I have had OCD and on/off Panic attacks for a while, when I get really tense I will look up symptoms of things on the internet and CONVINCE myself I have some disease…
A few years ago it was stomach cancer, then it was Multiple Sclerosis, now it is Schizophrenia!
The worst thing is I always find a way to trump one with the next and they are all debilitating illnesses that scare the bejeesus out of most people. After I read about the symptoms I think I have them! Even though I know I don’t have any symptoms of Schizophrenia, I will read about the symptoms, then get scared then obsess about possibly hallucinating…or "hearing voices," or doing something wierd. I never actually do, but I try to think I will…….it is making me so annoyed!!
Does anyone else feel like this, how can I stop? I always need reassurance, that I am ok, which is part of being a OCD/Hypochondriac I suppose.
Thanks!