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Anxiety after cancer

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user97867600 · 04/08/2022 20:06

I was diagnosed with cancer during the start of the pandemic, it was a really anxious time as my treatment was delayed due to Covid and I was constantly worrying that the cancer was spreading. It was a tough time with little support.

Two years and a half years later and i can't stop thinking something bad is going to happen. I never use to feel like this and now its as if I have trained my brain to think the worse situation possible so that if anything bad does happen I am prepared for it.

I feel so annoyed with myself for still feeling like this such a long time after my diagnosis.

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warmsuncoldwind · 04/08/2022 20:17

Sorry you had to go through it. I know how it feels. It might not be helpful, but I know that someday, something bad is going to happen. To me, to my children, to my parents, to everyone. The point for me is that that day is not today. Today is a good day. I have today. I want to live today. And I want to try and be as happy and as loving as I can today. Because it’s trite, but today is really all we have.

autienotnaughty · 04/08/2022 20:39

Have you heard of emotional freedom technique. You can access it on nhs (though will be a wait list) or private. It helps process traumatic experiences that you are stuck in.

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