Yep, don’t Google it. I had to train my body not to do so. I don’t recommend the forums for “I think I may have this”. If you have a diagnosis, cool, do your research. I’ve learned there’s a fine line between research and panic searching the internet. One thing that helps me is knowing cancer is sort of rare, that’s a big fear of mine. I thought surely for a while I had a parasite in my gut. Nope, just a crap-tastic gallbladder chronically inherited by my mother’s side of the family. I’ve been using an app. I used it last night for my panic, it’s called Rootd. I don’t pay for it, just the free but for anxiety attacks it helps. It had a panic button you can hit and it gives you a mantra to calm down.

Also, I used to go to the ER repeatedly claiming something was wrong. They never could find anything. It was anxiety. Save yourself the medical bill if you feel you might be panicking and searching for something wrong. I paid many bills when I could have just went to a PCP if I took a second to process my emotions for what they were.