How to Improve Death Anxiety with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Jan 04, 2024 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth anxiety, catastrophize, cognitive behavioral therapy, death anxiety, exposure, fear of death, thanatophobia

Behind health anxiety often lies a fear of death or death anxiety. It is important to tackle this in order to improve health anxiety. There are several cognitive and behavioral techniques that can accomplish this.

Questions to Ask Yourself When Anxious about a Symptom

Jan 04, 2024 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth catastrophize, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive restructuring, examine the evidence, socratic dialogue, thinking errors

With health anxiety we often engage in thinking errors when interpreting symptoms and bodily sensations. It can be helpful to use socratic dialogue (a CBT strategy) to challenge thoughts and improve thinking patterns.

Recognize Your Ability to Cope with Illness

Jan 01, 2024 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth all or nothing thinking error, anxiety, catastrophize, cognitive behavioral therapy, fear of disease, health anxiety, hypochondria, underestimating coping

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, debilitating illness and death. But what if we learn to see ourselves as strong, resilient and capable of coping with any physical challenges that come our way?

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How to Improve Death Anxiety with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Questions to Ask Yourself When Anxious about a Symptom

Recognize Your Ability to Cope with Illness