OCD?

[Xocnagem]

Me and my fiance have been going to counseling for a few months now. The last couple sessions have been focused on my anxiety. The counselor seems to think that i have OCD and that's what causing my HA? We didn't really get to go into that much this session. But, i was wondering if anyone else here has OCD, and links it with their HA?

[Pillow_Pants]

what is HA

[annoyingwife21]

Hi, I just recently was diagnosed with HA and now that I look back I was OCD first. I still have OCD about stupid things and know that it does tie in with my HA. If something is out of the ordinary with my day I do tend to have more HA that day.

[bertybotts]

Hypochondria falls into the OCD spectrum of disorders. Yes, I have very strong OCD tendencies in regards to my health anxiety.

[mollyfin]

Health anxiety can definitely be a form of obsessive thinking/OCD.  I think it's the case for me though no doctor has confirmed it.

[Xocnagem]

Yeah! She said something about how when I'm anxious and have no idea why, I link it to any kind of pain/discomfort going on in my body. Which leads to researching it, which causes me to obsessively look into what it might possibly be? It's SO weird. I can't wait for next weeks session that way i can understand it a little more!

[JunoX]

HA certainly falls into the OCD category. We are obsessive with our thought sand we perform compulsive actions to try to regain control and ease our anxiety, such as Googling, visiting doctors and having tests done. None of our compulsive actions ease the anxiety because the obsession is still there. Our compulsive actions are only band aid remedies that have to be constantly performed to no avail. We have hope that this next test or this next doctor visit will put an end to our suffering but they never do. Its like chasing the dragon, you never catch it. You have to target the obsession, not its symptom.

I have OCD in other areas as well, besides health.