Teen Ink

WanderingChild13 said...
Mar. 6 at 7:41 pm:

i'm glad you posted this because i don't think enough is said about this "condition." i've wondered about this subject for awhile and I'm glad that you shared your story

 

Holly M. said...
Mar. 6 at 12:09 pm:

I've never heard of this condition before. Sounds scary.
Some people don't like being felt sorry for, but really- you are truelly brave being able to write this online.... :)
I hope it passes quickly for you, and that you enjoy your teenaage years :)

 

#1 Believer! :) replied...
Mar. 6 at 8:17 pm :

I feel bad. I am a person who I believe anything is possible. SO I hope you understand that you luckie you don't have something she has. and it is okay to be different thats all. I feel bad for her to. I mean like seriously think if that was you. Not trying to like yell at you but I know excatly she is going threw and I understand your thinking.

 

Holly M. replied...
Mar. 7 at 5:13 am :

I know that everyone is different... I just wanted her to know that i think she is brave... If i had this "condition" i would like to hear about it from other people's point of views....
:)

 

Holly M. replied...
Mar. 7 at 5:15 am :

Hey-
I know that everyone is different, and i know that i am lucky. All i was trying to say to her is that she is very brave.
:)

 

#1 Believer! :) replied...
Mar. 7 at 7:55 am :

yeah. I agree 100% with you though about she being really brave and everything else.

 

Kielen said...
Feb. 12 at 7:06 pm:

The beginning sounds awfully familiar to Fight Club, when he says, "With insomnia, nothing is real. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy"

 

AlyssaMac said...
Feb. 12 at 1:17 pm:

This was a very beuatiful peice! I also have this condition, and I am glad that you have shed light on the real situation!
Thank you for this again!

 

hassell_girl123 said...
Jan. 21 at 10:20 pm:

I suffer from mental disorders also and it really is awesome that you can just come out and educate people about the illness and about your feelings. I am not so brave, but good job :)

 

elarebadaxe said...
Jan. 21 at 6:58 pm:

Kudos to you!

 

musiclover94 said...
Jan. 21 at 4:19 pm:

That would be awful. I know you're not looking for pity so instead, kudos to you. The first step to overcoming an illness or fear is to recognize it. I know you've heard that before but still, it's a bigger step than you know. You can discover that life is fun and that you're healthy, I know it. Just look at all the people standing behind you judging by the amount of comments here. We're all pushing for you and we know you can do it. I also think it's incredible tha... (more »)

 

BritneyG. said...
Jan. 21 at 9:28 am:

This was such a beautiful piece, I agree with Dandelion it does take courage to come out and say that!

 

Dandelion said...
Dec. 30, 2009 at 11:18 am:

It takes a lot of courage to come out and say that! Many hypochondriacs deny it.

 

I also have this problem when I feel I'm getting better something else pops up to make me worry. I worried because I had headaches and thought I had a brain tumor when I actually just needed glasses. I got scared because I thought my heart was beating to fast or slow, I was even afraid to go to sleep at night becaue I thought my heart would stopped I was constantly putting my hand on my chest to feel if my heart was beating strange,fast slow or skipping beats. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

I really know how you feel. But i dont think of it as a disorder. When you have this problem life seems so meaning, you can never look forward to anything because the fear of death starts to sink in. I also have this problem, I have had it since i was young. It seems like every passing day something is wrong with me, i can't sleep at night without worrying so much that my heart is pumping at 2000 beats per minute. Sometimes i think i have anorexia (which i don't) somtimes i feel like i... (more »)

 

Greetings,
I love that your brave enough to actually write the whole disease out.
I know it was a good story and a lot of writers related to it but there is one tiny thing I didn't enjoy.
It's just you got to make the expierence a little more realistic; I could relate to it (I don't have the disease) but just a little more realistic and it would be good.
Keep writing from your dear writer- Andrnick

 

lh1992 said...
Dec. 8, 2009 at 5:54 pm:

I really enjoyed reading this. :)

 

NothingCanProvokeFearButFearItself said...
Dec. 8, 2009 at 8:50 am:

i have the same disorder.......i know exactly how you feel......i was diagnosised with it when i was 14 and im 16 now.....im getting better.......it takes a lot of strenght and a lot of courage to beat this......doctors say i will get over it, but its gonna take a lot of will power to overcome it.........

 

JusticeJohnson said...
Nov. 16, 2009 at 1:05 pm:

this is deep stuff man. I wish you the best of luck! Please continue writing.

 

This article really must have been hard to write. I like how you had the courage to come out and speak of this. You have tough me of a new disorder.

 

tomtamtimmy said...
Oct. 25, 2009 at 3:28 am:

good on you

 

kasey.camille said...
Oct. 2, 2009 at 7:50 pm:

This article is wonderful. I love how honest you are! You can do anything, don't let anything stop you! :)

 

Paige F. said...
Oct. 2, 2009 at 4:15 pm:

Great article;
I enjoyed reading it.

 

Rebeca G. said...
Jun. 30, 2009 at 6:45 pm:

This is a great article. I too suffer from Hypochondria and it's comforting to know that i'm not the only one. I can relate to you in that I worry about everything, especially my health. It's very frustrating but as they say... mind over matter. :) Thanks!

 

a month ago i had headaches from the weather and sinus infection, and now i have a head cold... or so they say. i keep freaking out every time i head anything to do with brain cancer or mad cow disease of meningitis, even thought i am at an extremely low risk. i HATE it. deep down i know there's nothing wrong with me, and i can't see anything bad happening to me in the near future, but i still freak out. it sucks.

 

This article actually helped me ALOT because my dad and i think that my brother may have this "illness". He is always sweating over the little stuff. (No Offence)- Just like you, he thinks because he had a nose bleed, he automaticly thinks that he is bleeding to death. This article helped my understand the "illness" more. Thank you for sharing! (:

 

TiffbutterflyWing said...
May 27, 2009 at 4:26 pm:

I love this. We just learned about Mental disorders in my Psychology class today and this was one we discussed. It is a very interesting ailment and I hope you will overcome it. Thanks for sharing. It's so much more interesting hearing about it from someone first hand.

 

maza.love said...
May 10, 2009 at 7:52 pm:

I say good for you for writing about this. :) I'm assuming this is non-fiction, so I hope you stay happy and tranquil. Good luck with your writing future!

 

i think the story was really good.

 

i liked that a lot

 

I can sympathize. My dad is allergic to bee's and when I was little and had never been stung before he taught me to be really afraid of them. so now years later when i see a be I scream and run for the nearerst exit, ive actually left my class room screaming because a bee flew through the back window and was on the windows edge. By the way star trek the next generation has a charactor called barkly, he is a hypochondriac, it makes you see the humor in horrible or irritating situations, cheak it out.