Hypochondria? paranoia? OCD..

I scare myself a lot.

I always think I'm dying from something, ever since I was like 12.

I've been paranoid that I have had each of the following at some point:

a brain tumor, heart failure, aneurysm, intestinal blockage, ectopic pregnancy, urinary tract infection, kidney stones, ulcers, skin cancer... But I'm still fine.

It even goes into mental health conditions.

I think I have OCD, anxiety, bipolar... I always thought it was OCD because I'll have thoughts about diseases that won't go away and I will obsess and obsess about them. I can't block it out.

I'll learn about a disease, and then a day or two later I will start having symptoms. I try to convince myself that I'm fine, but it doesn't work and I'll get depressed and scared and cry a lot.

Also my mom would make fun of me when this happened and tell me to take placebos to make it go away. =(

Is this normal to be this worried about my health all the time? I am 18 so this has been happening for about 6 years.

It's called Intern's disease. Some MD interns develop symptoms of whatever disease, condition they are currently studying.

If you can't get a handle on it yourself, talk with your MD.

omg everything is okay!

just calm yourself.

it's all mind over matter.