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Ostracized from across society just cause to suffer from a little anxiety. Please help me
I said quietly through gritted teeth and after sobriety health anxiety is also known as illness
Anxiety and it was also formerly called
Hypochondria, it is an obsessive and an irrational worry about having a serious medical condition
How things IOT is when someone imagines physical symptoms of an illness some people
misinterpret minor or normal body
sensations as a
Serious illness or disease if someone with health anxiety?
Believes they have a serious illness then any innocent or normal physical
sensation can be seen as a symptom of a serious illness and they believe that they must and are
seriously ill someone with health anxiety even after being told by doctors or
Professionals that nothing is wrong with them and they are not
Seriously ill still believed that they have a disease or a serious illness and the doctors and professionals
Have got it wrong
Someone with health anxiety is in the constant belief that they are seriously ill or have symptoms of a serious illness or disease
This consumes them with worry and seriously affects their daily
Life, so what causes people to feel and think this way and what causes health anxiety?
health anxiety
often occurs in early or middle adulthood and can worsen with age
Experts are not sure the exact cause of health anxiety
However, they think the following factors could play a major part in causing it the possibility of a serious
Illness that turned out not to be true having a serious childhood illness or a parent with a serious illness
Excessively checking your health and your symptoms on the internet having a worrying
Personality having a family member or a friend who worries excessively about your or their own health
So do you have health anxiety?
let's now find out I'm going to ask you six questions and you are gonna answer those six questions with either yes, or
No, and at the end of the test
we'll find out what your scores mean and if you do have how
Anxiety what you can do to cure it and how you can get help for it
the very first question is do you have
frequent worries of having a severe disease or illness or a medical condition
number two
Do you constantly check your body for signs and symptoms of an illness or medical?
conditions number three
Do you spend a lot of your time discussing with family members health issues four?
Have you ever avoided certain places?
Certain things or certain people in fear of being infected with a disease or illness
Number five have you ever doubted your doctor or believe they have failed to identify
symptoms or an illness in you number six
Have you ever felt depressed or distressed thinking about your health?
Conditions if you answered yes to one or less of these questions, it's unlikely that you have or suffering from health anxiety
However, if you answered yes to two or more of these questions
It's possible and likely that you are suffering and have how things like a tick if you need help with your anxiety or health
Anxiety there is a link in the description box down below that I would highly
Recommend you go to now and check out where you can speak to someone immediately and write ii begin to get help for your health
anxiety or anxiety
the link is in the description box down below the most effective treatment for health anxiety is what known as
CBT which is cognitive behavioral therapy
Which changes the way you think and your thinking patterns?
You can get CBT therapy by clicking the link in the description box down below
And now what's here from you guys it goes in the comment section. What did you score on this test?
Do you suffer or have health anxiety?
How does it affect your life? Let me know in the comment section down below
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