I’m sure most of you have known this for awhile, but there is an extremely high likelihood that I am now totally crazy.
I’m nauseas pretty often, but it’s been worse lately (and no, weasels, I’m not pregnant…don’t be stupid), so I have spent most of the last few days convincing myself that I am dying of a million different diseases. How many can you name? Because I can name a lot: leukemia, breast cancer, hepatitus, meningitis, lupus, stomach cancer, aneurysm, Lou Gehrig’s disease, AIDS, Ed’s disease (that’s lack-of-sleep-from-too-much-dating-disorder), syphillis, generalized anxiety disorder, etc. I’m driving my mom and my boyfriend nuts by constantly asking, “Am I dying? What if I have fill-in-the-blank?”
To make matters worse, I have an extreme phobia of doctors, so until I am tied up and physically dragged to the doctor’s office (which my boyfriend keeps threatening to do), we’ll never know the answers to those questions. I actually crossed the line into totally-irrational-land yesterday when I asked if there was such a thing as tongue cancer. Yea, I know. Crazy.
So since I am considering seeking medical attention, we will now start the betting: I am either a) dying of a horrible disease, b) suffering from simple ulcers over all the worrying about dying of a horrible disease, c) dying of multiple horrible diseases, or d) certifiably insane……or e) all of the above. Place your bets.
I think you have a case of Hypochondria…it runs rampant in your family
Um, I choose “D”. Seriously though, I have heard of people totally freaking out when they live at higher altitudes. It has something to do with how the clouds talk to you the higher up in the atmosphere you are.
If you are nauseas regularly and not preggers, then you could be dealing with something in your subconscious that is making your conscious gag.
Are you happy with work? the BF? where you live? what your life is like? do you feel like something is missing?
How are your stress levels? Ooohhh, that’s a good one!
Hypochondria (or hypochondriasis, sometimes referred to as health anxiety/health phobia) refers to an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. Often, hypochondria persists even after a physician has evaluated a person and reassured him/her that his/her concerns about symptoms do not have an underlying medical basis or, if there is a medical illness, the concerns are far in excess of what is appropriate for the level of disease. Many people suffering from this disorder focus on a particular symptom as the catalyst of their worrying, such as gastro-intestinal problems, palpitations, or muscle fatigue. The DSM-IV-TR defines this disorder, “Hypochondriasis,†as a somatoform disorder and it is thought to plague about 1-5% of the general population.[1] Hypochondria is often characterized by fears that minor bodily symptoms may indicate a serious illness, constant self-examination and self-diagnosis, and a preoccupation with one’s body. Hypochondria is often associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, and anxiety, and can also be brought on by stress.
C’mon Allie, go see the doc. You won’t be destroying that tough girl image!
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