Feel like I'm always googling symptoms or checking my pulse. My 3-year-old bumped my head and now I'm convinced I have a concussion. Last week it was my back pain = early heart disease. My wife says I catastrophize everything. Is this anxiety or am I actually just falling apart? lol
Yeah dude, after I had kids this ramped up so much. Every bump or bruise turns into a research spiral. The head bump thing especially would have me freaking out for days.
I've been there. Turns out a lot of it was actually just stress and anxiety manifesting as physical symptoms. Once I started addressing the actual anxiety it got so much better.
You're definitely not alone with this. I had to literally delete the symptom checker apps off my phone because I was checking my pulse like 10 times a day.
The fact that your 3yo bumped you and your first instinct was to worry about yourself instead of checking on them is the real issue here. Maybe talk to someone about the health anxiety specifically?
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This is so real. Being responsible for tiny humans changes your risk assessment completely. I used to not care about my health now I'm convinced every little thing is serious.