Overcoming Health Anxiety
Overcoming Health Anxiety by Rob Willson, published by Little, Brown Book Group Limited in 2009, is a self-help guide designed to assist individuals struggling with excessive health-related worries. This UK edition spans 318 pages and addresses the common tendency to obsess over health issues, particularly during times of widespread concern, such as pandemics. The book outlines how health anxiety can manifest and provides insights into its development, offering readers a structured approach to understanding and managing their fears.
Readers will find practical tools based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques, including questionnaires, case studies, and exercises aimed at fostering effective coping strategies. The guide also delves into specific anxieties, such as the fear of death and fear of vomiting, helping individuals recognize the triggers of their health concerns. By following the step-by-step methods presented, readers can work towards reducing their anxiety and enhancing their overall quality of life.
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Stop worrying about your health and enjoy life.
Many of us have a tendency to worry unnecessarily about our health. This can be worse in a time of global panic about pandemics. For some, the anxiety becomes chronic, and they may spend many hours checking for symptoms, seeking reassurance from others, surfing the internet for information about different diseases, or repeatedly visiting the doctor. It is distressing for them and for everyone around them.
In fact, health anxiety can be very successfully treated with cognitive behavioural therapy – the approach taken in this self-help guide. Using a structured, step-by-step approach, the authors explain how the problem develops, how to recognise what feeds it and how to develop effective methods of dealing with it.
– Includes questionnaires, case studies and exercises
– Based on proven CBT techniques
– Includes a chapter on fear of death and fear of vomiting
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