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There are some things related to my health that are out of my control, but whenever I hear about their negative effects it triggers me so bad.
Negative thoughts produce negative effects. Even the Law of Attraction people talk about how we have to be positive to be healthy. I had to deal with this when recently had some serious health problem. I started to print out and frame scriptures and I covered a wall in my hall with them. That really helps me a lot with having positive thoughts. Also I work with color and light and that helps also.
 
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There are some things related to my health that are out of my control, but whenever I hear about their negative effects it triggers me so bad.

I couldn't be nursed when I was a baby because my mom had to take medication for serious health problems. I'm allergic to tree nuts and can't eat them. I have generalized anxiety disorder...among a few other things I don't hear about as often.

Whenever I read or hear anything about how babies should be nursed and it's the best choice, or how tree nuts are so healthy, or how stress is so bad for you, it triggers me so bad I get depressed and sometimes start crying. I get so terrified that my health will be worse and I'll die young because of these things. I start thinking that maybe I would be in better shape now if things had happened differently, and I really wish they had happened differently.
I too suffer from health anxiety.

Have a look at this: it helped me.

 
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There are some things related to my health that are out of my control, but whenever I hear about their negative effects it triggers me so bad.

I couldn't be nursed when I was a baby because my mom had to take medication for serious health problems. I'm allergic to tree nuts and can't eat them. I have generalized anxiety disorder...among a few other things I don't hear about as often.

Whenever I read or hear anything about how babies should be nursed and it's the best choice, or how tree nuts are so healthy, or how stress is so bad for you, it triggers me so bad I get depressed and sometimes start crying. I get so terrified that my health will be worse and I'll die young because of these things. I start thinking that maybe I would be in better shape now if things had happened differently, and I really wish they had happened differently.
What happened in the past was predestined to happen for some greater reasons. Feeling depressed because of that (or similarly about future) may be seen as a lack of faith in the providence of God. Let us play with the cards we have been given, because those are the best cards for us.

You can be 100% healthy without ever eating nuts. Chemicals in nuts can actually make your anxiety worse. My anxiety went away when I stopped drinking tea, cocoa, eating grains, peanut butter and similar plants.
 
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