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.

CBT for Health Anxiety: Facing Your Fears with Exposure and Response Prevention

Aug 31, 2023 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth anxiety, bodily sensations, cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure, health anxiety, hypochondria, safety behaviors, symptoms

People with health anxiety tend to see all bodily sensations and symptoms as dangerous. When symptoms or sensations emerge, people with health anxiety use "safety behaviors" to reduce their anxiety. In exposure therapy, one faces the feared stimuli (e.g., bodily sensations) without using safety behaviors.

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

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.

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

CBT for Health Anxiety: Facing Your Fears with Exposure and Response Prevention

Try the “No Help” Experiment to Improve Your Health Anxiety