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Having a hard time

Jaz5Senior Contributor02 Apr 2019, 8:23 am AEDT

Having a hard time

Hi everyone

For the last 2 weeks I just haven’t felt right it seems to be getting worse each day I’m not sleeping or when I do I wake up in a panic everytime I can’t seen to shake this

I’m a big worrier about my health. It’s been almost 6 years since I got sick with leginares disease and 5 years since I’ve spoke to someone about it. I usually can handle it myself and haven’t got this bad in a long time

I’m currently waiting on an appointment to talk with someone. Im usually fine through the day but come night time all these thoughts go through my head then all these weird symptoms come and I worry. I get so emotional talking about it but I know talking helps. Has anyone got health anxiety and any coping strategies? Thanks in advance

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MeowmySenior Contributor06 Apr 2019, 10:15 pm AEDT

Re: Having a hard time

@Jaz5 So hard to feel panic and fearful of the worst, especially at night.May be try what everyone recommend to me about the coping box, calm self with nice hand creams, nice oils, nice bath. To trick the mind for a bit, out of that intense tension headache and fears for the worst. Funny how our mind works, it can be tricked out of serious distress.

i also find at night, when I turn on the thoughts about my loved family members, some even passed away, it helps to think how they coped in life with their wisdom.

In bad nights, I turn on sounds I recorded on trips with loved family, just listen to them. I also find talking to myself in the dark, especially about what I did achieve helps me to feel good and relaxed.

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