health anxiety is being convinced you're having a stroke because the shower water feels slightly warmer on the left side of your body
health anxiety is convincing yourself you're going to throw up in the middle of the class because you felt slightly nauseous earlier
health anxiety is believing you have heart problems because yours beats slightly faster than the average and that it skips beats sometimes, despite not having any other worrying symptom
health anxiety is being scared of taking public transports because you're scared you'll get an asthma attack during your route
health anxiety is convincing yourself you have a brain tumor because your neck is sore and your head feels heavy everyday, even if you know it's probably caused by your awful posture
health anxiety is believing you're going to die because you get random muscle pain, despite them not even being that bad
health anxiety is being convinced you have breast cancer because you thought you felt a lump while checking once
health anxiety is declining hangouts with friends because you're scared you'll get symptoms outside and thus staying home is less risky
health anxiety is being afraid of taking your glasses off when you shower because it reminds you that seeing things blurry could be caused by something else than regular eye defects
health anxiety is not bothering washing your hair so often or doing any skincare because you can't bear staying with your own thoughts more than 2 minutes
health anxiety is not being able to relax any day of the year, no matter where you are, no matter who you're with, because you'll always get symptoms
health anxiety is being unable to fall asleep because you're scared you're going to die in your sleep
health anxiety is being afraid you might be ill because when you get the flu your nose bleeds a little bit
health anxiety is fearing you have a lung infection because you coughed once today
health anxiety is being afraid of going to uni because staying away from your family makes you think no one will be able to help you if you have a problem
health anxiety is being afraid of checking all of that with a doctor because you're too afraid to know if you really have an illness
health anxiety is being terrified of everything that happens to your body
health anxiety is doubting the opinion of professionals because you just "know" they missed something
health anxiety is being so tired of living like this but being terrified of dying at the same time
health anxiety is exhausting
health anxiety is running out of a class at uni thinking your heart is going to explode when the classroom is a bit warmer than usual
health anxiety is being too scared to excercise because you know you're going to misinterpret muscle pain as something deadly
health anxiety is thinking you have a fever because you're cold at night, so you get another blanket, now you're too warm so you panic a bit about that while you put the blanket away so later when you're cold again you can panic about your body temperature beiNG TOO LOW (what the actual fuck)
health anxiety is being in pain because you were too scared to excercise
health anxiety is SO MANY CHEST PAIN SCARES that all turn out to be acid reflux
health anxiety is triple-washing your hand after public transportation
health anxiety is having a panic attack at the dentist during a cleaning because it hurts a teeny tiny bit but your pain tolerance is practically nonexistent at this point
health anxiety is cancelling a trip abroad because you're convinced your hand is going to explode on the plane because your left hand looks a bit red
health anxiety is looking for a mirror to check your smile every single time you have a slight headache
health anxiety is finally gaining/losing weight because you worked hard but immediately thinking you have cancer because gaining/losing weight can only happen because of cancer
health anxiety is losing friends because your mental illness ruins game night
health anxiety is being glad you have a sprained ankle because you know exactly what caused it so the pain isn't scary and is completely safe to feel
health anxiety is calling your boss because you're going to the ER again
health anxiety is panicking during mindfulness practice because you know you're gonna be fixated on your breathing for the next week
health anxiety is exhausting