It’s nice to be Understood

On this blog i have talked about my recurring anxiety problems… the edginess… the weird physical symptoms… the fears of the symptoms being “something else that the doctors can’t see”… and of course the general vicious circle related to this type of hypochondria.

Well recently i was dealing with this weird arm pain… lasted 2 weeks… on my left side… and of course you KNOW that triggered panic for me because left-arm-pain is so commonly synonymous with heart attacks…

Well on a whim i googled “anxiety and arm pain” and found this link:
www.medhelp.org/forums/Anx…es/147.html
(it takes a second for the article to appear… just wait a sec… don’t give up!)

just like most of hte people in the comments… i have a tendency not to BELIEVE what the dr says and always worry it’s my heart… and i always feel stupid and embarrassed that i can’t stop obsessing… it’s nice to read a list of people going through the EXACT same thing… and like one person says “Reading forums like this really helps. I see people in the same boat and I don’t feel so helpless anymore.”

Not that i don’t listen to any of YOU… but you know how it goes. =)