I'm so anxious that I need it to sleep. Anxiety painful, tremors, chest tightbess, and hard to concentrate.

Mine is blood clots, been to ER 18 times this year already, to be told it’s nothing, they think I’m nuts

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'm so anxious that I need it to sleep. Anxiety sucks, fast heartbeat, shakiness, and cant think straight.

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

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

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

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

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.

I have bad tmj issues due to anxiety causing me to clench my jaw at night. I’m curious what percent of people with anxiety also clench their jaw and have tmj. If you guys could just say yes or no if you have it or not just so I can get an idea of what percent of people with anxiety have tmj or not I’d appreciate it. Thanks and hope yall are doing well.

Im deathly afraid of the dentist and I’ve been putting off calling them or even going to them since I was like 12. Im 17 now.

What do i say when I call them. I literally have no idea.

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!

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 ??

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 !

For me it's dizziness/vertigo (makes me think of my heart) and low blood sugar (makes me scared of unconsciousness and diabetes). I used to have arrhythmia as well, but I think I've got that under control now. I don't really get them anymore.

I can have other things/symptoms come and go, but these are the recurring ones.

Usually, I can live a rather normal life, then something will trigger my health anxiety (like a bad bout of vertigo or a drop in blood sugar after an intense work out) and I'm in a spiral for a few weeks. Then I'm good again.

I will think something somatic is causing it - every. single. time. It's so hard to convince myself that yeah, you felt something, your anxiety made it momentarily worse, but you're good now.

I think I just need to hear how common this is, to not feel so alone.

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 :(

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'm 21. I am struggling with an anxiety disorder. I am often bothered by a variety of physical symptoms and it is already difficult for me to distinguish them from real problems in the body. What symptoms have you experienced without real confirmation of the symptom just because of anxiety

In specifics I’m not referring to symptoms during a panic attack, rather symptoms that linger basically all the time. What was the most disturbing or craziest symptom(s) you’ve had? How did you conquer it?

Edit: I’m not a psychiatrist but please please please feel free to reach out to me if you want any advice and to talk to me about what you’re going through. I’d be more than happy to help.

When I was a kid I used to get panic attacks because I’d wake up in the middle of the night and I’d worry about not getting enough sleep for school the next day. Now I’m 50 and I still get anxious if I don’t think I’ll be rested enough. Usually if I have no choice it turns out ok. But there are times when I will cancel plans. Just wondering if anyone else experiences this?

For me it's listening to the clock ticking. What about you?

i understand anxiety is a regular thing and it affects everyone differently but i just don’t get how even if i’m happy for a tiny bit it’s always in the background regardless and it’s like everywhere i look it’s just dull and sad. honest to heart i feel anxiety every second of every day and it never stops. when i wake up, as soon as i’m awake like the split second, it already starts and i’m trying to make everything make sense. what is this bs.

Edit:

thank you guys for sharing didn’t expect it to blow up this much, but yeah something to add on i also hate the fact that my anxiety has to make everything in a specific order, i can’t even get out of bed until i tell myself what i’m doing in what order and even then i still dk.

For instance, I experience muscle twitching, chest pains, and muscular aches and pains especially in my neck/back/shoulder region. I’m wondering what other physical symptoms anxiety has caused for you and is it common for it to do so?