I am a 60 yr old female that has been struggling with a few phobias most of my life.
I am afraid of flying so when my husband and I travel anywhere it's always by car (of course that leaves Europe out of the picture). I'm afraid of heights and spiders also.
The hardest fear of mine to deal with is health anxiety. Oddly enough the dentist doesn't bother me. Right now I'm having a terrible time getting myself to my internist to have a physical. My worry is the blood test that they want me to take before I see the doctor. It's not the actual getting the test, it's the results I will hear in the office visit. I am so afraid I'm going to be given some bad news of something fatal that I've been putting this appt off way too long now.
What can I do to get over this? I'm also always thinking about how much time I have left on this earth which is so scary to me.
I am afraid of flying so when my husband and I travel anywhere it's always by car (of course that leaves Europe out of the picture). I'm afraid of heights and spiders also.
The hardest fear of mine to deal with is health anxiety. Oddly enough the dentist doesn't bother me. Right now I'm having a terrible time getting myself to my internist to have a physical. My worry is the blood test that they want me to take before I see the doctor. It's not the actual getting the test, it's the results I will hear in the office visit. I am so afraid I'm going to be given some bad news of something fatal that I've been putting this appt off way too long now.
What can I do to get over this? I'm also always thinking about how much time I have left on this earth which is so scary to me.