Help health anxiety is going thru the roof

Shanny, This is just your anxiety overreacting to the news, trust me. I too have severe health anxiety, and when you hear something bad about someone, right away you start thinking "i have had those same exact symptoms, OMG I  probably have this too!".  For months I was convinced that there was something seriously wrong with my heart, or that I was going to have a stroke or something. There were other times when it was cancer, brain tumor, MS, etc......trust me, I thought I had EVERYTHING! There is nothing wrong with you. I'm sure you have been to the doc, or even the ER, many times, and been examined, only to find that you are perfectly healthy, well, besides the anxiety issue. We need to stop worrying ourselves so much over every symptom we have, it's very difficult to deal with, but YOU ARE FINE! This is coming from someone who has been dealing with this for 25 years now, so please try and relax. It's only your anxiety acting up. I hope this helps you out a little.

Thanks fox and SC, I was thinking about u last night SC and I thought to myself I'm doing magical thinking...I know I'm doing it...I'm trying to make something horrible and awful into something to do with me.....

I feel like a horrible person too though...this person I know is suffering and will unfortunately die from this disease..and all I could do was think about me.....I even dr googled it...:((....everyone knows that dr google and I are not friends...heck we are like divorced and everything...going to try harder today to get back on track thanks guys and big hi's to u again SC...hugs shannon

Hi SC yes I had a fling with the enemy... And u know what he gave me what he always gives me stress and anxiety....going to go thru my cbt stuff today and get this mind of mine in a calmer place....thanks for the support my friend....