How can I distinguish between health anxiety and "true" health concerns?
Health Anxiety vs. "True" Health Concerns
None of us get to live with 100% certainty and be assured that we are perfectly healthy. Therefore, a good amount of the work required to move past anxiety is learning to tolerate uncertainty. Here are some signs that you are stuck in an anxiety moment vs. managing a true health crisis:
- You feel compelled to get an immediate answer vs. being able to pause, reflect and then methodically think through your next steps.
- You feel as though you are experiencing an immediate, active threat even though the health concern you are worried about does not have implications for managing and surviving the current moment.
- You feel flooded with thoughts and sensations associated with anxiety vs. experiencing actual physical pain.
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