It's All In Your Head

I was chatting with a friend last week and we are planning to go to the beach next week. But he refused and said that he is sick and he also said that  he is worried that he might get terminated from his job because of  his absences. My friend is working in a call center.

After talking to him, I realized something…..

When I was working in a call center before.

I always felt sick, Maybe because of the lack of sleep. And it's really hard because the agent's shift changes most of the time.

There are times that I can't sleep at all and I had suffered insomia for 5 years. The good thing is that I have a health card which is provided by the company. At yung consulta sa mga doctor eh libre.

Ang health card ko naman eh sobrang  laspag na  at kilalang kilala na ako sa clinic namin.

My mom has a friend who is a psychiatrist and she told my mom that, I might be suffering from Hypochondria

Hypochondria definition:

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Hypochondria, also called hypochondriasis, is a type of somatoform disorder, a mental illness in which a person has symptoms of a medical illness, but the symptoms cannot be fully explained by an actual physical disorder.

People with hypochondria are very worried about getting a disease or are certain they have a disease, even after medical tests show they do not. Further, these people often misinterpret minor health problems or normal body functions as symptoms of a serious disease. An example is a person who is sure that her headaches are caused by a brain tumor. The symptoms associated with hypochondria are not under the person's voluntary control, and can cause great distress and/or can interfere with a person's normal functioning.

Warning signs that a person might have hypochondria include:

    -The person has a history of going to many doctors. He or she may even "shop around" for a doctor who will agree that he or she has a serious illness.
    -The person recently experienced a loss or stressful event.
    -The person is overly concerned about a specific organ or body system, such as the heart or the digestive system.
    -The person's symptoms or area of concern might shift or change.
    -A doctor's reassurance does not calm the person's fears; they believe the doctor is wrong or made a mistake.    

     -The person's concern about illness interferes with his or her work, family, and social life.
    -The person may suffer from anxiety, nervousness, and/or depression.
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I guess my mom's friend was right. I am really  suffering from  Hypochondria. So I decided to quit my job and look for another job. The reason of me, always getting sick is because I was very unhappy and stressed out at siempre gusto ko lagi magabsent,  kasi ayoko pumasok sa work. At noong time na yun akala ko may sakit ako sa puso pero sa mga tests naman ay wala.


And right now, I don't work in a call center anymore. And I don't feel sick anymore

Our mind is a  powerful tool. Our mind can make  us feel sick, our mind can make  us  feel relaxed, our  mind can even make us feel like you have a hard time breathing if you think about it a lot.

Seriously, it can. If you sit back and think about having a hard time breathing, I guarantee you'll start noticing your breaths even more.

Try it. It's the best example I can give of the power of the mind.

We are the one's whose  making  ourself feel that way. We are the one  who are making ourselves sick

I took this test 

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/hypochondria_test.html 

And I passed!! I am not suffering from hypochondria anymore :)