Posted by pegasus on March 13, 2006, at 22:22:45
In reply to phobia about illness, posted by orchid on March 13, 2006, at 17:28:13
Well, I don't know about illness phobias, but I've had other obsessive fears. I find that it's always when there's something else going on in my life that is hard to deal with, and over which I have no control. So I seem to misplace my anxiety onto something that I can do something about. I suppose a therapist would try to help you find the real reason for the anxiety. But then I don't know what you do. I guess you have to face that? But the reason I misplace my fear is that the real reason is usually something I can't do anything about, so it makes me even more anxious.
Sorry I can only talk about the half I know.
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