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Health anxiety can lead us to have rigid views when it comes to our health. We assume that getting an illness is equivalent to serious, d...
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Try the “No Help” Experiment to Improve Your Health Anxiety

Apr 27, 2023 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth anxiety,  behavioral experiments,  bodily sensations,  catastrophize,  cognitive behavioral therapy,  exposure,  health anxiety,  hypochondria,  reassurance-seeking,  safety behaviors,  symptoms
Reassurance-seeking for health anxiety
  • With health anxiety, we often assume that we need to be symptom-free in order to be healthy, but this isn't true.
  • "Body noise" includes symptoms and bodily sensations that are due to normal, self-regulatory processes that are not a serious disease.
  • Behavioral experiments can help you refrain from "black-and-white thinking" when it comes to your health.