In the fall/winter of 2010 I diagnosed myself with lymphoma, brain cancer, male breast cancer (yea that one was odd), and MS within a 24 hour period and was freaking out hardcore.

Turned out I had actually a condition. I'd given myself a compression injury on my fifth cranial nerve from laying in bed and reading or working on my laptop at night and resting my cheek on the ball of my wrist. One night my whole left (or right) side of my face went numb and stayed that way for like 2 days. I was flipping the fuck out haha.

I started feeling bumps everywhere and pains and twitches... Also this was right around the time my business partner disappeared after his mom died, doctor said it was all stress. Got an exercise bike and started riding it every day for an hour and I felt like a thousand times better (I had also had my first panic attack right before that too).

Honestly exercise keeps me in such a good state of mind that over the last couple years my hypochondria has been pretty much nil. I am more apt to diagnose myself with what it probably is than the worst thing possible and it usually pans out to be true.

I like the idea of exercise and have been thinking about it for a while now. I used to ride my bike everyday at my old place and I felt amazing. Actually, it may have been the healthiest I've ever felt mentally and physically. Just the feeling of well being you get from a bike ride is enough to keep the hypochondria dormant.

Speaking of anxiety, I've been swallowing a lot of air at night the last few nights for some reason. This leads to some serious stomach annoyances, and I basically couldn't get to sleep last night. For some reason I started going over what it could be, and I thought "oh it has to be rabies".

I quickly quashed that idea, but still... Fuck you brain.

and you were just asking how people could possibly be afraid of flying?

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Originally posted by enydo and you were just asking how people could possibly be afraid of flying?

I don't think I asked how, I just said its stupid.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby Speaking of anxiety, I've been swallowing a lot of air at night the last few nights for some reason. This leads to some serious stomach annoyances, and I basically couldn't get to sleep last night. For some reason I started going over what it could be, and I thought "oh it has to be rabies". I quickly quashed that idea, but still... Fuck you brain.

I often find myself saying fuck you brain, which makes me feel like I don't even control it.

I've got a pretty disturbing story about hypochondria that I should mention. Right after my remission I kept having all these stomach problems and I started getting very anxious. I scoured the internet for answers and found all kinds of unpleasant potential diseases. My doctor didn't seem very worried, but he passed me through a few tests over the next few months. The first one being an Endoscopy and the other being the famous Colonoscopy, which was surprisingly less disturbing than the Endoscopy. Now for the trippy part: ALL of the symptoms went away the day I got the results saying they couldn't find anything wrong. I am living proof that you can literally make yourself sick with worry. So yeah... Fuck you brain.

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Originally posted by Dj Nacht I often find myself saying fuck you brain, which makes me feel like I don't even control it. I've got a pretty disturbing story about hypochondria that I should mention. Right after my remission I kept having all these stomach problems and I started getting very anxious. I scoured the internet for answers and found all kinds of unpleasant potential diseases. My doctor didn't seem very worried, but he passed me through a few tests over the next few months. The first one being an Endoscopy and the other being the famous Colonoscopy, which was surprisingly less disturbing than the Endoscopy. Now for the trippy part: ALL of the symptoms went away the day I got the results saying they couldn't find anything wrong. I am living proof that you can literally make yourself sick with worry. So yeah... Fuck you brain.

The single best thing for a hypochondria for me is getting the flu. If I am like flipping out (and it usually happens during the winter) and I get the flu, I am like "oh its just the flu!" and as soon as I get over it I am like "OMFG I FEEL AMAZING!"

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby The single best thing for a hypochondria for me is getting the flu. If I am like flipping out (and it usually happens during the winter) and I get the flu, I am like "oh its just the flu!" and as soon as I get over it I am like "OMFG I FEEL AMAZING!"

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby I don't think I asked how, I just said its stupid.

but thinking you have rabies because you keep "swallowing air" isn't stupid at all.

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Originally posted by enydo but thinking you have rabies because you keep "swallowing air" isn't stupid at all.

Well it was hard to swallow water, because of the air in my stomach and hydrophobia is a symptom of rabies, and hydrophobia is brought on in rabies victims by an inability to swallow (at least that is what some research suggests). As I had just been camping a week prior and spending a lot of time outside at night, as well as drunk, I figured I could have been bitten by a bat or something.

Now to put this into context I ran this entire thought process through my head in 30 seconds and decided it was stupid and went back to sleep, but it was an actual moment of anxiousness before then.

That must have been a terrible few seconds for you. Glad you shared.