Health anxiety
Persistent worry about your health, which examinations and results don't settle for long.
How it shows up
Checking your body, searching online, repeated visits to the doctor. A negative result brings relief for a few days, then the doubt grows again.
What we do with it in therapy
We work with the cycle of checking and reassurance, not with convincing you that you’re healthy — that has been tried and didn’t work. A necessary condition is that physical causes have been properly examined.
See also
Group therapy
Therapy in a group, where the other participants are part of what heals, not merely an audience.
Adrenaline
The hormone of the fast response, which readies the body for fight or flight within seconds.
Acceptance and commitment therapy
An approach that, instead of fighting unpleasant thoughts, practises acting on your values despite them.
