anxiety and health anxiety.

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hey yall, so I’m assuming none of yall are doctors in here but I want some reassurance cause I feel like I have health anxiety/anxiety but I don’t know the full definition of it. basically I’m pretty much afraid half the time of everything. Meaning getting sick or getting a diagnosis or a disease etc. which is common for anyone tbh, but I also overthink alot like if I have a headache I jump to the worst conclusion, or if I see a TikTok about like a ‘study’s show __’ then I think about it for the rest of the day. Or I will be so afraid of getting sick that my brain starts trying to convince myself that I am. If that makes sense? Let me give u an example, yesterday I saw a vid that was from the news that said ‘study’s show that taking melatonin every night can cause heart issues’ and I take melatonin every night so now that’s all I’ve thought about. ‘What if I get this’ ‘what if this happens’ ‘what if I have something and I had no idea about it?’ . There’s always a thought in my brain. If it’s not one thing it’s another!!! Or if I have something that I’m looking forward to my brain try’s to ruin it for me by telling me something is going to happen? Hopefully yall get what I’m putting down.

Posted Nov 5, 2025, 11:46 PM UTC

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