Does anyone google their symptoms?

[shawnhayes]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

I have never been diagnosed but I think I am a hypochondriac. It seems like I'm getting progressively worse.

I had a mouth ulcer that wouldn't go away for over a week and I was convinced I had mouth cancer. This was 2 months or so ago...

Prior to that, I had really bad stomach pains and thought I had colon cancer...exact symptoms.

Now, I have had a headache for a couple of days and think I have a brain tumor.

I can't help myself but google the symptoms and I read reddit posts etc of people diagnosed.

Does anyone have this?

This isn't hypochondria. This is health anxiety. Hypochondria is when people worry about having a problem with no real symptoms. Health anxiety is when an ankle sprain after playing basketball becomes bone cancer worry when you're trying to go to sleep.

Different. Hypochondria is awful, and can rarely be helped. Health anxiety can be alleviated by going to the doctor when a real symptom needs an actual diagnosis.

Google isn't always terrible. Sometimes patients come armed with good information. But not always.

Shawn

[Popo]

I used to until I found out I was already dead.

[spazzyfry123]

Originally Posted by Popo

I used to until I found out I was already dead.