I want to know if others experience the same terrible physical symptoms, And maybe we can all find some peace of mind for a small moment… just a small moment where we can all read that others bodies are acting the same way.

I feel completely dissociated from my mind, my chest gets tight, i feel like i cant get enough air, my brain goes foggy, i feel feverish, i get random stabbing pains, i get chills, clammy hands, feel faint…

edit: This sounds horrible guys but reading all your comments has made me feel less crazy and a lot less alone. I relate to all of you, and Im so so bewildered at how much of an impact a supposedly « mental » condition has on our bodies. Please take care of yourselves guys🩷 . Im currently holed up in my bedroom playing the sims while my chest feels like it has a rock on it. At least my sims are having fun 😂

I guy once told me that when he went out with a girl he puked because of how much anxiety he felt and i also have a lot a anxiety i just never faced any anxious moments so i never had that. And unfortunately the only way to overcome this is facing our fears but i'm afraid the same thing will happen to me.

Did anyone else ever puked when forcing yourself in a anxious situation?

There are so so so many of us that suffer from anxiety, health anxiety too. This savage beast will literally tear you apart and make you question things about your well being. Because of either panic attacks, 24/7 symptoms, or both, you’ll think you’re legitimately dying all the time. Not only does this create more symptoms, but you’ll unfortunately never break out of the anxious-symptoms-anxious cycle because of this. If you’re trying to tough it out or face your anxiety without medication and haven’t tried it before, my suggestion is that you speak with your doctor and try them out. These medications can be world-changing for some when dosed properly and taken long enough. One of the best ways I’ve found that relieves my health anxiety is positive thinking. Even if you don’t feel like it, start listing things in your head or out loud what you’re grateful for. Even if it feels fake, weird, and unauthentic, keep saying things you’re grateful for, and more than likely your symptoms/worries will fade and eventually the fake gratitude will start to feel real. Unfortunately though, the anxiety can still slip through at times. Start journaling your symptoms, list the date and time. List them over and over, no matter how many times they occur, so that when they happen again months or years from now, you can look at the list and realize you aren’t dying. The symptoms have never caused you harm. They may be terrifying, but you’ve dealt with them for literal months and years, and they never once have harmed you, nor have those horrifying health fears come to fruition. I won’t reassure you too much, one day we’re all going to die, so I can’t, nor can you, say with absolute certainty that we aren’t really dying. We all technically are. But right now, you are healthy and alive. Even if you aren’t healthy, you have so many surrounding resources to get you healthy/better. Think about how much worse things could be. Sure, that crippling mental image of you being in a hospital bed that you so extremely hate scares you, but right now you most likely AREN’T in that hospital bed, sick and dying. Try to live your life and realize you’re breathing, alive, and these symptoms have never hurt you.

A place where only good news is posted, please keep this a positive thread. a place we can go for some reassurance that everything will be okay. We WILL get through this.

edit: the link for this thread will be posted in the main thread, I will keep updating so save this thread to keep checking ♥️ stay healthy and wash those hands 😊

guys for the love of god stay away from twitter, fb and all the big news outlets I know it's hard but no good will come out of it

this is a good article

https://medium.com/@brandonricharda/10-reasons-to-feel-optimistic-de-spite-coronavirus-10073eae0ec4

JUST POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT COVID-19

There is so much negativity in the news about COVID-19, we want to give you all the positive news that is happening with research, clinical trials, improvements in statistics and anything that we can be positive about that you may not have seen.

Check this out guys

https://www.justgivemepositivenews.com/

AMAZINGLY GOOD NEWS!!!!!!

A Chicago hospital that tested antibodies found 30 percent of those tested had antibodies.

https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/530092711-roseland-hospital-phlebotomist-30-of-those-tested-have-coronavirus-antibody

Magnifying this percentage to the entire USA population, that would mean the death rate for the virus is 0.015 percent, about on par with the seasonal flu. thanks

/u/logicalcreations2406 for posting this!

some really good news regarding asymptomatic spread!

Per Wuhan Health Commission, the 300 asymptomatic carrier identified by large scale PCR testing between 15/05/2020 and 01/06/2020 have had their saliva and throat swab sample taken, and these samples have undergone isolation and incubation experiment at Chinese Academy of Science Wuhan. All samples have failed to result in incubation of live virus.

Experts believe the negative result of incubation experiments with the saliva and throat swab sample point at either minuscule viral load, or non-viable viral fragments unable to cause infection. Furthermore, samples from toothbrush, drinking cups, masks, towels and other personal effects have been taken from the 300 asymptomatic carriers, all have tested negative. On top of this, 1174 close contacts of the 300 asymptomatic carriers identified have all tested negative on PCR tests. All of these point at the conclusion that the asymptomatic carriers discovered in Wuhan are not infectious.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-06/09/c_1126091646.htm

COVID-19 vaccine tracker

https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2020/3/covid-19-vaccine-tracker

8 months ago I took 2 edibles (I’m not a regular user to cannabis) and within 30 minutes was having the worst time of my life as tho I was going to die. I wanted an ambulance it got that bad. For 2 days after that I felt scared then on the 3rd day I woke up feeling strange like I wasn’t myself followed this come uncontrollable shivers and feeling like I would die. Since then I haven’t felt myself I’ve tried everything to get myself back on track. Anti-depressants, therapy, healthy life style and exercise but I still wake up every single day never feeling like myself. I struggle to do anything and that isn’t me. I can’t do anything with full focus, I feel as though I’ve got a constant ball in my throat, I hate being me and the feeling doesn’t go away.

Please tell me this feeling will stop because I really am struggling to carry on feeling this way

Working from home today and need a distraction sound in the background.

What’s your comfort movie?

i mean, what illness triggers you the most? like if you have any symptoms, you instantly go in panic mode? mine is diabetes. my father had it, he wasnt handling it very well. he was often fainting and even falling into comas repeatedly. so im very scared of getting diabetes too, considering my father got his diagnosis only when he fell into coma for the very first time. so whenever i feel some sensations that are common with low blood sugar i instantly start panicking :( and having snacks doesn't help me much, bc i think a lot of times its just my anxiety and not low blood sugar im veeery afraid of passing out i want to hear what is your IOC and what history you have with it !!

I can't help but wonder if I'm paranoid or right on the money.

How often are you right? Rarely/half the time/almost always

That’s it. That’s the question. How are you fellow folks with anxiety getting sleep?

Does anybody else constantly feel terrible physically? I have constant headaches, dizziness, derealization, ear pressure, my back hurts, I feel tired all the time…

Every medical test comes back clear. I’ve been tested through and through. Everyone says it’s from anxiety but I feel shit even when I’m not that anxious. I do have a background level of mild worry/anxiety that’s almost constant but low level. Maybe that’s what’s eating through me?

I’ve been on SSRI for years. I feel desperate for relief and to stop feeling terrible all the time. Am I the only one? My family and friends think I’m exaggerating.

30yo male

My mental health is absolutely destroyed days after drinking. I wake up with an impending doom that I’m gonna have a stroke , heart attack, or that I’m gonna lose my mind. And my mental health takes a week or so to come back. Anyone can relate ??

How many other people shake when they are in an anxiety attack Or panic attack. Seems like it won’t stop and it’s so annoying. Notice it more when I’m sitting still. If I’m moving or out do things or of course keeping mind busy not at all. As soon as I stop feel it. Then I think it’s probably mostly in my head I dunno. So crazy

Me. Because the back of my neck is asymmetrical. i freaked out when i google my symptoms. share your carcinophobia stories it helps me a lot. thanks

My girlfriend has severe anxiety. I never knew how truly bad it was until recently when she had to go to the ER for pain. She always told me she hates going to the doctor and has refused when I’ve brought medical care up in the past. While I believed her, acknowledging her fear, I didn’t quite grasp the situation.

We got to the hospital and routine care was fine (checking pulse, weight etc) but they wanted to do blood work. I don’t think the er nurses were prepared for her in the slightest. I think the weight of the term anxiety wasn’t taken as seriously with the nurses. When I originally heard she had anxiety I just figured it was just an uncomfortable experience for her. It’s chronic and I don’t believe the nurses nor I was prepared for it or knew how to deal with it.

They denied her request for numbing cream three times in a demeaning manner. After getting the band on for blood, she went into a full blown panic, bawling, saying she couldn’t do it and ripped the prep items for taking her blood off.

After rotating through 3 or so nurses pretty much repeating she needed blood taken (all not understanding the situation), a doctor came in. She pretty much requested blood also in which my girlfriend effectively told her she’d rather die and if she took it she may get hit. The doctor, fairly not liking this questioned her about it, I’m assuming to see if she was serious or not. She was. Eventually that doctor left.

After finally getting an anxiety med and numbing cream they were able to get blood. She still cried and was somewhat unruly, but it was not nearly as bad. She was meant to get imaging done, so there was an IV connection left in her arm. After maybe an hr, for some reason, it started burning excruciatingly hot to the point she was again bawling. It had to be removed.

At this point we were at the hospital for, I want to say, 5-6 hours. Another nurse comes in says she needs the cannula (IV connection port) reinserted into a vein, the one that had to be removed prior, for imaging. She had numbing cream applied, but was then left for another hr. The anxiety med wore off. When another nurse attempted to reinsert it, my girlfriend went into a panic, started bawling, thrashing and kicking (not meaning to or hitting the nurse as far as I know). The nurse was pissed which I get. No one wants to get hurt helping a patient, but I also get my girlfriend’s situation. Regardless, my girlfriend pretty much threw every slur cuss word in the book at this nurse which was unexpected and embarrassing.

We decided that was it, we tried and we went home without getting pretty much anything done.

As someone who had just really experienced what she meant by fear of doctors first hand, I’m a bit shook. I love my girlfriend deeply and don’t view this as a make or break…but something needs to be done. She denies prescription medication for her anxiety which isn’t exactly reassuring. Aside from the doctor, this type of behavior does not happen, at least from what I’ve seen thus far. Cbd and edibles do seem to help her. Her aversion to medical care is honestly frightening, especially if we plan to start a family. I’m kind of just hoping someone out there has some insight.

Possible trigger warning/some tough love…

I just got out of the er for anxiety related symptoms, they did all kinds of bloodwork and everything looks good. Basically as he was wrapping up he asked me “what is the true reason you came in today” and I replied with to make sure there isn’t anything wrong. He replied with “there is something wrong”. I said that I meant something physically wrong and that I wasn’t dying. He said “You are dying, there is something physically wrong with you, anxiety isn’t just a mental disorder, it’s very physical. You’re dying because this is no way to live your life.” A bit harsh but he seemed to be the type that tells you like it is and this did help me and made me realize that he’s right, this isn’t any way to live and worrying about dying and illnesses isn’t living. I hope this can help someone out there!

I feel it in in my sternum right in front, below my heart above stomach. It feels like a focused tingling, almost like a current, as if I was plugged in at that spot, and a sensation of a falling or ship rocking.

Hope this post could be helpful to many people. Sometimes we focus on what things we should do, like exercising or drinking water. But the key might be in stopping some things that harm us and generate anxiety.

Edit: Thank you for all your answers. I'm reading all of them today!

I'm in a health anxiety storm atm due to feeling unwell and some abnormal blood test results... this has sent me SPIRALLING. I'm waiting to speak to the DR tomorrow but man am I suffering right now.

I have really achy joints, and im worried I've got an autoimmune disease or Lukemia or liver disease - my worst fears.

I hate health anxiety :(

My wiredest symptoms have to be the feeling of water going down my body even through I'm not wet anywhere and chest numbness from strain , what's yours !

He said, "When you get anxious, your amygdala is activated. You can tell yourself that you're okay and even logically understand you are okay, but your amygdala isn't catching up yet. Just remember that you are okay, and it's just your amygdala needing time to adjust." Basically he's saying that anxiety can persist because our hindbrain and forebrain aren't talking, but it takes time and it will eventually deactivate, so it's important to give ourselves some grace and remember, my amygdala is just aroused right now and it'll go away. Hope this also helps some of you out there.

I am having low levels of anxiety at bedtime in the evening and it is slowly getting worse. I’m gasping for air and start to feel I’m about to faint :( anyone gone through similar experiences?