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Confused Jun 20, 2022 at 07:14 AM
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Hi there, dropping in just to vent and possibly get some support and / or advice. Last year my dad was diagnosed with chronic cancer condition and while he is doing relatively okay, I find myself worrying about him, myself and sometimes about other people too, thinking that we all might have something like this and not know. This fear led me to get some medical tests done but it feels like there are always more tests to do and I just feel stuck in this anxiety.

I´ve shared some of it with my partner and that helped for a short time but now I feel this anxiety coming back again. I'm supposed to get some checks this week - for breast cancer- and my train of thought is what shall I do if they actually find something :// I don't want to be so worried and I don't want to burden people around me - my family is already coping with dad´s diagnosis and I am just afraid to make them and myself even more paranoid I feel really scared of this specific disease and not sure how to handle this. Any feedback appreciated 🙏🙏

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Default Jun 20, 2022 at 10:43 AM
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I really feel for you.

So sorry about your father. My father perished from cancer and I am hyper-vigilant and anxiety-laden about my health future. Wish I knew what to say that would be helpful.

I had pre-cancerous polyps on my last colonoscopy. I was advised to have my next one in 5 years but with the pandemic and everything it looks like I will be having my next colonoscopy at the ten year mark. So I am worried.

Cancer treatments seem so brutal to me. I hope I will be spared this trial and wish that no one had to face a cancer diagnosis.

Your anxiety seems totally understandable to me. I know that health anxiety is such a heavy, heavy burden to bear. Anxiety medication and CBT books have helped me to lighten the load but I am never really out of the woods. I sure hope you will be okay!
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I think most people struggle with a certain amount of health anxiety, some more than others obviously. When health anxiety gets to the point where it's starting to interfere with one's day-to-day life, though, that's the point (IMHO) when one should perhaps seek the services of a counselor or mental health therapist or talk in-depth with one's T if one already sees one.

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