Hello everyone,
First of I want to start of with the fact that around 1.5 years ago I’ve been diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder. Since then I’ve went to a psychiatrist which helped me a lot. Though one thing remains, which is my health anxiety. There have been times I thought I had a brain tumor, HIV stomach cancer etc. But every time I was perfectly healthy. Right now I’m worried sick that I have TC, after I saw a add on facebook about TC awareness my health anxiety kicked in and ever since I’ve become super aware of my testicles. How they feel, are they getting bigger, do they feel heavy etc. I had some discomfort near my groin which made me even panic more. I went to the doctor, without mentioning my fear of TC, and he did some tests and said I probably overloaded a muscle.
Weeks went by and my fear remained, I was constantly checking my testicles to the point they were pretty sore, even though I would never find something. This scared me even more since pain in the testicles is a symptom according to google… A couple of times I thought I had found a lump but then I discovered about the epididymis. This was a relief at first but then it made me insecure about my own judgement. What if I’m wrong and I mistakenly assume it’s the epididymis?
It was very hard to focus on my Uni courses so eventually I went to my doctor. I told him everything about my health anxiety and how I was extremely worried we talked a bit about it and he checked my testicles. He said he couldn’t find anything after checking.
At first this was a huge relief, but after a while the doubting sneaked back in to my life. It made me super aware of my testicles again and every little discomfort made me worry again. For example, sometimes it feels like my left testicle feels a bit weird when I’m wearing kind of tight underwear and jeans. Mostly because my underwear tends to creep up on my left side, but still it worries me. Are there any people who relate to this? I feel so bad about it since it really keeps me down for no reason at all. Sometimes when I don’t think about it everything is fine but then that stupid doubt comes in my head again. The only fact that made me worry so much is that add I saw on facebook, prior to that I had no reason to fear about TC. And still I have no real symptoms, besides the slight discomfort I feel with my underwear. I’m perfectly healthy and have an active life.
Thanks for reading this.
Kind regards,
Daniël, 22 years old
First of I want to start of with the fact that around 1.5 years ago I’ve been diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder. Since then I’ve went to a psychiatrist which helped me a lot. Though one thing remains, which is my health anxiety. There have been times I thought I had a brain tumor, HIV stomach cancer etc. But every time I was perfectly healthy. Right now I’m worried sick that I have TC, after I saw a add on facebook about TC awareness my health anxiety kicked in and ever since I’ve become super aware of my testicles. How they feel, are they getting bigger, do they feel heavy etc. I had some discomfort near my groin which made me even panic more. I went to the doctor, without mentioning my fear of TC, and he did some tests and said I probably overloaded a muscle.
Weeks went by and my fear remained, I was constantly checking my testicles to the point they were pretty sore, even though I would never find something. This scared me even more since pain in the testicles is a symptom according to google… A couple of times I thought I had found a lump but then I discovered about the epididymis. This was a relief at first but then it made me insecure about my own judgement. What if I’m wrong and I mistakenly assume it’s the epididymis?
It was very hard to focus on my Uni courses so eventually I went to my doctor. I told him everything about my health anxiety and how I was extremely worried we talked a bit about it and he checked my testicles. He said he couldn’t find anything after checking.
At first this was a huge relief, but after a while the doubting sneaked back in to my life. It made me super aware of my testicles again and every little discomfort made me worry again. For example, sometimes it feels like my left testicle feels a bit weird when I’m wearing kind of tight underwear and jeans. Mostly because my underwear tends to creep up on my left side, but still it worries me. Are there any people who relate to this? I feel so bad about it since it really keeps me down for no reason at all. Sometimes when I don’t think about it everything is fine but then that stupid doubt comes in my head again. The only fact that made me worry so much is that add I saw on facebook, prior to that I had no reason to fear about TC. And still I have no real symptoms, besides the slight discomfort I feel with my underwear. I’m perfectly healthy and have an active life.
Thanks for reading this.
Kind regards,
Daniël, 22 years old
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