<![CDATA[So ... I suffer from health anxiety.]]>So ... I suffer from health anxiety. It's embarrassing. I wish I didn't automatically assume that every little symptom is something that's going to kill me, but I do. I have my whole life. It's just what my brain does.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9db61b6d-deb3-4fa5-8aba-ba1aea826a56/so-...-i-suffer-from-health-anxiety.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 01:50:48 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 15:41:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to So ... I suffer from health anxiety. on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:57:52 GMT]]>@stevegis_ssg lol totally get that

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116568088409714559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116568088409714559Wed, 13 May 2026 15:57:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So ... I suffer from health anxiety. on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:57:30 GMT]]>@APBBlue

I have a smidgen of this tendency but also nihilism, so I react to any new symptom by thinking that it might kill me but that would be okay.

This reads like a joke and I think it IS funny but also it's exactly literally true.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/stevegis_ssg/statuses/116568086948301599https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/stevegis_ssg/statuses/116568086948301599Wed, 13 May 2026 15:57:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So ... I suffer from health anxiety. on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:51:09 GMT]]>@WrenArcher Anxiety SUCKS.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116568061990556907https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116568061990556907Wed, 13 May 2026 15:51:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So ... I suffer from health anxiety. on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:46:12 GMT]]>@APBBlue

🫂 I seem to have drifted near your camp so I somewhat know the feeling.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/WrenArcher/statuses/116568042514971881https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/WrenArcher/statuses/116568042514971881Wed, 13 May 2026 15:46:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So ... I suffer from health anxiety. on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:44:16 GMT]]>Anyway, if you suffer with of any sort and are able to get counseling, I recommend giving it a try. It's helped me!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116568034918802943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116568034918802943Wed, 13 May 2026 15:44:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So ... I suffer from health anxiety. on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:42:59 GMT]]>BUT: I have been seeing a counselor for about six months, and it has helped. It hasn't changed the tendency of my brain to latch onto catastrophes, but it's given me new tools to pull myself out of the spiral.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116568029865336152https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/APBBlue/statuses/116568029865336152Wed, 13 May 2026 15:42:59 GMT