Originally Posted by hermione
Recently, I had posted a "problem" regarding my fear of my husbands unknown death. He has not died, but I was afraid of that since I had recently quit my job and we had no life insurance. Well, since then I went to Florida to help take care of my mom whom has lung cancer. I was okay the first week I was there but like a ton of bricks the fear that it could be me overwhelmed me. I have been talking to someone (a counselor) that told me that negative thoughts and worry are just like praying for that bad thought to happen. I cannot seem to shake this though. I am ALWAYS thinking about this to the point that it has sort of crippled me in doing everyday things. I have had a check up and I am fine, but still this is haunting me. I cannot see the point in having a good time because what is it going to matter if I get cancer or die at a young age? I have been trying to repeat "I am healthy and I will live a long healthy life" over and over in my head and that helps some, but does anyone have any advice? I feel so alone. I look at other people and think "well they do nto have to worry about cancer". Someone please help.