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Autism and health anxiety as I get older

Lonehare12

I’m autistic and finding that health anxiety is getting harder as I get older.

I’m very aware of my body, and things like new sensations, appointments, and waiting for results can feel overwhelming. At times this feeds into a sense of hopelessness.

I’d really appreciate hearing from others who relate or have found ways of coping.

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  • My health anxiety had lessened until a few years ago. Now it has returned with a vengeance.

    I’ve been seriously ill in the past but the NHS was fantastic at that time. My anxiety now is more to do with not being able to contact my GP if the occasion arises as it’s becoming nearly impossible here; in fact there was a BBC news item a few days ago saying just this thing. I’m concerned that the emergency services will be unable to respond in a timely fashion if I’m in need and I’m worried that I will be left in a hospital corridor for days while the public walk past my trolley and stare at me lying on a urine soaked mattress or worse, because that’s what is happening in N. Ireland.

    I’m anxious about getting ill but I’m trying to tell myself that I’m doing what I can and to leave what I can’t change. In my part of the woods the politicians from different parties must work together to implement policies but they spend much of there time explaining why the other parties’ proposals are ‘wrong’ so a proposal that’s beneficial can’t always be pushed through.

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  • My health anxiety had lessened until a few years ago. Now it has returned with a vengeance.

    I’ve been seriously ill in the past but the NHS was fantastic at that time. My anxiety now is more to do with not being able to contact my GP if the occasion arises as it’s becoming nearly impossible here; in fact there was a BBC news item a few days ago saying just this thing. I’m concerned that the emergency services will be unable to respond in a timely fashion if I’m in need and I’m worried that I will be left in a hospital corridor for days while the public walk past my trolley and stare at me lying on a urine soaked mattress or worse, because that’s what is happening in N. Ireland.

    I’m anxious about getting ill but I’m trying to tell myself that I’m doing what I can and to leave what I can’t change. In my part of the woods the politicians from different parties must work together to implement policies but they spend much of there time explaining why the other parties’ proposals are ‘wrong’ so a proposal that’s beneficial can’t always be pushed through.

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