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← Return to Severe health anxiety
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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Apr 27 8:14am | Replies (71)
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@fudge08 I will be anxious to hear about how your first session goes today! As you may realize, it may take time to "feel" a difference.
You have been going through a lot with renovating a house, then overdoing it physically. In my mind, feeling anxious is a given as you wait for test results! That's human nature. Please be gentle on yourself. As you commented, it is way too easy to "go down a rabbit hole" looking up symptoms and attributing certain conditions to yourself. Let the experts on your medical team do that for you, helping you get to conclusions!
For today, deep breaths. You got this!
Ginger
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I needed to hear that so much! Thank you. I just finished up my therapy session which is teaching me to notice the first signs that my body is ramping up the anxiety, and how to breathe, put my focus on something positive and reassuring, breathing rather than ramping up. Next session I believe I will move into how to release the anxiety rather than “storing” it in my body.