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Have I Become a Hypochondriac?
Hi,
I think recently I have turned into a hypochondriac. 3 months ago I had an operation and a few days later I suffered really badly from it, and was vomiting blood for many hours which led to me having a second operation. Ever since then I worried it would happen again, even though my doctor reassured me it wouldn't.
I would say I am now quite over that incident, yet I worry about minor things. Like if I get a headache, I think it's something more serious. I've started taking vitamins, drinking health juices etc just because I'm scared of catching any illness. I'm due to have an injection soon to for flu etc and I can't stop researching about the side effects. It's driving me crazy, what can I do?
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It's natural that you want to know what's going on with your health.
The bad experience you've had is enough to make anyone nervous.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with being informed about medical topics that affect you, but it's another thing to have unnecessary anxiety about ailments that are of no threat to do.
The worst thing you can do at this point is to keep looking on sites like WebMD.
While helpful in some cases when trying to describe to your doctor your symptoms, sites like that can only make you more anxious.
For example, if you have a twitchy eye and you type "eye twitch" into WebMD, you'll get all kinds of things saying that you could be having a stroke or there's something wrong with your nervous system.
Sometimes a twitch is just a twitch. You can take an interest in your health, and taking vitamins is fine. Obsessive thinking, however, is not.
This is something you can talk to a trusted friend or a spouse, etc. about. If your anxiety and obsessive thoughts are ruining the quality of your life, it's time to talk to a therapist.
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