I'm worried about my health pretty much all the time. I assume it's normal to be a little worried from time to time, but I think I have a fairly serious case. I have irritable bowel syndrome, and as a result, often get sharp pains in my bowels if I stretch or move suddenly or for no apparent reason etc. But I often worry it's something worse.
Anytime I get some sort of a pain and can't figure out what it is, I start to worry. For example, I was sitting in the movies the other day and suddenly got a pain in my back around my kidney. I freaked out cause I thought something was wrong with my kidney and tried to sit their calmly. Of course, nothing was wrong, and about twenty minutes later, the pain subsided.
Things like that are a regular occurrence for me (not in my back, it's usually my stomach or bowels) and I think sometimes I get pain in places just because I expect there to be some sort of pain. It's like it's become a psychological problem for me and it's starting to effect my everyday life; I'm getting depressed because I can't deal with the fact i'm always feeling sick, or have some sort of a pain and I don't ever know for sure whether it's actually a problem or it's minor of if i've just imagined it completely.
If anyone has some advice to help me get over this mental barrier, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
Oh, and i'm a 17 year old male.
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