So ... I suffer from health anxiety.

[apbblue@thepit.social]

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. #anxiety #HealthAnxiety #MentalHealth

[apbblue@thepit.social]

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. #MentalHealth #HealthAnxiety #Therapy

[apbblue@thepit.social]

Anyway, if you suffer with #anxiety of any sort and are able to get counseling, I recommend giving it a try. It's helped me! #MentalHealth #HealthAnxiety #Therapy

[wrenarcher@beige.party]

@APBBlue

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

[apbblue@thepit.social]

@WrenArcher Anxiety SUCKS.

[stevegis_ssg@mas.to]

@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.

[apbblue@thepit.social]

@stevegis_ssg lol totally get that