Thanks for this one Drew! I am very sensitive to the physical symptoms and when I’m sick I tend to get sucked straight into fear. I finally saw some light and declared that I feel like I’m actually recovering just last week… and then I caught a bad cold… sinus pressure, head pressure, so of course I’m lightheaded. Sent me straight to OMG! I tested for Covid, of course, it was negative. But since I deal with so much lightheadedness from anxiety (I’ve seen my PCP SO many times for this)… it got me overthinking. Thanks for saying anxiety and illness can coexist, that made so much sense for me. I really appreciate all you do!
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (negative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (negative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (negative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (negative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (nesgative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Good morning dear Drew ☀️, I think our mind as well as our body is wise enough to know the difference. Anxiety will always keep telling us that something is wrong. Trusting and listening ( wise brain/ body) is a way to not fall into the trap 🌸
As someone who has health anxiety & several diagnosed chronic autoimmune illnesses, I can say it’s a tough balance between running to the doctor & refraining from doing so. Sucks!
“Are you calling your doctor because you are impaired in some way, or are you calling because you are afraid that you might be impaired or might become impaired?”
This definitely applied to me. I have always had tons of weird anxiety around dental stuff. At one point I told my husband I had a dentist appointment because I thought something was wrong with a particular tooth. He said “Oh bummer, you tooth hurts?” I said, “No but I’m afraid it’s going to start hurting.” Lol! Now that I’m looking back on it I can see how funny that is. Anxious people take the advice to “Treat problems when they’re small instead of waiting until they worsen” waaaayyy too literally.
I have to go back to the dentist today. My worst nightmare because I think some of my extracted tooth is still left in. I will probably take diazepam again, but not so much as it made no difference to the pain at all.
Carol, and if you don’t take the Diazepam? I completely agree that it would be difficult, but if do it as an exposure? Is a great opportunity (I’m sure you’ll how to handle it) then, you will get the whole credit and not the diazepam! Goooo! I’m sure you can do it! ✨✨✨
I have to conmen to. I have / suffer health anxiety . Have for years , normally worse when I’m in mentally bad place . It’s been 2 months since I last made an appointment to see my dr. And reason is , I came to the conclusion of sod it . If I am ill, then so be it . I’ll soon know if it’s bad . To date , I’m still here for last two months
Thanks for this one Drew! I am very sensitive to the physical symptoms and when I’m sick I tend to get sucked straight into fear. I finally saw some light and declared that I feel like I’m actually recovering just last week… and then I caught a bad cold… sinus pressure, head pressure, so of course I’m lightheaded. Sent me straight to OMG! I tested for Covid, of course, it was negative. But since I deal with so much lightheadedness from anxiety (I’ve seen my PCP SO many times for this)… it got me overthinking. Thanks for saying anxiety and illness can coexist, that made so much sense for me. I really appreciate all you do!
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (negative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (negative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (negative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (negative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Thanks Drew, this is always the hardest part for me. The physical stuff sends me into deeper anxiety and deeper symptoms .. I declared myself finally in recovery just a week ago and then got sick with a bad cold. Tested for Covid, of course, cause I freaked out (nesgative). The sinus pressure and congestion immediately disturbed the lightheadedness I’ve been dealing with for a year and sent me straight into fear. I love when you said illness and anxiety can coexist. Because I’m anxious and try to avoid overthinking illness I end up overthinking illness….🤦♀️
Good morning dear Drew ☀️, I think our mind as well as our body is wise enough to know the difference. Anxiety will always keep telling us that something is wrong. Trusting and listening ( wise brain/ body) is a way to not fall into the trap 🌸
As someone who has health anxiety & several diagnosed chronic autoimmune illnesses, I can say it’s a tough balance between running to the doctor & refraining from doing so. Sucks!
“Are you calling your doctor because you are impaired in some way, or are you calling because you are afraid that you might be impaired or might become impaired?”
This definitely applied to me. I have always had tons of weird anxiety around dental stuff. At one point I told my husband I had a dentist appointment because I thought something was wrong with a particular tooth. He said “Oh bummer, you tooth hurts?” I said, “No but I’m afraid it’s going to start hurting.” Lol! Now that I’m looking back on it I can see how funny that is. Anxious people take the advice to “Treat problems when they’re small instead of waiting until they worsen” waaaayyy too literally.
I have to go back to the dentist today. My worst nightmare because I think some of my extracted tooth is still left in. I will probably take diazepam again, but not so much as it made no difference to the pain at all.
Carol, and if you don’t take the Diazepam? I completely agree that it would be difficult, but if do it as an exposure? Is a great opportunity (I’m sure you’ll how to handle it) then, you will get the whole credit and not the diazepam! Goooo! I’m sure you can do it! ✨✨✨
I have to conmen to. I have / suffer health anxiety . Have for years , normally worse when I’m in mentally bad place . It’s been 2 months since I last made an appointment to see my dr. And reason is , I came to the conclusion of sod it . If I am ill, then so be it . I’ll soon know if it’s bad . To date , I’m still here for last two months