Health Anxiety

Do you have anxiety about your health or fears that you might be ill? Here's all you need to know about health anxiety and how to beat it!
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[@angel.heart007]

In my crazy world I feel every symptom you can possibly feel. I have GERD, fatty liver, gallstones, chronic headaches and diabetes. And the worst part for me is it triggers at night. Almost every night. I end up spiraling with panic attacks at night and it’s horrible. Palpitations used to be the worst. Now it’s any pain in my neck or head. That will send my anxiety straight to a full blown panic attack. My therapist is helping me and I’m slowly getting better. I’m now accepting and trying to be friends with my anxiety. Ya who would have thought?! But it makes a lot of sense.

[@aslynnhallett7542]

Mine is the weird vision and weird feeling in my head 24/7

[@andrewortiz5797]

"just because you think it doesn't mean it's true"!! WOW WOW WOW! I never thought of it like that. It's so so simple but true!! You definitely are meant to do what your doing!

[@marywidener1409]

Extremely helpful! Thank you for the video!

[@gwensmith3256]

Great information.

[@Christinemel]

I absolutely love your channel. Thank you for all of the great insight and tips.

[@laurenmenendez2502]

Thanks for the video😊

[@jonwhitney9559]

Very helpful-Objective Symptoms make sense- I have Health Anxiety and have had for over 2 decades- my Mother recently told me I was anxious as a kid. I stopped looking up symptoms a long time ago- it always set me down a rabbit hole of high depression and fear.

[@emmag879]

This is what I developed when I went into menopause. I'm shocked about having to take blood pressure medication when I never had to take it. I'm so scared now about taking my blood pressure cos it's always high and I panic. I fear I will not be able to know what my real blood pressure is now. Any ideas how to deal with this.

[@GraceT]

I have this issue with taking medication, and other stuff. My issues are mostly caused by chronic illness, and exacerbated my mental Illness. I was ignored for a while and no one took me seriously. I was finally diagnosed with EDS after years of tests.

[@tomsale5142]

Check out TMS subconscious anxiety causes the pain

[@aslynnhallett7542]

I get actually symptoms of all the diseases fucking mimics it amazingly

[@tomsale5142]

Have to got pain

[@dawntreacy3431]

Hi I think or no I have high functioning anxiety and health anxiety after trauma and moving this year has been absolutely rubbish I m now dealing with physical symptoms get anxious over bodily symptoms I never used to be like this been tested for everything nothing come bk get twitches which I have hypersensatised now can't get rid of them dpdr and panic I have 3 girls and I really need to get through this need hope ...

[@dawntreacy3431]

Up and down all the time ...still trying regulate my nervous system ...

[@womenhikingwisconsin8676]

Do you have recommendations for someone who had Covid and is still struggling with lingering symptoms/health anxiety related to those symptoms?

[@preenaparmar7723]

U will get through all the stress, don't worry xx ur going to be ok

[@user-kb8pm7hn5y]

Very helpful！If there are videos about CBT examples or exercisesn, better!

[@aslynnhallett7542]

Cbt waste of time

[@MedRider]

i’ve suffered from health anxiety for over a decade if you’d like to have me on and discuss it

[@paulaelectrabrandqvist8795]

You can actually get fever from anxiety

[@tomsale5142]

Yes you can that's worry ing she doesn't no

[@that-soul-reaper-4u24]

Lol whats worse is having gad on top so its a none stop crap show of fear and symptoms and new cancers.

[@tomsale5142]

Do you have pain

[@Wrxgirl2021]

This was a helpful video until you said knowing about the diseases you fear is a good idea. It is a very bad idea. It can create somatic symptom disorder.

[@aslynnhallett7542]

Physiologist can make u worse

[@lou1927]

Agree it happened to me, what about you?

[@tomsale5142]

​@@lou1927what symptoms do you have