Health Anxiety is a specific type of anxiety where people mis-interpret body sensations or feelings, leading to worries that they have a serious health condition. These beliefs can be very compelling and distressing and often cause people to seek medical investigations for the feared health condition
Key Symptoms
- Increased heart rate
- Stomach churning
- Nausea
- Sweating
- Increase in body temperature
- Shortness of breath
- Increased need to urinate
- IBS symptoms
- Shaking
- Wobbly legs
- Dry mouth
- Worrying
- Reassurance seeking
- Body / Symptom checking and monitoring
- Googling symptoms
- Visiting the GP regularly
- Seeing lots of specialists for various investigations (with no physical explanation)
- Anxiety
- Low mood
Treatment
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Re-processing (EMDR)
Contact us to book an assessment and discuss treatment options.