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writes:Hey everybody.This isnt a relationship question, but i do need some advice. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Im a 17 year old female, and i think im a hypercondriac. Not too the extreme though.Im forever worrying that im going to get cancer. Skin cancer mostly. Yet you could say im not the person most at risk. (but the fact that everybody at risk is what scares me) I have got very dark skin, everyone says i should be foreign. I dont have a mole on my body, and im forever checking that. I live in britain, so im forever covered up anyway apart from the four weeks a year that i go on holiday too a partically hot place. Too which i wear suncream. Only one person has had cancer in my family, and that was lung cancer and he was a very heavy smoker. I dont smoke, and i dont live with any smokers. Yet this gives me no peace at mind what so ever.My second worry is getting cervical cancer or something like that, too the point which i would have a smear test twice a year maybe more due to that fact. Not every 3-5 years.Ive recently found a lump in my neck, i led in bed that night and didnt sleep untill about 2-3 in the morning, i kept looking on the internet for what it could be. Then eventually i did sleep, when i woke up i would feel the lump to see if it had gone away yet. Turns out it had been a swollen lymph node. But my first thought is that this is cancer and im going to die.Im not at the doctors constantly, the only time i go is to collect my pill. But i have all these body worrys. Sometimea i wish i could just go and get completley checked out for any health problems just so i could relax.Do you think i need help? Or do you think im just a worried person.Thankyou. xx
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reader, bitterblue  +, writes (3 August 2009):
 Well, it is good to be on the safe side but if you worry so much about being seriously ill then you obviously have a problem and there's probably little else that you notice of all that goes around you, being obsessed with your health. At this age you should be more focused on boys and having fun then worry about viruses and all kinds of risks.I also think you should seek professional help before you decide to lock yourself in the house for fear of contracting any disease. I'm not sure having a clear bill would help much, if you still worry after the results are read to you about any new threats? These thoughts are not good for your mental health and you ought to do something about it, you are probably also shutting yourself from other people and that can cost you too much, so do seek a therapist, he'll help you relax with special tecniques, maybe put you on antidepressants too. With a bit of help you will be able to enjoy life MUCH more than you are doing currently, all the best, dear. This might help, an official site for hypochondriacs: http://www.thehypochondriac.com/
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 August 2009): I think u should get help maybe counseling cause this could get to affect you when you grow older.Good luck and Stop worrying there's nothing in this world that could hurt you more than you could hurt yourself thinking like that.
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