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Limbs wrote:
hh gdksmyföhföj help. How Do I Stop

seriously though, all the doctors and nurses are fed up with me cuz i keep calling the ER cuz i think i'm having a heart attack or i've fractured my neck or i'm having a stroke, etc etc etc. and it just seems 100% real to me when it's happening. everyone hates me by now but i really don't know how to stop this : (

even if i take benzos it doesn't rly help cuz it doesn't stop the thoughts you know? i just can't convince myself that i'm not dying. only thing that helps is someone else reassuring me and that only lasts for a while too til i start panicking again

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if i make another "i'm going to the ER" thread again pls feel free to verbally kick me in the face,, maybe i'll learn n stop being an idiot then

also don't tell me to get therapy pls lllol, i have tried but the psych clinic says i'm too mentally ill so i can't get therapy yet

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Limbs wrote:
if i make another "i'm going to the ER" thread again pls feel free to verbally kick me in the face,, maybe i'll learn n stop being an idiot then

also don't tell me to get therapy pls lllol, i have tried but the psych clinic says i'm too mentally ill so i can't get therapy yet

how is one to mentally ill for therapy? 🙃 tf

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there is specific treatment/therapy and courses to deal with hypochondria. my boyfriend has it and it's exhausting af for both of us so i've looked into it and there are some courses that only last a couple of days.

there are also some cognitive exercises you can do, like following the train of thought and asking yourself what if you actually have cancer? like in assuming you actually do and stuff. honestly wack advice from me lol i can't explain it properly. but basically ride it out and don't look to others or your own behaviors for help calming down and realizing it's just anxiety that will pass. it's supposed to get easier over time, but having help and support from a professional is probably the best way to go about it. i think you should tell your doctor about the hypochondria thing.

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murdurur wrote:
there is specific treatment/therapy and courses to deal with hypochondria. my boyfriend has it and it's exhausting af for both of us so i've looked into it and there are some courses that only last a couple of days.

there are also some cognitive exercises you can do, like following the train of thought and asking yourself what if you actually have cancer? like in assuming you actually do and stuff. honestly wack advice from me lol i can't explain it properly. but basically ride it out and don't look to others or your own behaviors for help calming down and realizing it's just anxiety that will pass. it's supposed to get easier over time, but having help and support from a professional is probably the best way to go about it. i think you should tell your doctor about the hypochondria thing.

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Limbs wrote:

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Limbs wrote:
if i make another "i'm going to the ER" thread again pls feel free to verbally kick me in the face,, maybe i'll learn n stop being an idiot then

also don't tell me to get therapy pls lllol, i have tried but the psych clinic says i'm too mentally ill so i can't get therapy yet

how is one to mentally ill for therapy? 🙃 tf

they say that you have to be "well enough" to be able to process things & "do the work" in therapy :/ but i haven't been that well in many years so idk how they expect me to get to that point

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i mean i am ready to do the work and process things i think, just not "that well" as in like functional and not having severe issues etc

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Limbs wrote:

murdurur wrote:
there is specific treatment/therapy and courses to deal with hypochondria. my boyfriend has it and it's exhausting af for both of us so i've looked into it and there are some courses that only last a couple of days.

there are also some cognitive exercises you can do, like following the train of thought and asking yourself what if you actually have cancer? like in assuming you actually do and stuff. honestly wack advice from me lol i can't explain it properly. but basically ride it out and don't look to others or your own behaviors for help calming down and realizing it's just anxiety that will pass. it's supposed to get easier over time, but having help and support from a professional is probably the best way to go about it. i think you should tell your doctor about the hypochondria thing.

ooh ty!! this is helpful