hi, hyperchonvinced my name is gina and i have alot of fears too! i just joined the program. i just did my first chapter in the panic program. are you doing the panic program? i felt all alone and hated my life until i found this site and started learning about the problems we have. give it some time to get to know some people.this site will help you! gina

well alot of people just browse the board which i think is shadt post ya know it sucks..others are stuck on thee own symptoms and if your dosent match than they aint gonna post..i love this thread,and the threads about gerd,and it asting all day..i will help you anyway i can,im sorry i didnt post sooner,you anwesered my post i return the favor..to be breif for now i went through the cancer thing with gerd,ruined 2 years of my life on it..im fine i had the scope..ive had heart tests im not convinced,i always have some kind of symptom all day,it might switch,usually does switch..we are all diffrent but we all suffer..if you want to email me you can,ive been trying to help gina latley and others,but i would love to talk to u im 25 yo daddy whose had this for 5 to long years...i will help anyway i can,just let me know..God Bless..

I don't mean to be funny - but it doesn't seem like there are people on here to help me, I appreciate your post - but I did not get much response. I am quite upset at this as I thought I had found a place to vent my problems and get friendly responses. I guess I am the only person that experiences all this. I am finding it really hard to find reasons to live recently, too many negative things compared to positive things. I hate who I am and I don't want to be me anymore, I have had this for too long.

Hyperchonvinced, It might help if you take the free anxiety test and print out the results to take to your doctor. That's the reason the test was designed. While it does not diagnose, it can give some clues to your doctor to help in his/her diagnosis. This may be a start for you. Everyone's anxiety and panic are different and yours will be unique as well. Take a browse through the program, it can be very useful. Please continue to post you thoughts, as there are many individuals who can help support you. Josie ______________________________ The Panic center Support Team.

I also fear things, and haven't started driving because I fear that I cant concentrate enough and can't trust myself on the road. I get fears of heart problems and give myself sharp pains because of this, causing me to worry more and get 100 times worse. I fear it will kill me, is this a panic attack? If so - then I get them too! You all seem so kind and caring, thank you - can't wait for my replies :)

Hey all, I joined recently and haven't had much time to post - I been fighting a battle with myself over IBS (which is probably just me giving myself the symptoms through anxiety). Basically, I can never explain myself, I feel like I am the only one. I will try my hardest to explain a few things about how I feel. Firstly, I have obsessive compulsive disorder which seems to have gotten worse and worse each year of my life (tugging on my front door to make sure its locked, checking the cooker with my eyes, then feeling it to make sure im not being deceived by my eyes, e.t.c). Also taps, pulling on them and breaking the washers on them cos I think I haven't turned them off properly, have to look at them and feel for water dripping too. I also have hyperchondria, I panic about my health a lot - worrying that I have cancer and I can even give myself pains and symptoms of all kinds of stuff because of my worrying. As I mentioned, I currently have all the symptoms of IBS, I think I may not even have it - just giving myself the problems... Can stress and Anxiety cause flatulence, releasing mucous? Please don't forget to answer that question for me :) I cannot concentrate on things, If I get a problem (e.g. my bowels) then I cannot take my mind off it, AT ALL, not by doing anything - I get worked up about it more and more, it's like I am fighting with my mind. I have a very good imagination when I close my eyes, but if I see something bad - then it floods my mind, and I manage to see something nicer, but the bad thing keeps powering over what I want to imagine... Here is an example.. If I try to imagine seeing something like two amazing dragons fighting or something detailed by closing my eyes then I can, but I can't control what they do - they will just be stuck on a loop and I try to fight it but it keeps doing what it wants - Sorry if this is confusing. If I try imagining myself walking down a nice road, then the whole image will start spinning out of control (not dizziness though) and then I can't control it or stop it doing it. I am sorry to make this post so long, I just wanted to try to describe some of my problems, I really think I am the only one like this!