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Fear of Death: How CBT Can Decrease Fears of the Dying Process

Sep 18, 2023 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth catastrophize, cognitive restructuring, death anxiety, fear of disease, fear of dying process, fear of unknown, health anxiety, socratic dialogue, thinking errors

When it comes to the dying process, people often fear being in intense pain, feeling humiliated, and burdening or hurting others. Many people have inaccurate assumptions about the dying process, making it important to evaluate and challenge those beliefs. Examining how palliative care might help with physical pain is one way to challenge one's assumptions about the dying process.

Why Watching Videos about Tragic Health Stories on Social Media Worsens Health Anxiety

Sep 11, 2023 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth biased information processing, confirmation bias, core beliefs, fear of disease, health anxiety, hypochondria, overestimating threat, thinking errors, threat bias

People with health anxiety hold dysfunctional core beliefs about health and illness.
One dysfunctional belief held by those with health anxiety is the overestimation of the probability and severity of disease. Core beliefs are reinforced by information processing, in which we pay more attention to data that confirms our belief.

How Early Life Experiences can Lead to Health Anxiety

Sep 08, 2023 Posted by: Brittney Chesworth cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive restructuring, core beliefs, health anxiety, hypochondria, thinking errors

People with health anxiety hold dysfunctional core beliefs about health and illness. Core beliefs develop early in life and are strengthened through a process of reinforcement. It can be helpful to identify significant life experiences that led one to develop dysfunctional core beliefs about health. Once dysfunctional core beliefs are identified, one can reshape them through cognitive restructuring.

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