Melanoma health anxiety

[AmberSmile]

I suffer from health anxiety. I have for years. My new obsession is about melanoma. I have picked at freckles and moles and am afraid that I may have picked something bad off and I'm never going to know. I'm afraid it's going to grow under my skin so I can't tell. I haven't picked in a long time but I'm obsessed with checking the scars. Anyone else that went through something similar??

[pandabear1]

I am experiencing the same exact thing.  Freaking out that I picked off a melanoma last year..(looked like a pimple)  There is a scar in its place, but Im worried that the melanoma is under the surface and I dont know.  Did your dermatologist say that a melanoma would grow back if it were picked off?

Cheers

[AmberSmile]

I too go to therapy and have great friends and family who help. But I'm such a catastrophic thinker.

[AmberSmile]

It's so annoying. I know a lot of it is me putting things in my head but then I let the anxiety take over. I've been to the dermatologist numerous times. I have no risk factors and like twenty moles/freckles. But I'm convinced that I'm missing something. Its comforting knowing I'm not alone.

[jojokdz]

I suffer from severe anxiety.. Yes I do worry about my skin and every little thing that shows up.. I run to the dermatologist.. Then I will focus on something else and run to the Dr.  but I know its a obsession with my health that brings on most physical pains & aches but I can stop!!!  So yes I do obsess about every little bump that shows up.  I am seeing a therapist and working on these obsessions with my body and thinking the worse..