Up until now, I had no idea that Health Anxiety even existed... I knew most of my Anxiety/obsessive thoughts stemmed from health related things but I'm only diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety. After reading others' experiences and symptoms, I most definitely, 200%, have Health Anxiety specifically.
Constantly hyper-aware of my body. Any sort of "weird" feeling I have in my body i.e. racing/heavy beating heart, weird feeling in my throat, a shooting pain in my chest, chest tightness, a headache that lasts awhile, soreness in my neck (some are more triggering than others and that's just a small list of things), will cause me to automatically think there's something immensely wrong with me and go through all of the things it could be; Cancer, liver failure, heart attack etc. Even though I've had blood work done and heart rate monitors EKG'S with normal results, that doesn't help... Even while writing this I'm having racing thoughts about how I've felt so far today... IT'S EXHAUSTING!
I think next time I talk to my therapist I will mention this to her and see where I can go from there to get diagnosed with specifically Health Anxiety and find the right treatment for me. I read that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is very helpful with this form of anxiety. I'm thankful I stumbled across a thread regarding Health Anxiety.
Awareness is key along with a good support system!