Health Anxiety Missteps

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Health anxiety, formerly referred to as hypochondria is diagnosed as Illness anxiety disorder, somatic symptom disorder or sometimes panic disorder. It behaves like OCD due to the cycle caused by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors like reassurance seeking, body symptom checking, ruminating, excessive googling and avoidance and safety behaviors.
1. Reassurance Seeking
2. Not Trusting Medical Providers
3. Misinterpreting Symptoms
4. Attaching Scary Stories
5. Not Practicing Response Prevention
6. Body monitoring and checking
7. Excessive doctor visits and unnecessary testing
8. Ruminating
9. Not engaging in the rest of your life
10. Avoiding Discomfort, Unknowing and Uncertainty
Health anxiety can be relentless, and the cycle can take over your life until YOU put a stop to it.
But, you don’t have to face this struggle alone. If you need help in letting go and want to learn how to conquer health anxiety and live a life free from its grip, I have treatment resources and support groups to help you at paigepradko.com. Health anxiety is a complex condition, but it is treatable. You can live a life having peace of mind without the struggle.
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[@Samantha-ib8ph]

The scary stories one is so me! I get it from my mom I grew up with her telling me things like “this kid died from a stroke at 20” and the older I get the worse my health anxiety gets. I’ll convince myself I have something, get my blood tested and everything comes back great. I’ve gone to the ER for chest pains that ended up being just a really bad panic attack. It’s exhausting, there’s always something. Now it’s what if I have a brain tumor because I get migraines. I know the mind is so powerful and it’s all about changing the way you think, but when you’ve done it for so long or get exposed to terrifying news about someone else dying it’s so difficult to just think “I’m fine.” And actually believe it. This video made me tear up and I think it’s time to make changes even baby steps. The searching up every symptom and reading “possibly brain tumor or cancer” and I automatically jump to the worst case scenario is so real. Thank you for your videos, they are so helpful and it’s wonderful to read the comments and see how many people actually relate.

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

I am so sorry you go through that, Samantha. The health anxiety cycle can be so relentless. You’re right, it’s always something. If you need help, feel free to contact me through my website. Paigepradko.com

[@ananddayal1631]

Madam, you are a saviour for people like us round the world, thank you.

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

Thank you. I appreciate your comments 🙏❤️

[@magueysunset]

What's helped me with health anxiety has been getting more in tune with my body and letting go of anxious thoughts through things like mindfulness meditation and reading books like "30 Days to Reduce Anxiety" by Harper Daniels and "The Power of Now" by Tolle.

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

That’s wonderful. I love The Power of Now.

[@hatemmohammad6339]

I have health anxiety, but i avoid medical checks and doctors , because i feel that certainly they will find something horrible

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

Yes, this is a common response to health anxiety, and that is to avoid everything medical. Do your best to move towards what’s reasonable. Could you commit to an annual checkup? I help clients to do exposures to their fears to extinguish their medical fears.

[@GirlDad189]

Great video! Thanks ❤

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

Glad you liked it! 😊

[@wtbwrites1806]

My latest thing is pressure in my face, ears, and cheek area. I keep thinking it's an aneurysm or cancer. Even though the weather has been up and down and could simply be sinus. There is no pain, but it's uncomfortable. But the thoughts still make it worse. I also get lightheaded for a few seconds randomly, also tinnitus.

[@chrissimpson2286]

I have this same exact same thing going on pressure in my forehead nose some headaches and facial spasms seems to be on my right side CT , MRI all clear I do have chronic sinusitis but was seen by my dr no sinus infection could be weather changes anxiety I don’t know still chasing myself have you got any answers.

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

I recognize your name and am so sorry you are going through this again. Health anxiety tends to rotate around the body. When one symptom is resolved, the brain will latch onto another one. The more the hyper focus and checking on the symptom, the more intense the sensations, concern and doubt. It is a viscous cycle. If you need help breaking the cycle, you may want to join my course and support group. You will learn what to do and have support during the recovery process. I would love to have you in the group. www.paigepradko.com/healthanxiety

[@wtbwrites1806]

@@PaigePradkoTherapy id love to be in this group as well. Your videos are always so helpful and calming

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

@@wtbwrites1806 , please send me a message at paigepradko.com 😊

[@youtubealiasoriginal]

Thank you for this interesting video😊 Im basically Jess. I also have a med-background & that is a huge problem because I do test doctors a lot to see their knowledge (which many of them were lacking😮). I have many of this hypochondriac symptoms but the problem is when you actually don't know if you maybe are right. My nr 1 fear I have now for example is that I know my grandmother on my fathers side had ovarian cancer, i know from medical research that grandmother on fathers side has 20% risk to happen to me, it would be only 10% if it was on my mothers side (Im not totally sure on the procents but it was something like that) and this is the issue where I know i worry a bit early for this (im 40) BUT on the other hand, is just facts. So now Im wondering if i should check this or not, my other concern is my heart but that is something i start to realize that is just nervous. But the other thing at least has a real potential risk, what to do with this when you know that this could be a risk in reality?

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

Hi. I am sorry you have these fears and concerns. There is always some possibility to health scares, but you have to look at probabilities versus possibilities. At this point, having regular checkups seems to be what you can do and consult with your physicians to see what they might recommend. And then, you will have to trust so that you can live your life without being stuck in the anxiety cycle of worrying and researching.

[@youtubealiasoriginal]

​@@PaigePradkoTherapythank you for your respond. I think I might check this next year so Im not over doing my impulses too much

[@faizafazil9426]

Hello mam very informative video as usual, but I have a question,I saw an old video of yours about cbt you talked about labeling a negative thought and then thinking something positive and writing it down, isn't it a reasurence seeking from your own self?or we should not do cbt if we have health anxiety?

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

Hi. Yes, I do cover different techniques on different videos. I think you are correct. Labeling a thought as a worry or an anxious or negative thought is a cognitive defusion technique and helps to separate you from your thought. Giving yourself a more realistic message of what you are feeling can be helpful. Let’s say you feel a heart palpitation and yet have been thoroughly evaluated and know that you do not have any cardiac problems. Then, reminding yourself that it is normal to feel what you felt and that you have evidence that nothing is wrong with your heart can correct a negative thought about the palpitation. I could be looked at as reassurance, but I look at that as correcting a misinterpretation of what you felt.

[@faizafazil9426]

@@PaigePradkoTherapy beautifuly explained,your videos are so helpful and you are doing great work 👍

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

@@faizafazil9426 Thank you 🙏

[@areeshaateeq4508]

Hello i want to contact with you about my health anxiety disorder there's not such a professional doctor in pakistan to treat it they don't even listen to what i see your videos relate tp me alot you seems to understand it very well please talk to me i need help

[@PaigePradkoTherapy]

Hello to you in Pakistan. I wish I could help you in person, but I do have an online program that will help you to recover. With that program is a support group and you can talk to me and ask me questions in that support group. Here is the link to enroll: Health anxiety self quiz www.paigepradko.com/healthanxietyquiz Health Anxiety Course www.paigepradko.com/healthanxiety

[@areeshaateeq4508]

@@PaigePradkoTherapy i keep crying all day all night which makes my heart more weakk help meee