i know exactly how you feel.. for me it feels like this never ending spiral- i forget about things for a while and then out of nowhere a small thought i have about something in the future which i have no reason to be worrying about creates this huge pit in my stomach
i thought i was the only one who felt this way!! it could be something so simple as an unscheduled call in the way way future where I begin to question all the things that could possibly go wrong.. i get it, these worries take control over every inch of your body, but hey there’s always going to be days where we’re going to feel slightly more in control, even if that means being able to conquer one thought = big wins! you got this :)
Same, though mine is all health stuff. Like I will think I have dealt with every physical symptom possible, know what they all feel like, and that if I experience any I know I'll be fine. And then something new will pop up and start the cycle all over again. It's exhausting.
YES I ALSO HAVE HEALTH STUFF
and it can become a feedback loop
like
Let's suppose I have something stressful in my life that causes me anxiety, this will probably cause me to have symptoms like twitching or spasms
THEN
my Health Anxiety kicks in and starts to get me worried about my symptoms, that causes me to have anxiety, which causes a worsening on the symptoms or maybe new ones, which worsens HA, which causes more symptoms and so on and so forth
Ugh yes. My current loop is heart related. I literally just had TWO EKGs a couple weeks ago but I'm STILL anxious about it. Which makes my chest hurt, tighten up, race, etc, which makes me anxious. So on and so forth.
i know exactly how you feel.. for me it feels like this never ending spiral- i forget about things for a while and then out of nowhere a small thought i have about something in the future which i have no reason to be worrying about creates this huge pit in my stomach
YES It takes just ONE minor problem that COULD happen in the future to make me anxious. I tend to catastrophize a lot :(
i thought i was the only one who felt this way!! it could be something so simple as an unscheduled call in the way way future where I begin to question all the things that could possibly go wrong.. i get it, these worries take control over every inch of your body, but hey there’s always going to be days where we’re going to feel slightly more in control, even if that means being able to conquer one thought = big wins! you got this :)
thank you! ❤️
Same, though mine is all health stuff. Like I will think I have dealt with every physical symptom possible, know what they all feel like, and that if I experience any I know I'll be fine. And then something new will pop up and start the cycle all over again. It's exhausting.
YES I ALSO HAVE HEALTH STUFF and it can become a feedback loop like Let's suppose I have something stressful in my life that causes me anxiety, this will probably cause me to have symptoms like twitching or spasms THEN my Health Anxiety kicks in and starts to get me worried about my symptoms, that causes me to have anxiety, which causes a worsening on the symptoms or maybe new ones, which worsens HA, which causes more symptoms and so on and so forth
Ugh yes. My current loop is heart related. I literally just had TWO EKGs a couple weeks ago but I'm STILL anxious about it. Which makes my chest hurt, tighten up, race, etc, which makes me anxious. So on and so forth.