Does anybody else obsess about each ache and pain they have?

[sunlver]

Does anybody else obsess about each ache and pain they have? Does anybody else always think the worse about it?

How do people not obsess and always think the worse???

 

[binny]

no, I have fibromyalgia. If I obsessed about every pain I would do nothing else with my life.

I think everyone has to come to the realization at some point in their life that as we age things hurt more. What we used to shake off now aches for a day or more. What we used to take for granted now is precious.


If you spend your life worrying about every ache and pain you will waste precious moments of your life.

 

[iwrbnd]

I didn't until I turned 40. Before 40 I would get a pain and think "I wonder how many days until this goes away." Now I get a pain and think "I wonder how many YEARS this will take to go away!"

 

[cheermom1]

No I don't but I know someone that does and they obsess over just the sniffles and think they are sick all the time and it is way more than just the sniffles and it spells onto their kids and it is really sad.

I think your body will tell if their is really something wrong.

 

[focusondisney]

OMG! This is not me but 2 of my friends! One just constantly complains to anyone who will listen. The other is constantly going to the doctor for everything. I love them both but sometimes.....

 

[sunlver]

I didn't until I turned 40. Before 40 I would get a pain and think "I wonder how many days until this goes away." Now I get a pain and think "I wonder how many YEARS this will take to go away!"

Funny..Maybe it is an age thing. I am 45 and dont remember worrying about everything 10 yrs ago...

 

[sunlver]

OMG! This is not me but 2 of my friends! One just constantly complains to anyone who will listen. The other is constantly going to the doctor for everything. I love them both but sometimes.....

Well I can honestly say this is not me, but I am the op
For me, I dont complain to other people, Ijust obsess in my head about things..No, not the normal sniffles/allergy type things.. Also, I am not one to go to the dr either.. I mean i will sit and think and dwell on something for days, or even weeks before I may even "consider" it..

 

[focusondisney]

Well I can honestly say this is not me, but I am the op
For me, I dont complain to other people, Ijust obsess in my head about things..No, not the normal sniffles/allergy type things.. Also, I am not one to go to the dr either.. I mean i will sit and think and dwell on something for days, or even weeks before I may even "consider" it..

Yep, this is sort of how I am. I don't dwell or think about stuff. I'm a "suck it up" (can I say that on the Dis?) kind of girl. I just keep going & never really consider that something might be wrong. Eventually I might go to the doctor. Might not be the best thing to do, but it is why I find it so funny that my friend goes to the dr. for every little ache / pain.

I remember being in labor the first time & didn't want to go to the hospital, thinking I would just be bothering them, because of course, those pains were probably nothing!!!

 

[HeyIt'sMe]

Ya know, I have to admit that I do have a tendency to obsess about aches, pains, etc. My great-grandmother on my dad's side was a severe hypochondriac and I think I got a bit of that gene (as did my sister-she's worse than me!).

In addition to that, my dad died of cancer at age 48 and my mom died of cancer at age 61. I will be 43 next month so I do find myself thinking "any day now". It doesn't overshadow my life but there's always that little voice in the back of my mind. So, when I don't feel well I don't brush if off - I always think it could be the start of something.

Watch, I'll live to be 100!!!

 

[threecrazykids]

This thread actually makes me think about my friend who is currently pregnant with her 4th child. I tease her all the time because she CONSTANTLY thinks there is something wrong with the baby. She laughs when I make fun of her because she KNOWS it's irrational on the things she thinks. Now that she's 35 she of course has MULTIPLE things to worry about. They've tested for Downs and she's been cleared of that so that's one less thing to worry about.

For example...with THIS pregnancy she just "KNOWS" it's going to be born without any legs. Even though they've had an ultrasound and the doctor told her everything is FINE. She knows it's crazy talk but until that baby comes out perfect she will continue to dream up possible scenarios.

With her last pregnancy she thought the baby had pushed it's arm into her placenta and maybe got caught and then when it healed it would cut off the circulation to the arm and it would be born with 1/2 an arm.

She's always like " I'm going to end up the FIRST person something like this happens to and you all will feel horrible for laughing at me and not think I'm a freak." And then laughs because she KNOWS how insane some of these scenarios sound.

 

[FireDancer]

I don't because between biking, running, the gym, and sports I play I am usually in some degree of soreness. I take care of anything that transitions from sore to pain just to prevent further injury but unless it gets unbearable or starts to become chronic I don't sweat it.

 

[HeyIt'sMe]

threecrazykids - That's funny and sad at the same time!

After I responded above I thought of something else that my hypochondriac sister used to do when she was younger. My mom had this American Medical Assocation book about all kinds of ailments (I don't know why). There was a section with all these flowcharts. It would start out something like "Do you have a headache?" and then depending if you answered Yes or No it would lead you to the next question. After answering multiple questions you'd arrive to a possible diagnosis at the end. My sister always thought she had some dreadful disease and would cry to my mom. I admit I'd look at the book too but I wasn't as paranoid as her. I remember my mom would check the bookcase to make sure the AMA book was there and if it wasn't she'd call out "Who has the book?!?".

 

[AKL_Megs]

Um... my MIL!

She had an "arm pain". FIRST she thought it was caused by a broken finger. THEN it was carpal tunnel. THEN it was tendonitis. THEN it was tennis elbow. THEN it was her rotator cuff. NOW I think she is working with a doctor who is telling her is is being caused by a toe she broke when she was 12.

Anything to stay on disability!

 

[disneyaddicted]

I'm kind of the opposite, I tend to just shake everything off. My mother is an obsessor, she would rush my sister and I to the ER if we had a cough, I always hated that she would share all my chidhoold illnesses with relatives and make it out like I was at deaths door, so now if I get an ache I am afraid to even mention for fear people will think I am a hypochondriach like my mother.

A few years ago I kept getting sharp pains in my abdomen, I blew it off for 6 months, then one night it got so bad I couldn't take it, My DH took me to the ER and I had to have emergency surgery to remove a 4 pound tumor off my dead ovary.

So in a way having a mom as a hypochondriac has had a wierd effect on me.

 

[tigercat]

I have friend who is "dieing" everyday. Everything means something is really bad. It is really hard to be near him as he is so depressing. I have lost my Mum, best friend and Dad in the last year as well as had pnumonia 4 times once with the H1N1 flu which landed me in the hospital, along with so many flu's colds and brochitis that I lost count. But he is in worse shape because ..you name it. I also have fibromyalgia so aches and pains are part of my daily life. He keeps saying that he can't believe I am so upbeat and I keep saying that if I keep thinking about all the bad I may miss the good.
tigercat

 

[threecrazykids]

threecrazykids - That's funny and sad at the same time!

At least she laughs about it with us. She knows the things she thinks up are just out of this world but she says to worry about "normal" things just isn't in her genes. LMAO She says she has to think up WEIRD things that one in a million could happen. I'm so glad she realizes these things are out of this world, otherwise I might have to commit her.

 

[joviroxx]

I usually pop 3 advil if something hurts. If it doesnt go away, I don't usually worry about it unless it lingers for a few days, unless its my knees.. they always hurt!

Took me almost a year to finally make the time to go to a gastro for pains I kept getting.. Turns out I had gallstones and had to take my gallbladder out.. I tend to wait too long instead of rush to see what the issue is.

 

[disneyaddicted]

threecrazykids - That's funny and sad at the same time!

After I responded above I thought of something else that my hypochondriac sister used to do when she was younger. My mom had this American Medical Assocation book about all kinds of ailments. There was a section with all these flowcharts. It would start out something like "Do you have a headache?" and then depending if you answered Yes or No it would lead you to the next question. After answering multiple questions you'd arrive to a possible diagnosis at the end. My sister always thought she had some dreadful disease and would cry to my mom. I admit I'd look at the book too but I wasn't as paranoid as her. I remember my mom would check the bookcase to make sure the AMA book was there and if it wasn't she'd call out "Who has the book?!?". I don't know why my mom even had that book......

My mother has that book and used it to diagnos herself as having Lupus. She went to her DR. and no, she didn't have lupus, but she tells everybody she borderline positive for lupus. I cringe when she says that and I have to walk away.

How can you be borderline positive for anything? You either have it or you don't. I have this conversation with her all time, but she still insists that because she has the symptoms of lupus she will eventually get lupus. It's actually pretty sad. I love my Mom though.

 

[sunlver]

threecrazykids - That's funny and sad at the same time!

After I responded above I thought of something else that my hypochondriac sister used to do when she was younger. My mom had this American Medical Assocation book about all kinds of ailments (I don't know why). There was a section with all these flowcharts. It would start out something like "Do you have a headache?" and then depending if you answered Yes or No it would lead you to the next question. After answering multiple questions you'd arrive to a possible diagnosis at the end. My sister always thought she had some dreadful disease and would cry to my mom. I admit I'd look at the book too but I wasn't as paranoid as her. I remember my mom would check the bookcase to make sure the AMA book was there and if it wasn't she'd call out "Who has the book?!?".

I think now a days the book is called "Google"
I have a tendency to look up all sorts of symptoms and such. Now, I dont go around telling everybody what I "think" is wrong with me..As a matter of fact, most people I know dont know I "obsess" about everything anymore.I hate going to the dr, I always feel like they dont take me seriously..and this is from somebody who barely goes once a year

 

[mom2boys77]

or webmd symptom checker My dad had triple bypass surgery about 6 years ago and so every pain I've had since is of course a heart attack or heart disease..for a while I had pain in my head and assumed I had a brain tumor..I don't run to the dr and I don't complain to anyone either just make myself a nervous wreck. Last summer my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer so now I worry about that. Logically though I know I'm fine and try to pray a lot and exercise because it helps calm me down.

I think now a days the book is called "Google"
I have a tendency to look up all sorts of symptoms and such. Now, I dont go around telling everybody what I "think" is wrong with me..As a matter of fact, most people I know dont know I "obsess" about everything anymore.I hate going to the dr, I always feel like they dont take me seriously..and this is from somebody who barely goes once a year