Health Anxiety and Health OCD is obsessing about medical conditions. Resulting in limiting your life experiences and negatively impacting your quality of life.

Common Intrusive Thought Patterns With Health Anxiety:

• “What if I have HIV?”

• “What if my appendix is about to burst? What side is it on? I should check.”

• “Where is the nearest hospital from here?”

• “I want to travel, but what if I have a sudden medical emergency on the flight?”

• “I just felt a pain in my head, what if it’s a tumor?”

Common Ways People Cope With Health Anxiety in Unhealthy Ways:

• Reassurance Seeking

• Getting Multiple Medical Tests

• Checking and Rechecking the Body

• Limiting Travel and Having a Safe Bubble