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Hi anons, I can't stop thinking about the fact that I may have cancer. Especially after the thread the other day that someone did have cancer and had a month to live. I don't think I want to die yet, as I am 18 years old.
I mean, I probably don't have cancer. But I just have this nagging feeling that I do. Like for example, I will feel random pains in random places like my stomach. Then, I will look it up online. Cancer is usually one of the possible things that could be happening. It's probably a little ridiculous at this point because I've been convinced that I had so many different types of cancer and I'm still alive.
I'm not sure how many people are bothered by this. I guess what I'm asking is how do I stop being so paranoid about this?
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what you have is hypochondria
see a doctor
good day
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Oh I have this kind of thing too. I am really paranoid about getting obscure diseases and I used to go on webMD all the time.
For me it was because of certain life events that caused me anxiety that manifested into paranoia.
You just gotta take a step back and realize that you can't control shit. When you ACTUALLY are sick you will know. Cancer is not something that happens subtly, you will know it when you have it. Worrying fixes nothing.
tl;dr Challenge negative thoughts, take a step back and realize you are not in control sometimes
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I also have this exact same thing. for example once I woke up feeling a pain in my chest and thought it was a heart attack, freaked out to the point of having a panic attack, and then it went away in 10 minutes.
I also have this thing where for maybe ten seconds it'll feel like someone is stabbing me in the chest, and I double over because it hurts so much, and yet everytime I go to the doctor they tell me I'm in great shape.
It's all in your head, dude.
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