Hi op. My friend had severe health anxiety after she lost a close family member very suddenly. It was a very stressful time for her. She had to deal with all the arrangements and although her family member was old (was her gran) there was no need to expect it. She seemed in good health. Her grief manifested itself into anxiety about her own health. Shortly after, she got unwell with a cold. Everybody else new it was a cold, sore throat groggy voice etc but she thought she had throat cancer. She then stopped eating through stress and worry and obviously started loosing weight quite rapidly. Then she googled and the sore throat and weight loss came to throat cancer. Realistically she had a sore throat and stopped eating therefore lost weight. She’s a very good friend of mine I and I dragged her to the doctors. She sat crying in the waiting room then we went in she couldn’t talk through the crying so I talked to the doctor about everything that had gone on. The doctor explained it was a normal way to react. Because she wasn’t eating properly she wasn’t able to fight the infection and that was why it wasn’t going away. He reassured her all he saw was a red throat, nothing that would be cancer at all. Told her stop googling. The amount of times he’s had patients gone in that have self diagnosed off google and it’s been something completely different!
Extended diarrhoea can cause your bum to be very sore and can cause piles through straining.
You need to calm down. Go to a white place sit down close your eyes and take ten big deep breaths. In through your nose for 3 seconds and breath slowly out your mouth for 6 seconds. Then ground yourself look for things you can touch, smell, see. Try a sequence of yoga. I find yoga put mon in a mindful state where I’m aware of my body but in a good way and it makes you feel relaxed.
But please go to the gp and get help. I know when your poorly and it feels non stop and like you’re never going to get better but you do. Like the diarrhoea, it got better in the end and this will too.
Be kind to yourself. Think this way, if you’re not happy your dd won’t be happy and nobody else around you will be happy.
If you don’t feel like doing it for yourself do it for your dd because she may come first. She needs her mummy.
My friend is now ok. She still has wobbly moments but after a phone call or a brew and a chat she is ok. It does get better but it takes time.
How old are you op?