Is Health Paranoia Normal?!
Question: Is Health Paranoia Normal.?
I'm worried about my health pretty much all the time.. I assume it's normal to be a little worried from time to time, but I think I have a fairly serious case.. I have irritable bowel syndrome, and as a result, often get sharp pains in my bowels if I stretch or move suddenly or for no apparent reason etc.. But I often worry it's something worse..
Anytime I get some sort of a pain and can't figure out what it is, I start to worry.. For example, I was sitting in the movies the other day and suddenly got a pain in my back around my kidney.. I freaked out cause I thought something was wrong with my kidney and tried to sit their calmly.. Of course, nothing was wrong, and about twenty minutes later, the pain subsided..
Things like that are a regular occurrence for me (not in my back, it's usually my stomach or bowels) and I think sometimes I get pain in places just because I expect there to be some sort of pain.. It's like it's become a psychological problem for me and it's starting to effect my everyday life; I'm getting depressed because I can't deal with the fact i'm always feeling sick, or have some sort of a pain and I don't ever know for sure whether it's actually a problem or it's minor of if i've just imagined it completely..
If anyone has some advice to help me get over this mental barrier, I would really appreciate it.. Thanks..
Oh, and i'm a 17 year old male..Health Question & Answer
Anytime I get some sort of a pain and can't figure out what it is, I start to worry.. For example, I was sitting in the movies the other day and suddenly got a pain in my back around my kidney.. I freaked out cause I thought something was wrong with my kidney and tried to sit their calmly.. Of course, nothing was wrong, and about twenty minutes later, the pain subsided..
Things like that are a regular occurrence for me (not in my back, it's usually my stomach or bowels) and I think sometimes I get pain in places just because I expect there to be some sort of pain.. It's like it's become a psychological problem for me and it's starting to effect my everyday life; I'm getting depressed because I can't deal with the fact i'm always feeling sick, or have some sort of a pain and I don't ever know for sure whether it's actually a problem or it's minor of if i've just imagined it completely..
If anyone has some advice to help me get over this mental barrier, I would really appreciate it.. Thanks..
Oh, and i'm a 17 year old male..Health Question & Answer
Answers:
I totally have this problem as well.. I am always freeking out about my health.. I feel like I have a new problem everyday and really it is nothing.. I am so afraid I am going to get sick and have something wrong with me.. What I do is try and focus on something else and then I finally forget about it.. And I need to realize that all the times I have worried nothing has ever happened! Health Question & Answer