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The 'Emotional Reasoning' Thinking Error and Health Anxiety

Sep 15, 2023 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth anxiety,  catastrophize,  cognitive behavioral therapy,  cognitive restructuring,  emotional reasoning thinking error,  hypochondria,  thinking errors
Health Anxiety and the Emotional Reasoning Thinking Error
With health anxiety, an event happens, we have thoughts about that event, and then react to those thoughts. Learning to evaluate automatic thoughts and identify cognitive distortions is a critical skill for improving health anxiety. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps to improve health anxiety by reshaping dysfunctional thinking patterns, beliefs, and behaviors.