I need some help and reassurance :( I struggle with catastrophic thinking and hypochondria. In the last month I've developed a strong fear of rabies. There were multiple low-risk (or no risk at all) situations which I feared would get me rabies. I will describe the last one... I was walking through town with my bf and noticed pain in one spot in my lower leg. I looked around and didn't see any animal. I lift my jeans and saw I have a scratch. This was 2 weeks ago, and I am still obsessing over how this scratch will give me rabies. It would have to come from an animal in order to that; how possible is it that an animal would sneak up on me while I was walking, scratch me, and for me not to notice it?! I keep telling myself it's not even possible, I would feel the animal's paw on my leg, turn around and see an actual animal. Also, rabies is extremely rare where I am. The most likely explanation is that I randomly scratched my leg, maybe in the bus right before that walk. But my mind keeps jumping to the absolute worst scenario. I am also thinking about the law of attraction, how I might have made the almost impossible to actually do happen-just by thinking about getting rabies. I can't seem to get this idea out of my head. I can't seem to regain my sense of safety. And I doubt anyone would give me a rabies shot for a random scratch.

Posted by mahira at 2020-07-13 12:27:25 UTC