Obsessive Thinking - Even If Everything Tells You Otherwise???

[singinbeauty]

How do you deal with obsessive thinking even when everything (and everyone, including health professionals) tell you otherwise?

Recently my anxiety has been through the roof to put it mildly. I have gone through an STD test scare and while the tests came back negative and the experts on this board agree that I don't have it - I still can't stop myself from examining and picking apart what I THINK my symptoms might be. I beat myself up from who I was years ago and fear of having contracted something that would permanently remind me of my past. I know I should trust the test and medical professionals - and my therapist - but for some reason I can't get it out of my skull...

Goodness I hate my brain sometimes...

[WorryTeen]

I seem to be going through exactly the same as you. I have had some scares recently involving this kind of thing to do with my past & I always over think things.. Recently I had a diabetic episode -that's what I think- but my boyfriend & Dad said it was just dehydration.. I went to doc's anyway and am now set up for blood tests. I am constantly reminded of my past through the amount of STD checks I get through an incident in April. I haven't been diagnosed with Anxiety but I have been discharged from seeing my therapist as my Mum thinks I'm fine but I'm not, I go to the doctor's for everything worried it's something serious.. Is it at all possible that I have Anxiety?

[singinbeauty]

My therapist has told me that logical thinking will not work but I cant help it. Ugh - the stress and worry is just too much! I am making myself sick and so tired of the guilt.

I just want this to stop...

[Persephone3576]

To me, that is the hardest thing about anxiety, that it does not respond to rational thought. I can tell myself over and over that there is nothing wrong, but my chemistry continues to be in fight or flight mode. That's why I take meds. :)