Do You Need to Eliminate Health Anxiety to Recover from Mind-Body Symptoms?

Health anxiety is very common in people dealing with mind-body symptoms or conditions. This is completely understandable when you've been dealing with months or years worth of chronic symptoms, doctors are unable to find a cause or a cure, and symptoms come and go as they please. The brain learns and gets reinforced with fear, panic, and anxiety related to these health concerns and the body. The overall anxiety gradually builds until we get to a point where we are stuck with such negative expectations and concerns surrounding our health. It makes sense you may have health anxiety with everything you've been through, but you don't need to "cure" yourself of health anxiety before making progress either. Over time, we want to consistently lower the focus and the fear on the body and the symptoms. When you have determined that you're dealing with a mind-body condition, you can start to teach the brain that you're really not in harm's way. Do what you can to teach your brain that you're safe. Try to catch yourself when you're dwelling in the negative thinking and anxiety, stopping yourself before you spiral downwards, and ruminating on your worries. When the brain feels truly safe it will allow the symptoms and warning signals to fade, and this includes the health anxiety too. The more evidence you have that you're dealing with mind-body symptoms, the easier it all gets. -------------------- Valuable Resources: Start Here - Everything you need to know about mind-body healing including the Self-Assessment, Understanding Pain & more! https://www.PainFreeYou.com/start Check out my book here: https://www.PainFreeYou.com/book Success stories from people who have overcome their pain and symptoms with this approach: https://www.PainFreeYou.com/success-stories Weekly group coaching and an awesome community: https://www.PainFreeYou.com/join Archive of daily videos, over 2700 and counting - Subscribe for more at: http://DansYouTube.com A playlist of videos that teach the core concepts of mind-body healing - the greatest hits! http://DansFastStart.com Want to join my private Facebook Group? Come join us here: https://www.facebook.com/PainFreeYouNow/ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danbuglio/ If you wish to donate to support my channel, do that here: https://paypal.me/DanBuglio -------------------- Disclaimer: All the content I publish comes from my lived experience. I do not have any "official" medical or mental health credentials. This is not medical advice. The views I express come from my own personal experience, study and the knowledge I have gained from coaching over 2000 clients. Your health is your responsibility. Check with your doctor before using any of my concepts or ideas for eliminating pain or symptoms.