Health anxiety or hypochondriasis can be an extremely debilitating and distressing psychological condition, in which a person worries excessively about their health and the possibility that they might have a serious health condition. Health anxiety and hypochondriasis is caused and maintained by a number of factors, including: unhelpful, catastrophic thinking related to a person’s health (catastrophically misinterpreting bodily sensations, catastrophically misinterpreting health related information); increased physical sensations of anxiety resulting from the catastrophic thinking patterns; hyper focusing on bodily symptoms or sensations; checking and reassurance seeking behaviours; and avoidance and safety behaviours. These five factors lead a person into a series of negative feedback cycles, maintaining their health anxiety and making them feel progressively more anxious.

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