Horrible anxiety due to an upset stomach

Hello everyone . It's 1:15am here and I'm so so tired but I cannot sleep due to an upset stomach and pains. Feels like gas (ha ha) but it's not or so I don't think. It's givihg me horrible anxiety I feel like crying. It hurts and I feel nauseas too. Ugh. I didn't feel good 2 days ago - only lasted a day now I feel bad again. It's different than it was before though - these are more like pains. I just ate soup and crackers about 20-30 mins ago to see if that helped - it made the pains worse gave me a stomach ache and now it feels extremely empty again and it's making me sick like I didn't even eat . I'm so scared that I have stomach ulcers or something. It's just another fear that I have come across and I am obsessing over just like the brain tumor and heart problems have been in the past . I am totally upsetting myself over this and it's making me sad because it really does feel like it . )-; hopefully not - but all I can do is pray and hope not . But I feel like breaking down and crying over this !!

LMA,

I hope you are feeling better today. I do agree with Hibee's advice on going through the self help for health anxiety from our Resources. It is free, go at your own pace ...and will bring you some relief from your worries.

The second link I believe is the longer one...full of steps to work through in order to break free from these health centered fears. It is worth you time and effort to go through these.:)

Health Anxiety - A Self Help Guide:

 

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hypochondria/pages/introduction.aspx

Helping health Anxiety

 

http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/infopax.cfm?Info_id=53

Health Anxiety- The Super Scanner

 

http://www.get.gg/docs/SuperScanner.pdf

For now, remember how the other worries turned out...no heart issue or brain tumor, right? You have good reason to believe that this fear is also a product of anxiety and nothing more.

Wising you well.

S.C.