November 6, 2014
Blurb
From as early as I can remember, I was told by my parents that I was born sick. “There are no photos of you because you were always crying,” they always say. I feel things “deeply,” my mother reminds me every time I get sick, because my first feelings on this planet were feelings of pain—acid reflux and GERD was all it was, but it caused me to cry constantly and vomit regularly until I was able to stand up and walk. That, I’ve been told by therapists, is probably why I’m so afraid of being ill.
“In your case, you had a really complicated history,” Dr. James Hambrick, a clinician at Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders, told me over the phone. “It’s understandable that you’d be sensitized to what was going on with you. It cuts across a number of anxiety problems: panic, generalized anxiety disorder, a specific phobia of getting an illness or vomiting.” Check. Check. Check.
Read more: http://www.elle.com/news/culture/a-hypochondriacs-guide-to-dealing-with-...
“In your case, you had a really complicated history,” Dr. James Hambrick, a clinician at Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders, told me over the phone. “It’s understandable that you’d be sensitized to what was going on with you. It cuts across a number of anxiety problems: panic, generalized anxiety disorder, a specific phobia of getting an illness or vomiting.” Check. Check. Check.
Read more: http://www.elle.com/news/culture/a-hypochondriacs-guide-to-dealing-with-...