News of Somatoform Disorders

Hi Everyone,

I am currently reading a great book called "It's Not all in your head" and it really gives tools for helping with this horrible affliction. It is based on cognitive-emotive therapy. It teaches us how to think, so we don't get into the vicious cycle that we do. So far, I'm really liking it. I hope it helps. I feel like I want to take action on this any way that I can, ...

Mine started when I was in my early 30's, right after I had my children. Whenever I got any type of symptom, I immediately thought it was something bad, like CANCER. After my mom died of lung cancer when I was in my mid-thirties, that didn't help things. I go through periods when I pretty good, but then I always fall back and start up all over again. In my mind, I have convinced myself ...

ive been banging 2g's of methamphetamine a day for 3 weeks now to help with my paranoia, i think its getting better although i havent slept since i started... anyone else tried this method?

there are so many people reaching out for help but barely anyone gets written back to. certain messages have been read over 100 times, and not even commented... it's lame[/size

i've been a hypochondriac since i could remember. when i was just 10 a neighbor of mine had a heart attack and i was so scared that i was going to have one as well. i would obsess about it, monitoring my breathing all the time, swearing that i was out of breath. Imagining a pain shooting through my arm. I also self diagnosed myself with all kinds of cancers. This problem has only gotten ...

Hi all,
i'm a 23 yeard old french girl, and i suffer from BDD.
At the end of 2004 i gained some weight, and i spent the whole year of 2005 dieting and exercising, which nearly led me to anorexia. Now i reached back my normal weight but i developped an obsession with my belly. i check it in the mirror at least 15 times per day, i think everyone at work is having fun ...

So, I know consider myself a proper Nut! I mean, what the hell? Why do I do this to myself? I know there is nothing wrong with me, I know that I am manifesting symptoms psychologically with no physical basis, yet I still feel pain, but as soon as I forget about it, voila all back to normal, until once again I start thinking about it..

It seems really stupid to me, and I know ...

For me it seems that way i had four doctors,a nuerologist, an mri and a cat scan say i am just getting tension headaches and i can't stop thinking i am gonna have an aneurysm.........plus i worry about having schitzophrenia even though i don't meet the criteria I DON'T ACTUALLY HALLUCINATE.........so yeah hypochondria sucks badly.

Hello, man I am so stressed..I have so much to say

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about how horrible I feel..but I feel like a crybaby because I'm always complaining..well first of all I'm 22 and for the past 5 years lived with my boyfriend that has Tourette Syndrome..it's hard because I have had bdd since I was a teen and bad ocd which makes us both unable to work..Lately, I just feel disgusting. I have always worried about ...

Ive had hypochondriasis for 3 years, ive been through more with this then any other person ive ever talked to. even doctors say im probably one of the worst people out this with hypochondria, it helps soooo much to "ALWAYS" be able to call or talk to someone just like us when u need to. trust me, we should all talk on line or on the phone or sumthin to keep in touch and talk ...