hypochondriasis

Get it? Plus many other fears.

And in there, we have a subhead that is titled Health Anxiety.

And you told me to pick up the book.

So I'm so I'm I'm demonstrating a little demo.

And so we interview some experts and we talk about all different types of phobias.

And I give some tips on how to manage health anxiety.

Judy does as well.

We interviewed a really wonderful woman named Dr. Ellen Vora.

Welcome to Healing Beyond Health Anxiety, the podcast for anyone who feels stuck in fear, disconnected from their body or exhausted from constantly monitoring symptoms and sensations.

My name is Amy.

I'm an ex-health anxiety sufferer turned health anxiety coach.

After my own health diagnosis and years of living with health anxiety, I know what it's like to feel betrayed by your body, to live on high alert and to struggle to trust yourself again.

Each week we'll have honest conversations about health anxiety, fear, symptoms and recovery with practical tools and gentle shifts that will help you move forward without pressure.

So take a breath.

You're in the right place.

Let's go.

diagnosing myself and i'm like oh it's probably ringworm or something

also you're what do you call yourself uh oh Hypochondriac.

Hypochondriac.

She's always diagnosing herself.

No, it's really bad.

The doctor knows the power of mind over matter, and personally he believes in it, but he cannot afford to express the truth in full to his patient, for the doctor commercializes mystery and benefits in proportion as he writes prescriptions.

nevertheless the doctor by suggestion gets or tries to get the mental attitude of the patient right the doctor comes in with his cheery countenance his words of courage suggestion of hope evidence of sympathy and promise of help these are the things that help the patient more than the prescription i do not decry or belittle the use of antiseptics or drugs for acute troubles or contagious diseases i am speaking now of hypochondria and trying to make it clear to you that you cannot get relief from hypochondria out of a bottle but you can get it from mental suggestion When the doctor treats the hypochondriac, it's not the medicine, but the faith in the medicine, faith in the doctor and the confidence in the doctor's promise that does the good.

Hypochondria predisposes you to the very thing you fear.

What you sow, you will reap.

If you sow fear thoughts, you will reap fear.

Because that means something internal is happening.

Well, you really look into all this stuff, huh? Hypochondriac.

Hold on, let me transfer you over to anal control.

You've called wiener control.

I have a great guest on for you today.

Today we're talking about health anxiety and it's been a while since I've had someone on who's been through it to talk from the other side, right? Not necessarily the clinical side, but someone who has life experience and can teach us a lot, right? And this guest learned how to really help himself and wrote a book to talk about it.

And I love when people create the thing that they needed, right, to help them through.

His name is Jason Webb.

And, you know, we're going to talk about the Catskills.

He spent years battling health anxiety before channeling his energy into writing Hacking Hypochondria.

Drawing on his own experiences, the book explores how online symptom searches can fuel anxiety and offers practical ways to break that cycle and become more comfortable with uncertainty around health.

He offers such a personal experience and what's worked for him to get him through.

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Yeah, but you're also kind of like me with the, what's the word that I'm looking for? Hypochondriac, too.

You know, like you always think something's wrong.

Oh, my God, I better go get this looked at.