Trigger warning: medical anxiety
For the past year I've been suffering from panic attacks and pretty severe anxiety, almost always triggered by some sort of weird feeling or pain. It's gotten to the point where I can't really look up any symptoms without freaking out, or thinking I might have something when it's just anxiety/panic. A few weeks ago I had a numbness all along my right side of my body and thought I might have a stroke until my husband told me that it's the left side of my body that would be affected. Well, I think my brain was like "Oh? I got the wrong side? Alright, let's do the other one to mess with you!" and now my left side is feeling numb. My anxiety often manifests as numbness across my body, cold, tingles, etc, so logically I know it's most likely my anxiety but it is still freaking me out. Does anyone else have this problem of their body/mind looking at a list of symptoms and then emulating them?