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What Causes Pain In Ribs And Lower Back With Anxiety Attacks?

hi i have terrible health anxiety and undrgoing therapy for that but my problem is i think i have bowel cancer, i have pain under my ribs, on the sides and my lower middle back, also today i found browny discharge when passing a stool, i also thought i saw blood but i checked and think it was pieces of food as they seemed hard, iam that bad i got my mum to check for me, she says she gets that but i think shes saying it to make me feel better but she says shes not, ive been to 2 different doctors twice they felt and listened to my stomach and everything was normal , my temperature was fine, i havnt lost weight but i have a feeling i have cancer and everytime i think about it i can have panic attacks everyone tells me i dont have cancer but it wont sink in, cancer is my biggest fear im scared of dying, im 19 and cancer doesnt run in my family, please help, thanks, im female, my stool can be very dark brown/reddy orangy colour
Fri, 14 Nov 2014
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Welcome to HCM
We understand your concerns

I went through your details. I suggest you not to worry much. I being a psychologist, can suggest that such pains for health anxiety disorder cases are normal and so many people do have.

This is due to so many factors. one common factor is obsession. You had that disturbing sensation once. You expected it to happen again and tried. Then you started experiencing it as you were expecting it. Then your body brought the familiar symptom because you are expecting it. Then you started worrying that the symptom is coming again and again and expect it. Body brings it again as you are expecting it. You become worried and so on. That is obsession in simple terms. Ignore it and the problem vanishes.

Psychotherapy techniques should suit your requirement. If you require more of my help in this aspect, Please post a direct question to me in this URL. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Make sure that you include every minute details possible. I shall prescribe the needed psychotherapy techniques.

Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.
Good luck.
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What Causes Pain In Ribs And Lower Back With Anxiety Attacks?

Dear Welcome to HCM We understand your concerns I went through your details. I suggest you not to worry much. I being a psychologist, can suggest that such pains for health anxiety disorder cases are normal and so many people do have. This is due to so many factors. one common factor is obsession. You had that disturbing sensation once. You expected it to happen again and tried. Then you started experiencing it as you were expecting it. Then your body brought the familiar symptom because you are expecting it. Then you started worrying that the symptom is coming again and again and expect it. Body brings it again as you are expecting it. You become worried and so on. That is obsession in simple terms. Ignore it and the problem vanishes. Psychotherapy techniques should suit your requirement. If you require more of my help in this aspect, Please post a direct question to me in this URL. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Make sure that you include every minute details possible. I shall prescribe the needed psychotherapy techniques. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.