Health Anxiety About Cancer
It started when my mother had gotten a new mole so i thought she had skin cancer then doctors told her it was normal then my right breast hurt so i thought i had breast cancer then that went away.
Health anxiety about cancer. Advances in cancer treatments mean that half of people now diagnosed with cancer can expect to survive for at least 10 years 1 defining many cancers as long term conditions. Psychiatric illnesses such as depression and anxiety are common but often neglected complications of cancer influencing quality of life adherence to treatment cancer survival and treatment costs 2 3 depression and. Follow posted 5 years ago 48 users are following.
Research subjects were tracked for 15 years and their anxiety levels correlated with the likelihood of them developing cancer. The possibility of painful treatments loss of hair spreading of the cancer and death. It is very easy then for the initial fear of cancer to spread to other illnesses that may cause you harm as your brain is already armed with knowledge to protect you from threat.
Hi i am 19 years old and always been a anxious person. They re also bound to worry about how it will impact their personal lives. What follows is anxiety about everything associated with cancer.
But since summer my health anxiety been thru the roof. Totally get your concerns about having health anxiety as a diagnosis. For them the slightest pain or the appearance of new mole or lump on the body is a guarantee of cancer.
I have a major fear of cancer everything i think it s cancer. I m on this forum as i found a breast lump gp reassured me thinking its likely to be a cyst but has referred me on a 2 week rule to breast clinic. Thing is it s curable.
About a year or so ago i found a pea size lump on my neck i was bored at work at decided to google what this could be. Each time you think of cancer or hear anything about it your brain can then give you all the thoughts and feelings of anxiety and fear that you have that relate to cancer. Anxiety associated with cancer may increase feelings of pain interfere with one s ability to sleep cause nausea and vomiting and interfere with the patient s and their family s quality of life.