I understand what you are saying. Worrying unnecessarily causes stress on your mind and body. If you stop worrying completely then it’s easy to give up and become non caring. Finding the right balance is key.
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Speaking of which, how are you feeling?
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I’m almost the opposite, I take the normal precautions but in general my attitude is like “NO. Me strong like bull 
!” Probably because I have a pretty high tolerance for pain. End of every day there’s another scrape, cut, bruise, whatever, and I’m like hmmm, where did that come from?
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I definitely am prone to health anxiety, but in my case it’s more episodic than continuous
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No.y mother was and it drove me nuts. She took every twinge to be something catastrophic but yet didn’t take care of what mattered. Because she insisted on having a med port that ran to her chest and never taking it out, it got an Infection in it- like she was warned- and died.
She insisted on keeping the med port because she ran to the hospital over everything and exaggerating so much she’d get IVs through it and meds. The doctor mainly gave her placebos. She didn’t care what a med was for as long as she was getting it and being seen by someone.
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That soundsmore like munchausens?
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I have ahistory of hypochondriasis and it can act up sometimes but I’ve mainly gotten over it. Mine was from my diagnosis changing so much so fast, between moving and new drs and hospital visits.
That’s when you make someone else sick for the attention, isn’t it?
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Nope, I was wrong. That’s Munchausen by proxy. Yep, but she started off hypochondriac.
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I’m in the ragey thing today.
My therapist wanted me to go to this animal sanctuary and feed goats as a way to decompress, but I’m sick of having “experiences” by myself. Maybe I will, though, on another day. Instead, I called my sister and we went to a farmer’s market, then to Michaels craft store. Probably a mistake. Traffic everywhere.
Trying to calm down. Might teach myself how to crochet as a place to mindlessly focus. And I want to finish that pen and ink I started.
How are you feeling? How’s your hip? Did I see somewhere you said they’re skimping on the pain meds?
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Sorry you’re so wound up. Maybe the yarn thing might be a good idea, get going and just kinda trance out.
Yeah, my doctor is frustrating me as far as pain meds go. He’s been giving me tiny scrips got Tramadol, which does next to nothing and takes forever to get an insurance company authorization. You’re good with things like this, are docs supposed to NOT prescribe REAL pain meds, or what’s the deal? I have no history of addiction of any sort, and this is my first operation, so what gives?
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They’re afraid.
Here – I found this for you:
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That’s truly horrible. The insurers and pharmacies both looking to use the new laws to line their pockets. Thanks for the item, I’m sitting here shaking my head. Oof.
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If you learn to crochet you’ll end up getting sucked into a lot of stuff. It’s pretty easy to learn and do and addicting.
If you do, check out raveley.com for all sorts of patterns free and paid.
And I suggest learning amigurumi. It’s easy and you can make all sorts of stuff from crochet with a single stitch.
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Cool! thanks.
I’m going to have to look up that word, because I have no idea what it means! 
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Oh, I forgot to say it’s a Japanese invented crochet. You make dolls and all sorts of stuff from crochet.
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If I say I’m a hypochondriac and I’m not one does that make me a hypochondriac?
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OK, let’s play.
Option A. Provided hypochondria is the only illness you worry about having It probably makes you someone in denial of the illnesses that you do have. In conclusion, you’d be suffering from a form of antihypochondria.
Option B. Traditionally, it’s been held that believing yourself to be mad provided excellent and sufficient proof that you weren’t. Unless, of course, you’d already been diagnosed as a lunatic in which case claiming to be mad would be deemed proof of increasing insight and even recovery, a truth with diminishing returns as it were. n short, claiming to be a madman would only be considered the act of a madman if others thought you weren’t.
Conclusion: If you are a hypochondriac you’re not being a hypochondriac. But if you’re being a hypochondriac you probably aren’t.
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I’ve got some health anxiety.
I don’t WANT to be sick, and I downplay my actual symptoms a lot due to my background.
But I have uncontrollable daydreams about me getting ill or hurt.
And I do tend to suspect the worst when it comes to my symptoms.
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I am the opposite of a hypochondriac and don’t admit to illness. I am almost always ok. Especially when it comes to mental disorders like depression or anxiety. I ignore them and think I fake it till I make it.
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