Anxiety or?

Lately i've developed an irrational fear of developing oral cancer, soon afterwords I developed a swollen lump on the side of my mouth, which was normal, then i developed a little lump/dry skin on my lips, the bump was in my mouth, doctor said there wasn't much to worry about.

I through-out get thoughs about having advanced lung cancer, brain cancer, oral cancer, or some other fatal form, every little tiny lump bump discoloration or whatever else makes me afraid of having such things.

No former history of anxiety or phobia, I was wondering if anxiety can manifest itself from subconscious subjectives like if my teeth needed repairs or getting myself schedualed to have yearly physicals?

Any advice on how to get rid of or control anxiety would be helpful, when i have enough rest and so forth I can usually dispell these things by rational thought, but they creep up on me.

Anxiety sufferers have alot of irrational thinking. I suffer from GAD and deal with thoughts all the time that are negative.

I've also had that worry over cancer.... for a bit not anymore.

What helped me was that I did alot of postive self-talk. Talked it over with my psychiatrist, got tips on how to deal with that kind of negative thinking, how to reverse it and so forth.

Just going to the doctor like you did can help also, eliminating that fear when they tell you that you are fine.

Meds have helped me, didn't get rid of the anxeity, but has helped with the symptoms.

Also some good self-help books do wonders too.

Good luck.

Yeah, I think I got the best of it.

I looked over my thoughts one by one in my head and rationally demantled them, by doing so irrational fears were shedded to bits and their accompanying effects. Hopefully thats the end of that.

I know what you are talking about! I had this oral cancer fear period last year. I found soooo much weird stuff in my mouth, and I ran to doctor to doctor, and everything was fine. Leave your mouth alone!

I hate word cancer, I hate reading symptoms of cancers....I`ve had them all, being afraid every cancer there is. Being tested from head to toe because of this. Now I`m afraid of having ALS, because of muscle twitching, cramping etc.

If possible, dont do that anymore! It may become really vicious cycle...I know that.