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Help with hypochondria
Ok. I have been working on getting rid of this hypchondria, but I still have these draw backs...has anyone gone through this and could tell me how to overcome it. I have a really bad draw back, and then i feel really depressed or suicidal because of how the hypochondria makes me feel, and of course batteling what i know is true and what i know isn't true in my mind, and then i start to feel better...then a few weeks later i have another draw back. Now I would like to say that it is a lot better than it used to be. I used to have to deal with it every day, now it is only every few weeks or so. I just don't like dealing with it at all. I do not take medicine, do not wish to..I would only like holistic advice or meditational advice. I would really appreciate it if you only gave me advice if you have experienced it or are experiencing it and are doing something to make it better. I also take folic acid, vitamin b12 and 6 and i was taking goji juice for a while and meditation helps but i don't do it every day...is there like a good affirmation i could do? or a specific God I could pray to? Thank you for your advice...
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I suffer from the same thing as you. My hypochondria changed my life. I relate to you very much. I'm only 21, and have spent wayyyy to much time obsessing over my health. Recently, a panic attack brought on by hypochondria blacked me out at the wheel, and I hit a stone wall and a telephone pole. Physically, I was okay-- but my car was totaled. These are the things I'm suggesting that have helped me.
Get a COGNITIVE Behavioral Phycologist{Not for drugs.)If you have trouble looking this up in your area, ask your physician.
Keep yourself busy. I know that every chance I have to think, I obsess on 37 ways I could die. Find a hobby, volunteering, art, exercise, whatever it is that you find comfort in.
His name is God.. and yes, he can help too-- but it merely depends on what your beliefs are.
As for meditation--
Get yourself in a comfortable place-- without distraction. Start from your toes, and tighten the muscles in your feet for 5 seconds.. then relax. Do this 10 times-- then move to your legs, stomach, arms, fingers.
Once you're relax, visualize a dumpster in your head(i know it sounds silly).. imagine yourself walking to it, carrying bags. Inside these bags are thoughts that cause your hypochondria. Throw the problems in the dumpster. If they return while you're doing this, throw them in again and again until they stop. When you've gone over all your stresses, close the dumper, and slide it out of your head.
Stay away from computers!.. They're wonderful for everyone who ISN'T a hypochondriac.
I really hope I helped. Keep me updated!!
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