Worrying that worrying can cause what Im worried about. Please help!

Was feeling better and then one of my coworkers said he believed you can worry yourself into disease so i needed to think glass half full. I know i dont need to worry but him saying that has got me more worried now! So someone please confirm that I can't worry myself into schizo affective disorder. He said he was no psychiatrist and shouldn't have said that but now it just keeps replaying in my mind. Im scared to research it bc of what I might find but if anyone can help me refute this, please help. :0 My dad has schizo affective disorder and I had to take him to the hospital recently. Shortly afterwards is when I became obsessed and worried about getting it to the point I started having extreme anxiety. . . If anyone has anything to help ease my mind about this, please help!

Worrying about worrying is part of GAD. Your thought pattern won't cause schizoaffective disorder. Whoever said that was uneducated and speaking on his BELIEFS not FACTS about mental illness.

The concrete cause of mental illness (and schizoaffective) is not actually known. Try to brush off people who think they have the answers because they do not :)

Hi

I also agree your worry won't lead to an other mental illness but like SC mentioned will lead to worse anxiety for you.

Use any coping skills you have to lesson your anxiety and try your best to shelf this worry.

I hope you are feeling better today?

Hibee