Health anxiety: when the body feels like a threat
Health anxiety can quietly take over everyday life, turning normal body sensations into sources of fear. This article explores how hypochondria is maintained not by the initial worry, but by avoidance, reassurance-seeking, and compulsive checking—and how these patterns keep the cycle of anxiety going. It also introduces a Brief Strategic Therapy perspective on how change becomes possible when these responses are gradually interrupted.
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