If you have health anxiety, you likely seek reassurance about your health-related concerns from doctors and/or loved ones. In other words, you repeatedly seek the simple reassuring message that there is nothing wrong with your health. Do you think this mole looks suspicious? Should I be worried about this headache?
Health anxiety sucks. At times, there can be seemingly constant flux of bodily sensations or symptoms to worry about. A headache, random heart palpitation or stomach ache can send you into a tailspin of worries, anxiety, body checking, googling, doctor visits, scans and tests. The whole process is exhausting. So, what is happening behind the scenes?
Chesworth Counseling & Support, PLLC, © 2020.