hi there. I'm back with another doodle depicting mental illness. because you know what they say. they say to write what you know and baby don't I know it 😎

here's an inconclusive list of things I've done as a result of severe health anxiety:

• spent a few days in crisis mode and researching how to write a will because I had the sincere and unwavering belief that I had unknowingly contracted rabies despite having had zero contact with an infected animal
• went to see a specialist because my hands wrinkled when they got wet and I was convinced I had aquagenic keratoderma
• saw a doctor because I had a bruise on my calf which I was convinced was caused by a blood clot and I was worried I was going to have a pulmonary embolism (this was a repeated issue for nearly a year)
• took aspirin because I thought I was having a heart attack (it was an anxiety attack) (this one happened multiple times)
• got opinions from multiple people and two different doctors because I was convinced I had deep vein thrombosis and nobody was taking me seriously
• asked a doctor to order a stress test for me because I thought I was having heart problems (it was anxiety) (the doctor did order the stress test) (which got denied by the insurance company lol)
• thought I had cancer despite having no symptoms (multiple times)
• spent a month barely able to sleep because I thought I was going to spontaneously develop cystic fibrosis

hypochondria is no joke! this is actually something I still struggle with, but I have a well-informed doctor now, and my anxiety medication has made it way more manageable, thankfully

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This is a re-upload.