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I am 12 years old. Over the summer I was a health obsessed freak and any throat ace would suddenly become a life threatening thing. I would actually search the computer for my symptoms. I guess you could say I was a hyrochondriac. Anyways on day I took this Yahoo!Health depression test for fun. Two days later when my throat was acting up again I got this one thought saying, "this is too much". Ifreaked out and litterally could feel my mind transitioning from health freak to mental health freak. I thought that I was depressed. So everything that happened when I was pysical health crazy is happening now. Except now it feels like one part of my mind thinks I'm going to suicide, and I know that I'm not but it's driving me crazy. It's like part of my mind is so preoccupied with it. I can't seem to completely move on from it. Sometimes I can snap out, but then once I start thinking about it I snap back in. It's really driving me crazy how much part of my mind seems to hate me.

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In psychology there is such a thing as the cycle of expectations: what you expect to happen is more likely to occur. You may want to talk to a counselor or doctor about obsessive compuslive disorder. There are medications out that will help you to relax and get your mind out of its one-trackness. There are also counselors that can help bring you back to reality. You are going through a tough time in life, and it will help you that you are already so self aware. Many people tend to be their own worst enemies -- take your life back and go see a doctor before this thought pattern spreads to other areas of your life (i.e. school, family, friends).

you really are a hypochondriac. you should try doing something to occupy your mind - like start playing an instrument. oh and maybe talk to your doctor

You should talk to your parents, or somebody at your school, or church. Keep a diary so that you can tell them details of what's going on, and maybe you can find out if something is triggering you to obsess on stuff.
Good luck, and I hope everything works out for you!

talk to your doctor to see if referral to psychiatrist is needed. good luck.

Hi Phoebe. If you feel that you have an illness the best thing you could do is go to a doctor to be diagnosed.

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