Health anxiety is an obsessive and often irrational worry about suffering from serious medical conditions. It is more formally known as illness anxiety and used to be known as hypochondriasis. It can be a big problem for a person, but there are a few tips to cope with it: change your focus of attention, practice…
Just a few tips that will enable you to help your loved one: Educate yourself about illness anxiety. You can’t help yourself if you don’t know for sure what you are fighting with. Talk and listen. It shouldn’t be a topic to avoid. You may need to establish time limits on when, how often, or…
More and more new diseases, epidemics and even a pandemic in the world … So many proofs that life is dangerous. Especially if you suffer from hypochondria. There are several options on how to beat it and stay calm. – Stay offline. Stop googling your symptoms. Dr. Google isn’t the one who never lies. –…
Hypochondria or health anxiety is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness. It’s a tricky problem that needs professional help. We have already talked about the ways to recognize it. And what else could you do to help your friend? – Encourage them to participate in…