
23 M here. Hi guys so I have been having reflux symptoms for past 2 months and finally got an endoscopy last week which showed I have antral gastritis and small hiatal hernia. Now I had health anxiety before this also maybe for last 1 year so I thought maybe I had this because of anxiety and stress. But as soon as I saw hiatal hernia in my report my anxiety went through the roof and I started getting depressed. As I have been reading through google and Reddit I started thinking that this is not curable and I would have to live with this forever or have a surgery at this age although 2 of the gastroenterologist have said to me that it will go away within few months.

I am just not able to believe them due to too much researching online, I am repeating same things again and again to my parents, not able to concentrate on my job, I don’t feel like going out since what’s the point I cannot eat anything or enjoy anything cause my mind is always focused on my symptoms.

So today my mother for the sake of me called the doctors again and told them what I was feeling, both of these doctors said the same thing that this is a psychiatric case and I should see a therapist. This made my mother too much scared and she cried cause she thinks I will mess up my body much more than it is now due to this anxiety.

I am now feeling as a huge burden for my family and because of me whole environment of the family has become depressed. I never thought within 1 year health anxiety can have this much effect on me. But today hearing those doctors answers I have believed this anxiety can really mess up your body in ways I never knew.