Someone tell me I am being bloody ridiculous?

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I suffer from severe health anxiety and it doesn't mean just getting ill. It could be anything health related. This morning, I made crumpets on toast in the toaster and could smell something bizarre. Looked inside the toaster and it had a teabag with the wrapper on (Earl Grey teabag inside the wrapper) which had burnt and stuck against the toaster. Now by this point I'd already eaten my crumpets, thought it had contaminated it and instantly started feeling sick and went upstairs to vomit (didn't happen). I then had this feeling of panic so I had a hot flush, couldn't get cool at all and instantly started feeling ill and ended up having diarrhoea! TMI sorry.

As the day went on I felt a lot calmer but I am finding this being absolutely pathetic now :( this is not the first daft thing. I remember cleaning and I itched my nose a bit after I used Zoflora and I thought I was going to suffocate and die.

Every thing in my daily life ends up being an anxiety attack and feeling of dying. Is this just anxiety in general or what? I've had this for so long now I am tired of it ruling my life :(

You're not being ridiculous. You have a mental health condition. We can all tell you how it's irrational, but that's not really going to help you. Are you getting any help for it from GP, etc.? It's a lot to deal with on your own

It definitely sounds like anxiety and you are not being ridiculous, it can be absolutely debilitating.

The question now is what are you going to do about it? There is help out there. There are medications such as propranolol and there are therapies or there is a combination of the two. In some areas you can self-refer for therapy. If you google your postcode and 'Talking Matters' it will give you details if there is a service for your area, if not then your GP will be able to refer you.

Need to go see your GP and get some help for it. Aniexty is awful, don’t suffer in silence.

Thank you everyone. I have been to my gp who told me to get some therapy and so I went counselling but it didn't help whatsoever. Not one bit! So I stopped going. Not ideal I know but I just don't know anymore. Can medication stop this? I don't want to resort to it but unfortunately the way it's going I'm getting worse, not better. I feel like GP / people laugh at me or think I'm being stupid and using it as an excuse but I'm honestly not. This is how my brain is and it's horrible

I'm exactly the same. It gets me down so much that some days I actually feel life is not worth living like this.
I was prescribed sertraline but couldn't cope with the side effects and small children / life.