“It’s worse
at night. It’s 11pm, I’m lay in bed reading a book, alarm set for eight, and
suddenly my brain connects my recent fatigue, a sore throat, and choking on the
quorn nuggets I ate for dinner (which FYI are delicious) into a fear that I may
have some sort of incurable cancer. I open google, which is never a good thing
yet I convince myself I’m being responsible checking on my health, and my mind
spirals out of control when the symptoms I’ve been experiencing lead me onto
the NHS page for oesophagus cancer. I’m overwhelmed, scared, panicked.” https://www.42ndstreet.org.uk/news-articles/a-20-something-hypochondriac/
“I have a
constant awareness of any ‘heat spots’ of worry on my body. This is a physical
sensation in areas that I’m concerned about. I can feel them all right now,
from the mole on my right side to the unexplained lump on my toe. They’re in
the back of mind at all times.
And ‘Doctor Google’ doesn’t help. A search for ‘Feeling tired all the time’ brings up about 888,000,000 results. Lots of them suggest that tiredness is a possible symptom of cancer.” https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/14/i-constantly-fear-i-have-cancer-what-its-like-to-have-health-anxiety-14577601/
