Health Anxiety | Everything you Need To Know About Health Anxiety And How To Beat It

[@TxTim86]

It's been years I've been dealing with this. I saw Tim's Ted talk today and wow did something click. Haven't been so excited to try some new techniques in so long.

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Hi Tim. Really pleased something has clicked. Glad this one was of value. :)

[@shp2645]

Such a helpful video I'm terrible for getting like an ache or a pain somewhere and immediately feeling the worst. ( I'm not sure if that's due to close family bereavements or 20 years in the nursing profession) I shall keep watching this video to remind myself to relax a bit and stay calm I'm always worried the aches or pains will somehow involve me having a heart attack it is very unsettling and increasing my anxiety level too far. Thankyou for your video

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

From what you’ve said it’s easy to understand why your mind has a slightly negatively biased perspective when it comes to the potential for illness and health issues. It’s very common for those that have spent extended periods of time around illness or death to have greater health anxieties. As you point out it can help to recognise this and remind ourself that the way we currently see things is very probably misrepresentative and there is in fact no cause for alarm.

[@shp2645]

@@TimBoxMindCoach Thankyou for your reply. I wondered Tim I know you do one to one sessions and teach your mind coach system but do you ever do any sort motivational type days or inspirational sessions a bit like your Ted talk or like the speakers Mel Robbins and Jordan Peterson do? As I feel like very inspired and motivated by what you say and almost like it's helping me directly. And I think people get a lot from being in the same situation together not feeling alone being part of a helpful community such as is the experience that you sometimes get on seminar days. Hope that all makes sense! Just a query thanks 👍

[@Cj-4885]

Hey tim, Im from india. I have this ibs issue since covid. Whatever i eat it doesn't digest and i get a lot of gas and burps. Did endoscopic and ultrasound but it showed normal gastritis. Doc said its normal. But since 4 years its not going. Recently I've lost around 30 pounds due to side effects of medicines. How should i tackle this? Im concerned for my health.

[@GeoffStrehlMusic]

This needs more views. Very powerful. Thanks!

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Thank you. Glad this was of value.

[@harishkumar5506]

so Helpful...You are an inspiration sir

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Thank you Harish. Glad this helped.

[@tomlehmann306]

I’ve been dealing with the hell that is health anxiety the past month. I’ve had two clean ekgs, normal blood pressure and normal cholesterol. Still doesn’t stop me from knowing I’m going to have a heart attack. Honestly I think I could be ok if I didn’t have physical symptoms just appearing out of nowhere, like I’ll be sitting there and my chest will hurt for a few seconds, or I get a stomachache and it just sends me spiraling. Today my body is just worn down and of course part of me thinks it’s because I’m going to have a heart attack

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Tom, I know how debilitating these thoughts can be. There's nothing wrong with getting checked out when we have health concerns. The important thing to do then is to accept the results and use that information to calm those concerns. The physical symptoms you describe in the comment are as I'm sure you know normal everyday things that every human being gets from day to day. It's only your heightened concern about them that then amplifies them as you trigger the fight or flight response. It's ironic the way we fear physical symptoms to the point where we are anxious about our health and it's then the body's natural response to that anxiety that causes the physical symptoms. Also, you mention 'knowing' you are going to have a heart attack. It would be worth reminding yourself that you don't 'know' you're going to have a heart attach, you 'fear' you will have one. Fear ALWAYS distorts our perspective. It's this distorted perspective that causes us to believe things that aren't true and fly in the face of all the evidence.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

That’s me for almost a decade. The chest flutters or whatever sensations I may have there still scare me. Can’t get used to them no matter what I do.

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

We struggle to ignore those feelings because for so long they have felt like a threat. Ultimately learning and accepting that they are not a threat is what stops us paying attention to them. Those moment to moment fluctuations are our body doing its job managing the input and output of energy. However, I tend to think that noticing them is ok. Some people do and some people don't. If we're one of those that do and we're waiting until we don't before we can conclude that we're ok then we just set ourself up to feel anxious. Instead of trying to ignore them perhaps just allow them to be. Really hope the videos are helping reframe these concerns for you.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

@@TimBoxMindCoach Yes, great videos. It takes discipline to get free from the anxiety vice. Practice! Practice! Practice! Thanks Tim.

[@katherine_art05]

Thank you! I appreciate this video! ❤

[@shantellyvette]

Thank you so much for this video

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

You're welcome Shantell.

[@waddyjimenez3594]

Very helpful video .thanks Tim 👌

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

You're very welcome. Glad it was helpful. :)

[@bradleylummus5931]

I have thought I have cancer three times in the past year lol. I just read about how Bob Marley died (rare skin cancer) & the person they interviewed in the article said “just be on the lookout for spots or freckles appearing on the palms of your hands, it is a very rare place to get them” and I already had a spot when I read it and developed a new spot about two weeks after😅 very scary

[@Indianboy-g7m]

When you read about symptoms of certain disease that symptoms will appear out of nowhere that scares more and more u scare about that it will also create exactly same symptoms of that disease

[@illathansa5730]

Great message

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Thank you. 😊

[@paromitabose2376]

Hello sir, I'm 30 and I'm suffering from hypertension for the last few years. I suffer from anxiety. I'm always anxious about my readings and my anxiety contributes to a reading that's high. I want to stop worrying about my condition and do whats needed to be done. But anxiety makes it very difficult for me to stay positive

[@lou1927]

One of the ways that I have found to lower the anxiety about the reading is to take the blood pressure every day in the morning.Only take it one time because if you are nervous repeated readings might make it go higher.If your heart rate increases after you take the test it's a good indication anxiety might be affecting the reading.

[@lozb1631]

True words

[@claytonnorris8370]

....This helps me so much

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Glad this helps, Clayton.

[@wardkdouglas]

For the past few months I've been having daily panic attacks and just anxiety in general because for some reason I can't get my mind off of the idea that I could have a heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, anurysm at any time. I'm only 29. And im terrified.

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

So sorry to hear this. Take a look at my video on Panic attacks as I talk about the idea of panic feeling like a heart attack or stroke etc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKLWY4R5rrR8kLs Hope this helps.

[@srikanthbhukya255]

Sir, I feel something stuck in throat it creates more anxiety whenver i feel. how can i get out of this?

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Hi! This is commonly referred to as Globus Hystericus. I talk about this here: kzbin.infoyGm34ZSsfOs Skip to 02:05. Hope this helps.

[@Kingmuree]

Am from kenya and thi is so helpful

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Hi William. Glad this was of use. :)

[@hegielaserna146]

Sir recently I am very sensitive to loud noises. Do i have anxiety disorder?

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Sensitivity to loud noises is quite common when we are feeling a little more on edge than usual. Plus some are naturally more sensitive to sound than others. We're all our own unique human being and I personally don't tend to view these things as the sign of any issue.

[@hegielaserna146]

Thank you for the comment ❤️. How can ease when I get startled with this loud noises?

[@ziaulhuda8743]

Your videos are helpful..how can we speak to you?

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Hi Ziaul. You can email me on [e-mail] and I can send you details of my 1-2-1 work.

[@kimwoodsrogers768]

Thankyou for this video, found you after your ted talk, glad I did. My main anxiety is worrying that my loved ones are guna die, especially my daughters. Its taking over my life 🙈

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Hi Kim. Glad the Ted talk resonated. Fear of losing loved ones is of course perfectly natural. The job here is to avoid allowing worries about tomorrow steal our today. 'Worry' happens when we are trying to influence the outcome of something that is unfortunately out of our control. Our mind ends up going round in circles and going over things that are unlikely to actually happen. Worry is our mind wasting its time. As a mother of course you feel a responsibility to protect your daughters. But don't confuse a sense of responsibility for a need to control. Those troubling thoughts are your subconscious trying to get you to remain vigilant and be prepared for any eventuality. It's worth reminding yourself that you can't predict what dangers or challenges life might throw their way, and you will be best equipped to deal with anything unexpected by living a positive life, avoiding running yourself into the ground with worry. Hope these thoughts help. ps: You're doing better than you currently give yourself credit. :)