Health Anxiety and Humans: A Musing

[massagefanrx]

Troy, Troy, Troy...what are we going to do with you Like Sharon said, you're as strong as an ox and work out all the time. You are well- which we all know- but you can't convince yourself of.

My doctor once told me that health anxiety issues disappear with age (when you really have something to worry about). Funny how that is...we worry when we don't need to and don't when we do. Wacky humans

I just don't like the whole EMG thing- maybe because I never had one. It definitely seems to create a lot of worry in some (and reassurance in others). You also know that if you keep getting EMG's you'll have some that are a little "off" but that no one is worried about and this will make you nuts since you'll have to wait for a follow up one. Life is short Troy- you don't want to waste it going down this road- I know you don't. You have your times when you are absolutely convinced that you are well- maybe you could start to keep a diary and reflect back on those times when the worry sets in?

Shelley

 

[LiamTerry]

I think a lot of us are in the same boat. We are looking for assurance and reassurance (and then some more reassurance) that we will be okay.

This in spite of the fact that when all is said and done, none of us will be here forever, and that's really the difficult thing for us to wrap our heads around. Even in the best case, this ride called life is a darned short one.

I realized something after my therapy session on Monday. If I was hit by a stray bullet or plowed down by a bus or dropped dead while picking up dog *beep* in my backyard, okay, bummer, but I can't worry about those things - because (aside from taking some basic safety precautions such as buckling my seatbelt and staying away from red meat), there's not a darn thing I can do about any of those things. And when it comes down to it, how different is this worry?

Whatever this is or isn't, it is, or isn't. There is not one thing I, or any of us, can do about it.

I read yesterday that more than 2000 American men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. How many of the men on this board gave a moment's worry to that in the past few days? And yet, caught and treated early, breast cancer is curable - something you can do something about. And for women, depending on your demographic and location, the odds are 1 in 7 to 9 that you will develop breast cancer in your lifetime.

I also heard yesterday that an associate of mine, a 42 year old female lifetime non-smoker, was just diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. They've given her a year to live. It's horrible, but how can the rest of us worry about something like that and still get out of bed every day?

Let's all just strive to make this one day, each day, that we're given the best one possible. Be kind to each other and help each other.

(And when I come writing for reassurance, throw a little my way too! )

 

[rumzcaneconundrum]

Troy,

I would get rid of the tape measure, and live life day to day. None of us, nobody knows what tomorrow will bring at any one time.

I know I can tell you this, but it is so hard to live by it. I struggle all the time, but it truly is the only true way too live, if you want to live life to the fullest. I obsess over everything if I get a cough, is it just a cold. That is our nature by who we are. We need to recognize it and deal with that characteristic we have whether you want to call it obsessive compulsive, health anxiety or whatever. But you can't let yourself get stuck, when it happens you need to recognize it and get your self unstuck as quickly as possible in whatever way works for you.

God Bless,

Terri

 

[SharonSmoove]

H A L L E L U J A H !!, this calls for wine, lots of it, or coke as in cola if you don't drink

Sharon )