Symptoms appear when alone and quiet, but when enjoying something can't feel a thing.

I think a major problem with health anxiety is just simply we are getting older and our bodies are constantly changing over time. New sensation can trigger you dramatically

Biggest problem is we are alone ..whenver in busy or happy i dont get this sensations

I was told by a doctor that Anxiety build up in our subconcious mind & that's why the symtoms can pop up when you dont feel Anxious in your concious mind.

Health anxiety/depression is a roller coaster. Some days nbd, some days soul crushing. I’m sending all the peace, love and understanding to all my people out there in same boat. No choice but to keep paddling in the storm.

I also want you guys to understand that it is very possible to have symptoms all the time even when your relaxed and have those nasty als/Ms/Parkinson’s or any DM symptoms 24/7 remember you are an Anxious Person and this WILL happen but YOU ARE JUST FINE it will all work out just FINE! I PROMISE! I love you guys please keep fighting 💪🏻

I feel abnormal from the world and nobody could understand the pain and mental suffering i go through, but this comments make me feel a little normal again, so i would like to throw a panic attack anxiety party🎉🎉🎉🎉 with everyone whos going through this so we all could feel good together 😅😅😅😅😅

I turned 70 in March. My GAD has been lifelong. Health anxiety is a part of it but not all of it: I am inside my head 24/7, worried about my own thoughts, worried about worrying...and everything else. At the moment I'm undergoing a "swollen lymph nodes (groin)" panic. On my way to a CAT scat later this morning, biopsy tomorrow. Aside from all the other worries (non stop fear of death and disease), the cost here in the US of all these tests is not negligible despite having decent insurance Thank you: it's 4 am and your channel offers awesome reassurance - at least on the lymph note side. Living with this level of anxiety all my life has had tremendeous costs as you can imagine...THANK YOU ❤

it just goes from one symptom to another! It's like a joke

Does anyone have one of these symptoms 24/7? - tingling in different parts of the body that comes and goes; - Dry mouth; - Insomnia; - Accelerated heartbeat; - Repetitive thoughts; - Jelly legs,worse when I climb stairs or do things at home; - shortness of breath - Feeling of weakness on right leg

Also so relatable, earlier in the year my digestive issues were way after I had gone through a bad period of health anxiety. These delayed symptoms are really frustrating!

Seems like we have to build a better mindset and just remind ourselves it will get better, but it will take time! I am recovering from health anxiety, and I come back to watch your videos to remind myself. All is well and I will continue to get through this. For any of you still struggling, keep going you have to take control of your mind and make the changes in your life that are necessary to feel more at peace. It gets much much much much better than it ever was! I’m so grateful for your videos, KZfaq has been my source for help versus health professionals 🙏

I know you know howuch you help people but I just wanted to say you have been one of the main reasons I'm doing such better with my anxiety. You make a huge difference . I'm so grateful 🙏

This video describes what I'm feeling right now. I'm having aches on the left side of my chest and it radiates to my left shoulder and arm. When this happens I think I'm having a cardiac issue. I immediately go into anxiety mode. My hands and feet get sweaty and my bowls are affected.I also get lightheaded. The symptoms will eventually go away but while its happening I'm contemplating going to the ER. I've been to the ER numerous times in the past just to find out its anxiety. I guess I"ll never know when something serious is occurring. So frustrating. I've accepted I have to live with this indefinitely. Thanks for sharing your perspective on the issue.

Thank you so much for making theses videos. You don’t understand how helpful these videos are. I feel like people who don’t suffer from health anxiety. Don’t understand how frustrating it can really be and it can make you feel like you’re alone. Currently been having headaches every single day for a month convinced I have something wrong with me even when I’m not anxious I feel pain watching your videos really gives me some peace of mind.❤

Please keep posting and please keep sharing!!!!

You hit the nail on the head with this one! So thankful for this.

Your videos are making a big difference,thankyou.

this described me 100%. Good to hear I'm not alone. Thank you for sharing

Every video you post seems to come at the right time for me - thank you. You have the best videos about health anxiety that I can find anywhere. Always grateful for these x

Just wanted to say you are amazing and are helping lots of people.

Thank you so much for your videos. I watch many different videos from other people but yours are the most helpful for me

I recently had a couple episodes to where I ended up at the ER. My entire left side went numb and my speech was slurred. Could not make any sense . Followed by a major headache.. there multiple MRIs done.. x rays.. CT scans.. blood tests.. heart tests… doctors could not find anything wrong with me.. ever since then this health anxiety has been crazy.. these videos help so much!

Really enjoy your videos and I learn much from them about myself and about others. I have sent the link to a friend who is considering minoring in psychology.

Thanks so much Cherelle. I think the universe brought me your video. I went through immense stress being responsible for my Mom and doctors and trying to help her and then hospice and having her pass away which was in April and now it’s September and both of my eyes are twitching, and I have ulcerative colitis and major digestive issues and was wondering why this didn’t happen when I was stressed and all happening now so this was the perfect video because like you said after that intense stress the symptoms were delayed and hitting me now. Yoga has always been my savior physically and mentally but I had stopped going to my classes when COVID hit so I need to get back into it whether a class or on my own. Thanks so much though because just seeing your video has lowered my anxiety considerably knowing it could just be a delayed response to all that immense stress.

Had just saved t to watch later but I really had to come back and drop a like and comment ofcouse💗 I will always call you my lifesaver u like a best friend of mine sharing such related anxiety disorder thoughts and feelings. En this popped up in aright time for a moment I thought I was healed okay not fully but in a better place but heart palpitations have always been a huge symptom lingering around even wen am not stressed or anxious and it bothered me aton thank you🙏 for always sharing ur thoughts on here u have no idea how many people uve saved from this🙌 much love from Africa💕💕💕

I just wanted to thank you for your videos. Going through a hard time at the moment and you have really helped me.

Thank god for you Cherelle x

Thank you for this video. Now I understand what is going on with me. You touched on everything that I was feeling, wondering why I was still having symptoms even though I was feeling good...

Thank you so much for posting this. I'm in a very dark place at the moment... you've no idea how much it's helping me out

I am experiencing symptoms without being anxious and this pops up. Thank you♥️

Again thank you for this video it means a lot.

your the reason all of us are at peace from our anxiety and also the reason to why we can controll it

From the deepest part of my heart I’ll say this THANK YOU FOR EXISTING 🙏

I have experienced every last one of the things you have shared in this video. I live it daily and want to thank you for making those of us who live this daily, know we are not alone.

Dear, your videos are curing me.

This vídeos are a blessing, thank you so much, never stop , I find your channel today this is my 3rd video of you watching and I feel much better. Reading this comment make me feel better and know I’m not alone didn’t realize how common health anxiety is. Thank you 🙏🏼

This is so exciting Everything you said is everything I have experienced

Omg I freaking love you I have so much health anxiety!!!!! I think like this all the time and so scared to share with people BECUASE they think I’m crazy

I really needed to hear this. Thank you

This helped me so much because your honestly a mirror of me with amxiety thankyou

So tired isn't!! Let's fight this and have a peaceful body 🙏 Thank you for this video!!I found the answers💪🏻

After a year of successfully navigating my health anxiety, it's come back. You're describing exactly what I'm dealing with again now.

Great channel i suffer anxiety over my eyes and have done for years

I really needed this video - thank you!! I had a bad GI flare. I was in so much pain and was super on edge for sbout a week. Finally went to the Dr for it, adjusted some meds, was given a couple new ones. That night I woke up a few times with muscle twitches in my legs... Firing off like crazy!! Its been about a week and a half with the twitching and health anxiety ruining my last week and a half and they are starting to finally die down now that I've seen your videos. I do definitely find myself trying to attach myself to new minor things going on. I just love life too much despite how much I have going on in it. Definitely helps to remind myself that I have been diagnosed with anxiety. I have ALWAYS had health anxiety, even as a kid. My mom has videos of me on the ole family video recorder with my list of sumptoms and how they make me feel 🤦‍♀️. The first time i remember having health anxiety was after watching something on snimal planet, I had to have been like 7 years old or so, and i was convinced I had rabies 🤣 so yesh justcreminding myself that anxiety can cause my symptoms AND I have been diagnosed with anxiety helps reassure me.

It’s our subconscious mind . 90% of what we do is controlled by our subconscious. Our subconscious is always filtering our environment. So although you may not perceive the worry or negative thoughts it’s is still in fact running in the background . We have to get better at communicating with our subconscious / inner child . It’s always processing/ protecting . And it speaks to us though our body aka sensations and symptoms .

Firstly I'd like to thank you for what you're doing. In the last 6 months, I've been convinced that I had at least 10 different cancers lol I was always checking everything on google looking for reassurance when actually it was just making it worse and I was always ending up freaking out ! So I was going to the doctors multiple times per months to get myself checked out. lol And today I've discovered your channel, I've watched many of your videos and it has helped me a whole lot ! Today I was anxious about having stomach cancer cuz sometimes I have stomach pain after I eat. And now I feel sooo much more relaxed and less stressed out ! So thank you so much for your videos !

Great video! Thanks a lot! Last year I was going through a really bad anxiety episode with DPDR on constant fight or flight mode. I don‘t have DPDR anymore but still got a slight headache (the doctors say it’s tension). Whenever I worry too much about it and get into the google spirale it’s getting worse. Whenever I don’t feel the headache I feel my tension and anxiety. So I think you are absolutely right! There is still tension after such a long anxiety episode and it seems to be pretty normal! But still it can be frustrating sometimes.

Thank you for this 🙏🏾

I started watching you 2 days ago before an ultrasound, waiting for results this coming up week. I just want to say thank you 🥺 you’re amazing, helping me so much. Thanks for being here for us all

You really help me alot . Thanks so much

Thank you for the video! I've been dealing with this for months ever since i passed out in december

Thank you so much for this video❤

thanks for the video it was very helpful

I can’t believe what I heard. Absolutely spot on to what I have been dealing with for 7 months. Thanks so much for sharing this.

Wow thanks for this, definitely will consider this and finding a therapist as well. I feel like I’ve been battling this on and off for 3 years now. At 1st it was just numbness and tingling but lately it’s been migraines, dizziness/light headedness, and chest pains on and off. I’ve done MRIs, cardio tests, other brain tests, blood tests and everything has came back fine. Praying it can go away 😢

Great video, thanks :)

One of your best episodes. You're a smoke-show as well....lol. Seriously though - thanks for your videos over the last few years. They have helped me. Did you ever have much stiffness btw? Over my 6 year journey - the stiffness is just so bad. I love to run and it's become very hard.

Just want to say you’re absolutely stunning stay happy stay safe.

Thank you for this video, my worries are lesser now🙏🏽 i’ve been suffering from Health Anxiety ever since the start of Covid back in 2020. Went through the same things you went through. For awhile, i thought that i had some major problems with my heart but after spending my hard earned money on countless of checkups and echogram, i was fine. And for awhile i was fine, my anxiety was not as bad as it was before but then recently i saw a post of someone who passed because of ALS and thats when my Health Anxiety began to creep in on me again. I’ve been having muscle pain on my left shoulder and a minor pain on one particular spot on my spine (had it checked out before and the doctor said i just need to start exercising) and i began to be hyper vigilant of any symptoms of my body such as tingling or anything. As of now i am trying to be okay again and this video helps me a lot. To all the lovely people who are suffering HA, you are not alone and be sure that we’ll overcome this together 💪🏽

You definitely described me. I had Hodgkin's as well, and after I started to get other symptoms a couple years after the treatment ended, I also thought (and still think) that's there's always something seriously wrong with me. Thanks for the reassurance and knowing I'm not alone in this!

I m going through the same thing. Feels good to know that this is normal. And we are going to be fine soon.

I can relate to everything that you've said because I used to be as you describe and still am except the circumstance or reason or illness,maybe imaginary has changed!Lately I struggle to breathe and actually pass and sleep!

I love you you’re saving my life ❤️

My main one I’ve struggled with for 5+ years now is chest pains all over the left side of my chest, heart palpitations, heart attack symptoms, fast heart rate, etc. and despite the countless times doctors have told my heart is fine, it only makes me feel better for a bit and then it comes back. It’ll hit me out of nowhere when I’m not currently feeling anxious and then of course it triggers severe anxiety for the rest of the day so I relate to this.

I needed this so badly right now. Thank you

I’ve been on a health anxiety roller coaster for the past 7 months. Started with a pain in my back I convinced myself it was a kidney tumor. Turned out to be a little benign lump of fat on my lower back nothing dangerous at all. After 4 months of worrying about a kidney tumor I started having hypnic jerks every single night. Been suffering through those for 2 months and last week I started having super mild but daily headaches. It’s so hard telling myself it’s not a brain tumor or some other super deadly/dangerous condition. These videos have helped me since I discovered them 3 nights ago. Thank you and good luck to all of us.

Automatic Like when I see the amazing Cherelle. ❤️

OMG! I relate to this so much. This has to be a miracle to find your channel. Reading these comments and seeing these help so much - I didn’t realize how common it was to have symptoms 24/7 and delayed symptoms. Thank you! 🎉

This is me thank you !

This is my life! on and off this happens to me and brings me in a state of sadness and loneliness !!

Thank you for this! I had a very stressful 2 weeks of thinking I had pancreatic cancer until my ct came back clear. I promised myself I would never do that again to myself. Now I have dizziness for like 3 weeks.

I had this and never thought of it as an anxiety episode but now I see it clearly. Thank you for the video! I had two major episodes, one in 2012, when I tried to exit the body and fall asleep consciously which triggered the fear of death and the feeling of being in an afterlife, insomnia and the feeling of having no resort in reality. I managed the episode by getting near people who were more grounded and allowing myself to be guided towards a more practical way to live(I also ended a relationship back then). I had heart palpitations and the fear of having a heart attack. Another one is recently, after a parasite cleanse I had digestive issues and lowered my electrolytes and vitamins, which triggered dizziness and the impression that I have a neurodegenerative disease, or a brain tumor. I know in my heart it's stress and vitamin deficiency but the finger twitch and the hypochondriac gene from my grandmother plays me quite well...Thank you for raising awareness on this...I also had hip pain a few months ago triggered by stress and having to switch homes, and back then I remember thinking I had ALS or reumatoid arthritis..I hate when the brain does this :( Even after being a bit dizzy the other day, I am a bit afraid to wake up dizzy again and I check myself during the night

Thank you

What is hypochondria? Hypochondria is a type of anxiety disorder that causes people to excessively worry about their health. People with hypochondria are informally called hypochondriacs, and they tend to fixate on their perceptions of certain symptoms. These symptoms may be mild, but in the perception of the hypochondriac, they are dangerous

Today I was so upset, crying, feeling guilty over my parenting, and now have right eye twitching and muscle spasms by my lip. I know it’s from the upset and it’s affecting me in my face. :/

I learned a lot from you

This is so much relatable i had also DIPPRESION and anxiety issue for 4-5 months because of some health and mental issue and i used to think that why this is happening to me and these thoughts developed the fear of disease and wim recovee with those health issue but still have the same symtoms as you have like headache dizziness numbness and tingling in body and also have face twitching i don't know how to recover from this... These all just ruin my k8-9 months and still don't know how long it's gonna be

Thank you 🙏 I also have a problem with my eyes dancing all the time, some days slower, some days faster, its so hard to live with these symptoms...

me with my heart right now

Yess -! I never feel anxious but I always get shaken, dizzy and I feel like shivering 🥶

Listening to you makes alot of sense. I was with my ex for just over ten years. His drug addiction was hell to go through, the lying, cheating, gaslighting me, manipulation. He would come and go from me to addict females. I don’t use drugs. I was in that survival mode for all those years and since I asked him to leave in Nov 2022 the stress has gone, I’m grieving the loss of who he was off drugs, but I feel I’ve aged now, I’m 47, no motivation, I’m drained, tired and exhausted. I’ve had blurred vision then I start googling, I’ve had tingling feet and it showed I was taking too much B6. I am getting pain behind one eye and I think brain tumour. The stress of my ex on drugs has gone. But I’m getting all these weird symptoms in my body now. I worry about saggy eye lids. I hate being like this.

Makes sense that's what I feel like some times

My mom died 3 months ago now I have bad anxiety and I had to travel. . Had bad attack and both hands have been tingling for 4 days straight and my friend today told me she had had this for weeks with anxiety, you probably made me able to sleep ! Xoxo

I keep having throat issues like tightness, along with sharp pains at times in my upper abdomen. I'm trying to learn how to live with this. It's really annoying and I'll usually need to sleep or have a nap to make it dissapear. Anyone else have these recurring anxiety symptoms as well?

I may be having this going on right now. In January of this year I started having panic attacks for the first time. I've always had some moderate anxiety but this really set me off. For the next 5 months, everyday was a struggle as I just felt a constant overwhelming fear at seemingly nothing at all. I tried a few different anti-depressants (one messed with my sleep which made me way worse), therapy, meditation, you name it. Nothing seemed to help. I got so bad that I would cry uncontrollably at work for no reason. I eventually got to the point where I took leave from work and really focused in on therapy. The combo of time off work, extra therapy, and an anti depressant that worked for me, led to a blissful 2 weeks where I had very little anxiety and started to feel hope for myself again. I was able to do things I enjoy and actually focus on them like cooking and working out. Then the twitching started. Both my calves now fasciculate non stop all day 24/7. I will also sometimes get random, short lived twitches in other parts of my body like my thighs, glutes, biceps, and triceps. I've been to just about every Dr and everything so far has come back clean with no nerve damage/compression and no obvious nutrient deficiencies. I know I dont have any damage or any life threatening neurological disease, but its hard to explain to other people just how uncomfortable I am 24/7 and the mental drain that has on me. This has been going on for about 3 months now. Nothing really makes the twitching better, but not getting good sleep definitely makes them worse. I'm working with a new dr on possible hidden deficiencies/malabsorptions and have been referred to rheumatology after an ANA test came back elevated. Im wracking my brain and trying to explore every avenue of health to find the cause of the twitching and fix it, but the reality could be that its just my nerves are out of wack and are still healing from the crazy amount of anxiety and stress from this year. I just wish it wasnt taking so long and my legs would go back to normal. Sorry for the long winded story/rant but it feels good to write it all out sometimes. Love your vids Cherelle.

I still have occasional tinnitus and ear pressure that started from a really bad bout of panic that put me into DP/DR back in 2021. Even though I got over the DP/DR and daily panic attack issue I was having, I developed lasting physical effects from the whole experience.

I always get frequent urination episodes out of the blue they feel like a uti that gradually subsides. It was my first real noticable symtom which started in the december after the pandemic started. I had spells of dizziness and headaches etc before that but that never bothered me as I just assumed it was from tiredness because I had my second baby 3 weeks before covid all started. I was extremely stressed and anxious and hormaons everywhere and had the sleepless nights and all the general stress that covid brought us so no wonder really. I have had loads of different tests and been told its anxiety. Ive had also experienced tightness in throat, ibs type symtoms, tinitus, numb right leg, muscle tension around ribs, indigestion and reflux and probably some more which of course add more stress in themselves. They all come and go. When the frequent urination happened out of nowhere it was so confusing, so stressful and so uncomfortable which made everything worse. It still happens intermittently when I feel like I'm not stressed or anxious but I guess I have to remember that my body is still stressed from all the anxiety and stress and it will take a while for my nervous system to calm down.

Palps and globus hysteria (back of tongue feels weird lump In throat ) plagued me all symptoms always on left side of body . Wim Hoff cold showers and acceptance of anxiety are a big help .

I suffer terrible with health anxiety. I have good reason I think because I had carcinoid tumour and had a result I had a lung removed. I had it for apparently 9 years or so growing slowly. That's what the surgeon told me. Why I had it I got terrible symptoms because it causes you to have carcinoid syndrome. Even tho the tumour was removed iv always still had the symptoms. I was 39 when i was removed I'm 58 now . But iv had to live with this controlling my life . It's horrible the anxiety part .I panic .I don't live a normal life .it controls my life for me . Xx

Hi Cherelle, this is almost exactly what I've been going through, it's very reassuring to finally find someone who has had the same experiences as me. I have been suffering with chronic sinusitis and facial numbness which was purely physical but because I have health anxiety and panic disorder, it has caused an almost constant panic attack lasting over 5 months so far. I've been wondering if I'll ever get better, if I'll ever be ok again or if I should accept that I have to live in an unbearable state of perpetual panic. I've had pressure in my head (not just sinusitis pressure) like someone is crushing my skull from every angle, sometimes flashes of pain where I think I'm going to fall over, I've felt weak and sick and dizzy, I've stopped being able to look after myself and it's caused depression. I too thought I had a brain tumour and I had an MRI two weeks ago. The results were ok and all the bloods done in A&E, out of hours and from the GP were normal. I thought this would settle any panic symptoms instantly, but no, I'm still struggling. I went into a shop today and I drove, but it was hell. It's been really good to watch some of your videos and I really connected with them. I'm also a lymphoma survivor so it was extra surreal watching this video as I used to check my neck constantly for lumps. Thanks and I hope you continue to win the battle against these symptoms.

The toughest hill for me to climb has been accepting my EMG results, knowing I'm still perfectly strong (I just finished hand splitting wood for the day), and trying to associate my health anxiety with my twitching. It's been hard on my wife, and I'm beyond the feeling that I'm dying, so now I'm working through the acceptance. I'm just waiting for the day when I allow the twitching to just fade into the background and I live my life regardless of feeling them. I'm seeking out some counseling as well. Thanks for the videos!

Currently going through my worst bout of health anxiety and my head is so heavy and full… just off and dizzy. Kind of like the “hangover” after an anxiety attack but it’s lingering daily…ugh!

Yes same sympton happend like me too

I have health anxiety and also I do not sleep well which in turn adds a hell of a lot to it I would do anything to stop this feeling and fix my sleep problem

My symptoms come and go in cycles, each symptom is a major Catastrophe at the time and I obsess over it. My latest phase has been heart related, flutters pounding etc went for an ECG and was normal but I was convinced they hadn’t tested me properly, lately I started having gasping when I was on the cusp of sleep and general need for taking deep breaths when I’m awake. I can easily take a deep breath but it feels like I need to to get oxygen into my lungs. So my partner suggested box breathing but on the hold your breath for the count of 4 once you’ve taken a breath in, I noticed my pulse drops right down, so I googled it and found all sorts. Now I’m mid panic.

I feel dreadful and on edge today feel like I'm dying of several different things :'(

Looks like I am in a same boat. I lost my father back in Jan 2022 due to heart attack and I could see him alive for the last time . Since then I am having health issues. I had 2 ultrasound for my breast lump and even one time they aspirated it but all came negative. So they mention it's hormonal. I was all relaxed and then suddenly I found a lump on back of a neck. I went to dr again they did ultrasound and said it's just swollen lymph node which could be due to any infection. But still I am paranoid and depressed crying all day long. Really don't know how will I overcome from my health anxiety. It's making me more sick I guess constant headaches neck pain

I really wish I could speak with you just once. I’m in spiral heading downward :(

The latest n new symptoms I'm feeling right now is jaw pain. It used to be only when I'm having panic attack. But it seem now a bit anxiety would cause pain. Hate it