying to tell you. Sometimes these pains are telling us something and for my case it was my thought patterns that knock my body and mind out of balance. I can’t say my experience also applies to your case. But if you’re interested I can suggest you people to listen to.
Health anxiety is such a hard struggle. The cycle is 1. Uncomfortable feeling. 2. Catastrophic thoughts. 3. Physical symptoms of anxiety kick in and make it worse. 4. Feeling silly after you’ve calmed down somewhat. 5. Back to step 1. My goals are to stop having to take medications as well as being able to live my life!
Is anyone else here because every time a pain or something happens in your body you think your gonna die and for me it’s scaring me I’m a healthy person I don’t live an unhealthy life I’m not at a risk of anything and yet I can’t stop worrying that I’m gonna die
I am afraid to die from allergies((( I recently started having allergies, even a year ago I did not have them. So now, if I smell smth, i think my throat will close and I will die from anaphylaxis. Also, everytime I feel pain i my body, I think that this is smth very bad and I will die
This is so true. I read a horoscope a couple weeks ago that said I could be more sensitive to chemicals and radiation. It probably seems ridiculous to other people, but for an anxiety sufferer like me, it was just enough to make me spiral. had to get a PET scan and I’m so afraid of having been exposed to that radiation that I feel like I have to check my body constantly for any sign of cancer that the radiation might have caused. It feels like I can’t relax or let it go because I’m scared that I’ll develop cancer and ignore the symptoms and let it get out of hand. I don’t like to talk to people about it because I know how ridiculous it is to believe a horoscope, but it’s been on my mind so much that it’s become absolute truth to me in my mind. Of course I don’t want to live this way, but the anxiety is almost like a blanket of protection that’s protecting me from the unknown. I’m so tired of feeling this way, I’m only 23 and I feel like I’m wasting my youth worrying about something that isn’t true. Sorry for the long comment, it just feels good venting to people who understand me. Happy Wednesday Warriors ❤️
I’m also 23 and feel the exact same way as you. It’s so hard to express the obsession I have in checking for symptoms to people in my age and in my life because I know how crazy I sound. I understand you completely and feels good to know i’m not alone.
The suffering caused by "information " fed to this disorder, makes me sad. What our minds dont conjure we can surely find or interpret on the internet to support and justify our terror. I can relate
31 and constantly think i have gi cancer or esophageal cancer. It burdens me daily. I constantly think about it. My wife thinks I’m wasting breath and life on these thoughts……she ain’t wrong 😑
I’m so sorry. I live in the same world as you. I’m much older than you but just thought about the decades I have wasted suffering about the fear of what you said (notice I can’t even write it lol). It sucks, you’re not alone. I really hope you overcome this. It’s no fun starting a family and still be struggling with this 😢
This is an amazing video. As someone who’s suffered health anxiety immensely, I’ve never thought about my body the way you described in this video. The fact that, my body loves me and is actually working at every molecular level to work together. No, health anxiety sufferers don’t think like that, but today you’ve opened my mindset further. Beautiful!
True, all that's happening mentally and physically is the Brain teying to protect You from danger. Theres no way to get out of pánic mode.but to show Your subconsiouss fear is that You are not afraid
Dude, thank you. This is EXACTLY what I needed to hear. Was waiting in line in the emergency room in fear of X and I just walked out and left it. You give me strength.
I'm terrified of dying. Not the fact of death or what happens afterwards...but because I dont believe there is anyone on this planet who can love and raise my children the way that I do and I am terrified of leaving them.
@@1381mike i have 3 as well and I'm terrified if I were to go would they be cared for in the manner I do and would they have enough love and compassion in their lives.
This all rings so true to me! However, when I ask myself the question, "Why am I afraid?" I can't find the answer. Even the question itself triggers my fear.
Thank you for your videos I can relate. I've have anxiety, panic attacks i fear death and seem to acquire different symptoms depending who i speak to its like i feel their pain. Recently my cousin passed away from a heart attack and now I'm scared that- that's going to happen to me.
I thought I was losing the function of my hand. My herbalist scared the bejesus out of me when he said I had arthritis all along my thumb. I was so freaked out thinking I was going to have to give up my profession, my art career, the love of playing my piano. Horrible thoughts stirred in my head constantly. Until I got xRayed. They said the cause of my hands limited range of motion was due to extremely tight tense muscles. My life all of a sudden opened up. The sun shone again. I have no idea how I could’ve reacted any differently
I didn't even know I had health anxiety until about 2 months ago.I had went to the dr.because I felt like I had something in my throat and it was going to prevent me from breathing properly.They gave me a Prednisone which left me feeling quite breathless and nervous.That sent me back to the Dr. and they took me off that and put me on Clonazepam which helped a lot.But then the lump in my throat was still bothering me and they put me on asthma medication and a whole host of other medication and needless to say I've been anxious ever since.I was sent for a swallow study because now I seem to have an issue with swallowing.I feel like I'm going to choke.I eat only soft foods and I've lost weight,but your videos do help.sorry that was so long.
I hope you are doing better. I had this last summer. Turned out it was all anxiety. Lump in throat. Food felt like it was getting stuck. Only ate applesauce and yogurt for 2 months. Lost a ton of weight. Had a bunch of scans and tests. It went away.
Thanks for these videos. New subscriber. Enjoying your content. I have suffered with health anxiety for 7 years since getting diagnosed with a thyroid disease, which causes anxiety. I have seen a few hypnotherapists that tell me i am hanging onto the anxiety. The thing is i don't feel asthough i am. I would love nothing more than to be free of this. So how can i be hanging onto it? I'm not afraid to change "who i am" i don't ever identify myself as an anxious person - although people tell me i am. I never say "my anxiety" becasue it's not who i am. Why can't i be healed from this? I obsess over my health because i am scared of dying as i am terrified of leaving my son whilst he's still young. It's not the face i'm scared of getting such and such disease, im scared of leaving this world because of my son.
does anyone feel like they get tight throath and it feels weird to swallow due to their health anxiety, but worry that the weird swallowing sensation might be something really spooky and instead?
Yes. Constantly. I get so afraid that I once rushed to the ER where I got all these tests done and they found nothing. I now realize that it is mostly in my head and I am taking steps everyday to work on this. You are not alone
You are 100% spot on with this. I call it not being okay with being okay. Whenever I do start to feel good, I will always look for something that might be wrong with my health.
Health anxiety is such a demon. Just when you gather courage and say enkogh with this.. im not paying atention to body signs anymore ! ... that new symptom showes up..
My dad was always seriously ill when I was growing up and he passed away when he was in his 50s. I'm certain that's the reason behind my health anxiety. My biggest struggle with letting go of the anxiety is that if I'm not hyper aware of everything going on with my body, I could potentially miss something that truly is wrong and it could go unnoticed for too long. Working hard every day to overcome it but it's easier said than done! Thanks for your videos Dennis, they are the biggest driver of the progress I've made so far.
I feel I am dealing with the same issue,if i'm not hyper vigilant i won't catch something early,and i go from disease to disease mentally in my mind every few months,them periods of relief pust exams/scans then a new symptom and i'm off to the races again researching every symptom, it's wasting a lot of my life and that frustrates me, I just want to get to that place where i can comfortably tell myself "that's just anxiety causing xyz symptom" and move on with important things in life.
I know this place too. But I am doing EMDR, hypnosis, EFT and digging deleted to the roots of issues of the low self esteem and deep fears. Not easy but progression.
It’s 1 am and I’m sitting here having a panic attack and I come here and watch this video until I fall asleep it truly makes me feel peace listening to you talk. I have normal allergies with normal symptoms but I turn them into something serious when I shouldn’t I am healthy and young I have no reason to obsess over this.
I have a terrible fear of having a heart attack every day its making my life hell. I don't know what do anymore. My husband just had a miner heart attack so it made it worse. I couldn't even go see him at the hospital cause I also have a fear of hospitals. please help;.
Im only 16 and i have hypochondria, I thought i was having a heart attack in the middle of the night and i woke my mom up and rushed her to the hospital with me , and the doctors said that I have nothing. now my family dont believe me when i tell them Im sick :(
It happened before with me, but it's not heart attack. It was panic attack over my nose feeling like it can't draw breath. It awaken me around 5am. I was alone, and I called the ambulance. I thought I was gonna die. When I was in the hospital, the ECG showed that I'm fine. A few days ago, I went to the hospital for ECG just to make sure. I was fine too.
You are so so strong for reaching out and searching to find answers as to why you are doing this!!! You are going to conquer this and do amazing things!!!! I want you to say “ I am so proud of myself”!!! You have taken that first step of recognizing and now adjust your labeling you have given yourself from hypochondriac to a much bigger, better, positive and challenging word!!!! Keep following and listening to Dennis podcast and write in a journal to jump the hill and enjoy you. Your family will not let anything happen to you. What we think we feel and jump to catastrophic thinking, they see reality and the reality is you are ok. Please listen to as many of his podcast as you can. You are smart and I promise you, if you listen, you will begin to change your thought process that isn’t as scary as we have made up. It is real and it is ok. Today begins your new identity!! A bump in the road does not stop us from moving forward. I have done exactly what you have and I am 45 years old. No shame in my game...... I am proud of what I have learned along this journey and have added to my life. Sure, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy, but I see how strong I am and how strong you are for knowing that you are more than a label. Keep moving forward!!☀️🌸❤️🎉
@@traciemcmahan3261 Thank you so so much for this, i really needed this and I appreciate you so much ❤️ I will try everything you said. Thanks again, :))
This one really speaks to me. I really needed to hear that today. But what about when you have actual health problems, not just anxiety symptoms? It's hard not to obsess when you're dealing with that.
For sure! I was perfectly healthly one day and the next in the ER being diagnosed with MS. My first thought was the worse...I will be in a wheelchair and it went on from there..constant anxiety. 4 years later I am doing great and fully mobile and active but that anxiety still exists. Just a work in process!
I know that you posted this a year ago, but I am here today. I can completely relate as I suffer several chronic illnesses that has caused me “medical induced ptsd” so I’m wondering how I can stop.
@@nicolelee6591 Well I posted this comment a year ago but I'm still dealing with this today and I still don't have an answer. I can deal with anxiety symptoms because I've learned to recognize them so I don't fear them as much, but then I catastrophize every other symptom.
My anxiety health went from being afraid and worrying about my health to my mental healt. Now I diagnosed myself with every mental illness and I’m so afraid everyday I’m going to crazy I can’t anymore
Whatyssjhss Whatsysys Dont know if you believe in Jesus but I seeked God in prayer to help me with my anxiety and he is healing me day by day It’s gotten so much better Praise God!! Your not going crazy Don’t fear God doesn’t want us fearing Only thing we should fear is Him
Definitely Keilah, i too was with my panic attack and battling anxiety for the past months. During that time 1 of my favorite uncle passes due to the virus all of a sudden. God was with me that it felt so calm and accepted it. Prayers and talking with my Lord has tremendously healed me. Blessed be His name!!
Im grateful for you Dennis. My first panic attack was last November and for 3 months I convinced myself that I was either gonna die or I’m going crazy and will have to be locked up lol. I still have a little ways to go but I’m so much better compared to 6 months ago.
When anxiety becomes entangled with your identity as a person, the answer it seems must be to re -invent yourself, let go of the past and almost start again as if you are a child who has had no bad experiences. We need to make new neural pathways in order to change the old way of thinking to a new, more positive way. I am in the process of doing this, and it is exhausting but will be worth it if i can become free of anxiety.
Wow... when you said that some of us want to change and we are doing the things needed, but we are afraid of committing and arent 100% in it.. it really hit home. I am reading the book mind over mood in hopes itll help with my anxiety, specifically health anxiety and i feel like it isnt helping.. but i also feel like im resisting. Im tired of this and i know i could be so happy there are so many things to be grateful for in my life but everyday i wake up worried about what i am about to worry about regarding my health. Last week i was stuck on the fact that my doc said my iron is a bit high (despite the fact that he said everything else is beyond normal and the 'high' iron isn't high enough to even worry about), i would look up what that could mean and it would lead me to think he was wrong. This week its the fact that my rib cage hurts and my eye is twitching...and i swear everyone around me is so annoyed and thinks im crazy. I am grateful that i came across your channel truly, i feel so alone in this health anxiety journey so these comments and these videos really helped me tonight.
Dennis I don’t think I have heard my thoughts out loud until I found your channel . This is like watching my thoughts and your knowledge is unbelievable ❤️
during this pandemic and even before I cant travel like i want to for work. scared while im away ill get sick or my kids will. (because both have happend before) I try to make it an adventure. try new restaurants and places and thats allfun until the hotel. panic attacks and up all night. then i just drive or fly home the next day scared......
I agree. When traveling for work, the alone in hotel is a nightmare. Panic attacks sneak up like the boogie man. I’ve been to the point of sitting in the hospital parking lot before being talked off the ledge by my wife on the phone.
Nightstalker 1 sometimes I bring my own pillow or pillow case and that will help me stay asleep. Also, I got a new I watch that keeps track of my oxygen and heart rate so I know it’s just my anxiety.
U talking about prevention; I have cll leukemia and im battling all the feelings u mentioned here it turned into anger and resentment I wish I had my life back. I hate what I have,I HATE IT!
I was sick with Covid (or Flu ...not sure) about 3 weeks ago. I ended up getting an ear infection in one ear and fluid buildup behind both eardrums. The illness is gone now, but I still have the fluid buildup and ear infection... I can’t hear very well. My hearing is muffled. It’s been over 3 weeks now and the ENT Doctor says it could take anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 months to regain my hearing. Very frustrating and causes anxiety. 😩🌼😢. I also get this feeling of a small amount of phlegm in the back of my throat- mostly at night when lying down in bed. The coughing is unbearable and also causes anxiety. 😢
Dennis im on such a sadness. I make yesterday blood tests and probably i have policithimia vera a very serious sickness on blood. After fight for so long eith panic attacks and anxiety now i found this. I dont know what think or do. Next week im going to see my doctor and make new blood tests. Im hopeless. Peace for you and your family. Love you Dennis
So powerful Dennis! I realize that everything I am doing, revolves around prevention. I eat healthy, I try to exercise every day but it's all out of fear without really enjoying anything in life. Shifting from that now. Thank you!
Dennis, I feel like when I start to make progress, I get a diagnosis or have symptoms that throw me back. I finally stopped obsessively checking my O2 and then found out I have central sleep apnea. How in the world do I deal with these kinds of terrifying setbacks and gain the ground I've lost?
Trust in the ever unfolding of life and all that comes with it rather than look to be in control and have certainty in all situations. This can be done through reframing and responding as I mention in my book. The relationship with the very things you fear and hate must change: www.amazon.com/Fuck-Coping-Start-Healing-Anxiety-ebook/dp/B086JBWCXX/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&fbclid=IwAR1X3h1Ki1ZQaB5xp9RlNp7h4ZaDqGB8Mc-NCI_dvX_x0ghlDFsQALCs_58&ref_=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top#customerReviews
central sleep apnea is not a terrifying diagnosis and cpap /bipap machines are very common, pitcher for astros has sleep apnea along with a lot of otherwise healthy people . be strong Amy you got this. God bless.
For the past 3 weeks I’ve had the worst panic attacks thinking that I have MS. I have no idea why I’m fixated on it. I spent nights not sleeping just googling symptoms. And now every movement I have in my body feels like it’s dying of MS. Worst anxiety ever.. just want to feel normal again.
I’ve only recently found this channel, I just want to say thank you for doing what you do. This video has lifted me out of a very dark place tonight and inspired me to start a new path to recovery. I will beat this healthy anxiety! It’s been with me for over 10 years now, I’m now 25 and excited to live my life fear free! :) and to anyone suffering the same! You really all are warriors, if you can beat this there’s not much left that can stop you.
I have only found you today for the first time. I've had anxiety and health anxiety all my life. I found just watching this video helped me immediately. I don't want anxiety to define me. Like you say, I am so much more. I have had long periods in my life when I have been confident, spontaneous, creative, loving life. I know I CAN get to that place again. Thank you for helping me and so many others. I will check out your site right now. :)
This has truly helped me so much. I'm currently quarantined after working with someone who was covid positive and I haven't been able to shut my mind off since. These videos have helped me so much. The physical real pain I was feeling has subsided. These have been more helpful then any therapist. Thank you.
You’re doing great things on this channel! Thanks much for doing what you do. My anxiety kicked in during my fathers death. I’m not afraid to die but afraid of going through the process of some fatal disease or medical condition as my father did. It haunts the heck out of me. I’m constantly thinking his condition is hereditary and I’m going to have the same problem he did. So much so that I have feelings that seem to be exactly what I think he would’ve had but I really don’t even know what sensations/symptoms he had. As soon as I get my mind busy with something other than that, my sensations go away. Actually, I was just having them and as I started typing this comment, they are gone and I feel fine. So crazy how much my mind screws with me over this. It is very frustrating and can ruin my life if I don’t figure this out and get over it somehow.
Hi. I'm really struggling with health anxiety incase I get covid. Gets so bad I can give myself covid symptoms and I check if I can smell and taste which I can make come and go. So scared incase I die from covid!!!
I feel like there is drugs in everything I eat or drink and I get soooo scared that I’m always gonna overdose and die. I go days without eating or drinking what do I do ;((((((
Start by making your own food it will probably ease your mind a little bit because why would you drug yourself, you can trust yourself. And as for a drink, water? Boil it first that will get rid of anything bad in it, it will bring comfort to you. Baby steps. I to struggle with this but slightly different I fear when someone gives me something its drugged or they're trying to drug me, so I dont accept anything from anyone.
Hi Dennis, thanks so much for your help. I had an allergy reaction that i had to be rush to emergency. After this i had panic attacks and anxiety came. I was battling with it for yrs but never had panic attacks till this time. I was suffering with health anxiety from way back. I over think and live with fear. After listening to your youtube. I analyze that my fear started since my cousin suddenly died. I would say i have a fear to death. What you say is all true. I have been listening to your you tubes and have help. Keep helping and may God keep showering you with knowledge. I want to heal and follow your advice.
I never knew this was a thing until this year and I recently had an allergic reaction from sunflower. Even though I’ve had health anxiety all year now, that reaction was supposed to soothe me from fearing of my throat closing up on me. This fear has developed after dealing with extreme anxiety giving me the feeling of my throat closing and feeling like I cannot breathe. So now I obsessively fear taking certain medication, and now, eating these egg rolls I enjoy because I had a reaction from the sunflower oil I was frying the rolls in. I’m not even completely sure. I’m probably going to go to the hospital tomorrow or some time this week so I can check in on my vitals. Health anxiety is so hard 😔😔
@@imwarded391 I am much much better now and it turns out it wasn’t sunflower, it was gluten!! I have a gluten intolerance and at the time, I was eating a surplus of Asian style meals filled with wheat based soy, wheat noodles, and wheat pastries. It was destroying my digestive tract AND my gut to brain connectivity, increasing my anxiety by a million. I developed vertigo from the stress. Thank you for wondering and being so kind to a stranger. I appreciate this reflection. While it’s still challenging to take pills or let in “foreign” things into my body, I’m so much healthier now.
Anyone here who feels like passing out and that they feet won‘t carry them? It’s ruining my life.. I hold onto things because I fear passing out.. and when I imagine passing out I get so dizzy 😢
I don't usually comment on these but the questions sort of stuck out to me because they are the very reason I am having difficulty. 1. I am afraid of dying before my long range personal project that will benefit the world is completed 2. I am afraid of all illness that is fatal or will take away my working ability 3.A. friend in the same field died before she could finish her project and her last posts were all regret on not finishing it 3B. at same time I pinched nerve in my shoulder and lost feeling in my drawing arm I use every day for a year. I lost trust in my body. How do I regain trust in my body? how do I stop the anxiety of dying before I finish my projects? :(
1. I am afraid of losing control of my body and dying 2. Because death is terrifying and my kids need me 3.aging, illness in family, finding out i had a heart murmur How do I reframe vague ideas?
Abigail Brickler you and everyone deserve happiness and if you can say this too will pass and it’s only temporary! I wish you good health and YOU ARE WORTH IT! Sending you a big HUG!
I have suffered from anxiety for almost a decade. After arthroscopic Knee surgery, I developed a pulmonary embolism. I am currently on blood thinners, but it has been so hard to calm my anxiety and the constant fear/thoughts of this happening again or something worse like bleeding out. I am constantly checking my HR, my BP, my Oxygen levels, I've gone to the ER 4 times in the last month. I dont know how to manage all these physical symptoms from the PE and added to that my insane anxiety. I need to let go but it is so hard. I have 2 kids and one coming this week. I need to be present and healed for my family!
I realize that once i start getting better after the doctor says there is nothing wrong, i will check in with my anxiety or my husband will say something like if only you get better and feel better, that triggers in myself the anxiety and lack of trust eventhough i thought i was doing quite well on my path to healing, then i start all over again, the symptoms of pain etcc.m will show up eventhough i know its me getting stress and tense. I have to stop checking in and just let go. Maybe it is spasm, maybe it is prickling but it’s just me finally working out my weak weak muscles and injuries due to lack of exercise and self care for. A Long time. So what that it’s there, i trust i am on the path to healing. I want to continue with positive vibrations,
Hey bro, does anxiety cause face numbness and memory problems as my memory is really bad and I get face numbness and the main numbness is rn on my forehead like when I raise my eye brows it feels weird
numbness,muscle facilations(small twitches in muscles),pins and needles, tight chest,sensation that you cannot breath, and many more are all common anxiety symptoms.its just that for people with health anxiety we ignore anxiety being the cause and focus on all the horrible possible diseases these may be symptoms of.
Hi Dennis, spot on as usual. Thank you for sharing. I am in the middle of fear stuck, and shaking it off. It's hard work but the work is needed to stay sane and be present. Thanks again you are a gifted healer of the mind x
Here’s my thing. I am scared of dying, not getting sick. I feel like i could pretty much cope with any diagnosis as long as I can be treated and not die. This is because I am terrified of leaving my kids. The thing that triggered the awful health anxiety that i feel (not just for me but for my families health) is my son being diagnosed with a rare life threatening illness in 2016. Even though I was always prone to anxiety, that event, including the sheer terror leading up to his diagnosis is what has got me to this place. Some days are worse than others but any kind of medical issue, even a trip to the dentist will put me in a tail spin. I dont know how to get past it.
Tina Squires, I can relate. My health anxiety is ruining my life and I don't know how to stop it. These videos help somewhat and short term but I am the only one who can fix this. Any medical issues trigger my health anxiety. Like you, even a trip to the dentist or optometrist can send me into a health anxiety panic.
Tina, I totally relate to what you are feeling. I share all your crazy feelings. I too, although prone to depression and anxiety, in the past managed it. It never manifested into obsessions. Things changed this past May when a panic attack landed me in the Er thinking i was dying. A thyroid issue was found and from that day forward every single symptom is catastrophized to agonizing suffering and ultimately an untimely death. If i look back, my healthy husbands threatening health issues as well as a suicide of a child led to the flood gates opening when i had my issue 3 months ago. Im stuck here. Im dying from new things daily. I do have symptoms and have started tests to find out if there really is an illness. I fear that my fear is intuition and not crazy obsessions and if i dont pay attention and do something im wasting time. This is horrible. Reach out if you need to. Terrible to be so isolated in this. We are all gonna die, but i dont want to live in this fear until i do. God Bless u
@@wendinelson1864 , sorry you have been through such difficult times. Health anxiety is horrible and it affects every aspect of our/my life. For over two years I have been living this way and have lost communication with family and friends. My HA also started with some physical problems and the death of a family member. I am more afraid of suffering than I am of dying. I am trying everything to get well again, but nothing seems to be working. Good luck and God Bless.
Dennis, thank you my man. Had it not been for you and your videos, I would have gone crazy with my health anxiety. It’s so infuriating. I am not completely fine and convinced that I have no health issue but I am definitely doing way better than what I was a month ago. All credit goes to you. I wake watch one video from your channel and constantly remind myself that I need to trust in recovery and in myself and in what you say. Bless you man. And sending across lots of love.
My husband attempted suicide at the end of 2018... I found him and saved him😞 Since then I’m so afraid of dying because I feel like my children need at least 1 stable parent (me) That since then my hypochondria is through the roof! To the point of being in physical pain 24/7... I’m so afraid of dying that I’m not living🥺
Hit the nail on the head with prevention vs creation! I haven’t watched your amazing channel in 2 years as I was not suffering any longer (which could be actually ideal, right?). Got through lots of harsh times with the tools I gained from your videos. Had the first real backtrack of health anxiety today since then. I have lots to chew on moving forward from this video. Blessings ❤️
I have this fear too and I’m scared of every second that I’m going to have some type of cancer, or I’m going to have a heart attack. I look up symptoms of things because I’m scared of what I could have. I’ve watched this channel which has helped me calm down from all of these fears of what if’s. I would recommend reaching out to friends and family as well as they have calmed me down from knowing that they’ve got my back.
For the first time in my life I feel someone is speaking my truth. I have never heard anyone express it so well and I’m grateful! I have had many insights but struggling to understand the “how”. How does one move from here to there? How does one get past their physical body?
John assaraf the author of the book Innercise has a quote that says "are you interested or are you committed" if you're interested you'll do the bare minimum and you'll probably quit but if you're committed you'll do whatever it takes for as long as it takes.
Letting go and trusting is terrifying because "this time it's for real" the sensation or lump, mark what ever has triggered you to truly believe "this time" ( because the previous 100 times I was wrong and nothing was wrong) you have a serious problem the fear is stronger than me. It puts up a better fight, hence the compulsions. I can assure you I want nothing more in my life than to have the courage to not seek reassurance. To not obsess and basically not become numb to life. I hate health anxiety with a passion it has ruined and continues to ruin my life.
@@reasonableme9365 I'm so sorry to hear that. I find some days better than others. I write down all my concerns and pretend I'm helping someone else. If I'm helping someone else I can be very rational. However if it's me I fail miserably. I wish you good luck 🙏🖕
I deal with insomnia from the depression/anxiety cycle I juggle on a daily basis. I just recently started watching your anxiety affirmations video every time I wake up... sometimes damn near six times in a row and it’s really really helped me. I have many years of this mindset under my belt so I definitely have a lot of work to do but I just wanted to thank you for all that you share knowledge wise on a platform like RU-vid where someone like me can just quickly pull up a video when I’m panicked and not thinking straight. I’m so grateful that I’m emotional about it. I have a long way to go but, from the bottom of my heart, (the same heart that made me think I was having a heart attack a couple hours ago at 2am) THANK YOU.
I curse Health Anxiety to the root and dam it to the pits of hell....Great Spirit, loose your people from this dreadful condition. Heal the minds and bodies of all the people on this thread....including me. Give Thanks!
I've had muscle aches and face stiffness for a long while now. It starts when I worry or think about it and goes away when I'm busy or distracted. It's so difficult to deal with
With me it's like when I am doing something strenuous, it would spark back, like intense nerve like pains, they are only one second pains , but oh the spiral that follows
Mainly because if their symptoms they feel. Like "I'm only 18 why do I feel like I'm having a heart attack" or "I'm 33 why do I have menopause symptoms" I helps with diagnosis and to point pin it's just anxiety because statistically you're too young at 18 to have a heart attack and to be 33 with menopause, already. 🤷🏼♀️
You are amazing Dennis, I will never forget your teachings. Hugs friend, your the best. Thank you for helping people like me out of the goodness of your heart!
K. But how do you handle it if you have actual health conditions AND health anxiety. BTW I just had gal bladder surgery and the freaking pain before the surgery and after was intense... but it didn't even come close to being as hard as the anxiety I had over it all. Anxiety is the worst health condition of all. I'd go through gal bladder stuff 5 more times and give birth to 10 children naturally if it meant I could get rid of anxiety for good.
Dennis, I obsess over my heath because I’m so afraid of losing control. Will I lose my job? Marriage? Home? If I can’t keep up? My family always said, if you don’t have your health, you have nothing.
I was gripped watching this video. It's like you knew me personally. I download it and will keep playing it. There are so many messages to process. Thankyou Dennis 🤩
I am afraid of what will be expected of me if I start healing. Expectations feel very overwhelming to me because of very low self esteem. I think that is what is holding me back from really committing to healing my health anxiety.
I became afraid of health anxiety because for 6 years I went undiagnosed with thyroid cancer...I had it removed in 2004, gall bladder out in 2007, hernia mesh in 2012, and I now have type 2 diabetes since 2018...😢
The thing that helps me is to think about all the times I was convinced I was "going to die" and had "irrefutable evidence"... it's more than I can count on all my fingers and toes.
1) Fear of Cardiac event or Cancers, 2) afraid what will become to my family if I were to pass away 3) I saw my Father have 2 massive heart attacks at the age of 8 which totally wrecked my family's life for years and he was never the same again. Recently my Mom was diagnosed with stage 4 Cancer and died in less than 4 weeks. I explain it like this. Since 8 I've had 1000s or cardiac events (in my mind) yet nothing really else...until a few weeks ago...when my Mom passed with Cancer...NOW I have the heart failure still and throat, neck, lymph node and oral cancer a good 15-20 times (again, in my mind..) I pray at least
My anxiety makes my body ache all over like flu symptoms. Vision is blurry. Insomnia. After watching you tonight, I think I have a better chance at getting some sleep. Thank you Dennis
Struggling with tooth infection which has led to chronic sinusitis. I also have bad health anxiety but when it’s actually physical- not sure how to cope with everything. Listening to your affirmations helps though
This video will always be one of my favorites of yours. I’ve listened to it a few times these past few days and it gives me a a huge boost of confidence and makes me very emotional. Thank you forever Dennis.
It’s been about a week now since beginning your guided meditations and they are helping. I need to stick to this new routine because I can see massive shifts happening! Thank you for everything.
Amanda Sparks did u try reframing and if yes do you feel sad during the process not saf in a negative way bust just like if you wanna cry and get evrtg out of ur chest
1- why I obsess? I'm afraid of death 2- why am I afraid ? I want to live and experience life 3- what exp have I had to make me afraid ? Lost loved ones ...
Oh my God it is sooo hard difficult living like that. Every day seems like a struggle and we overanalyze everything we feel or the fears we have. I really hate it being like that but at the same time cannot feel ok let these sick habits go away. It is true that this is something like psychological addiction to suffering and over controlling everything. This is a vicious and snicky cycle for anybody to live in. We get used to this toxic thing and becomes a part of our identity. This is the key to recover to me. Try to break this connection to the bad habit of fear and over analysing everything happening mentally and physically trying to solve problems every minute of our days. We don't want to live in this low, poor state of living this is not our real self. We are way more than that but we just cannot see it clearly yet.
