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A Proven Strategy to Reduce Health Anxiety

Jun 14, 2023 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth anxiety, catastrophize, cognitive behavioral therapy, core beliefs, health anxiety, hypochondria, thinking errors

People with health anxiety hold maladaptive beliefs about health and illness.
Core beliefs influence how we interpret and react to symptoms and bodily sensations. Core beliefs aren't permanent; they can be changed.
Cognitive restructuring is a CBT technique that can be helpful in reshaping maladaptive beliefs about health into adaptive beliefs.

May 09, 2023 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth anxiety, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive restructuring, core beliefs, thinking errors

People with health anxiety often hold the dysfunctional belief that they are weak and vulnerable to disease.
Dysfunctional beliefs can be reshaped into adaptive beliefs through a process called cognitive restructuring.
By developing a more adaptive belief about being strong and capable of overcoming many illnesses, one can improve their health anxiety.

May 01, 2023 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive restructuring, death anxiety, health anxiety, hypochondria, thinking errors

Death anxiety is a common experience among those who are anxious about their health.
Death anxiety can be treated with cognitive restructuring (i.e., challenging unhelpful assumptions about death and dying).
Death anxiety can also be treated through exposure therapy (i.e., systematically exposing oneself to death-related concepts).

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