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r/HealthAnxiety

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Welcome to a place for everyone who identifies with having health anxiety, is an ally of someone with health anxiety, or just wants to learn more about our growing community.

We coalesce here to reclaim control of our lives through: education, sharing experiences, sharing management techniques, sharing resources, exposing stigma & norms, and advancing the discussion & awareness around Health Anxiety (a.k.a. Illness Anxiety & Hypochondriasis) in its many forms in our own societal realms.

Notice: This subreddit is not actively monitored, so the posts here are only a small subset of what exists on reddit.

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Support Advice Venting Other Discussion About Health Anxiety Correlations & Links Reassurance Trigger Warning! Rule 2: Use Positivity Megathread [Need support/advice] ➡️ Rule2: Use Megathread. Thank you! Rule 2: Use The Megathread Discussion About Health Anxiety Stigma & Norms Success Story 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 Rule 5: Low Quality, Off Topic, Spam, or Self Promo Progress Story That Offers Advice for Others [Need Medical Advice] ➡️ Rule1: Use r/AskDocs. Thank you! Discussion About Health Anxiety & Culture Discussion About Health Anxiety Aspects 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (tw - reproductive, disease) [Venting] ➡️ Rule2: Use Megathread. Thank you! Question Research Rule 1: No Medical/Pharmaceutical Advice Discussion Advice (tw - ) [I Am Worried] ➡️ Rule2: Use Megathread. Thank you! [Does Anyone Else?] ➡️ Rule2: Use Megathread. Thank you! Discussion About Health Anxiety in Society 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (tw - potential comments) 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (tw - medication) view more
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to r/HealthAnxiety by loonylovegood18
6 months ago
Do anxiety medicines work with health anxiety?
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to r/HealthAnxiety by Sugarsoot
6 months ago
Do you find using medical devices make HA better or worse?
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (tw - potential comments)
to r/HealthAnxiety by Vic_On_A_Stick
6 months ago
How are y'all coping now that cold and flu season is here?
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (tw - disease, potential comments)
to r/HealthAnxiety by Babaps_25
6 months ago
What do you do during your free time?
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to r/HealthAnxiety by Weird-North-3939
1 year ago
How do you have sex with health anxiety and not worry about getting herpes etc.
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (tw - reproductive, disease)
to r/HealthAnxiety by spiderbrey13
1 year ago
Anyone have any health anxiety related tattoos?
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to r/HealthAnxiety by kirbygamerGD
4 months ago
A message for people with swollen lymph nodes
Advice (TW - lymphatic)
to r/HealthAnxiety by YourFuseIsFireside
1 year ago
Health anxiety around food allergies.
to r/HealthAnxiety by YourFuseIsFireside
1 year ago
Need Some Advice. Please help!
to r/HealthAnxiety by NoLightOnlyDarkness
10 months ago
Other than medication, what helped you overcome HA and generally improve your mental health?
to r/HealthAnxiety by NoLightOnlyDarkness
10 months ago
Having covid and weird phobias is a terrible combination
to r/HealthAnxiety by TheEnervator42
1 week ago
Only I Seem To See It (Possibly Triggering)
to r/HealthAnxiety by NoLightOnlyDarkness
10 months ago
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An app for stopping hyperventilation/shortness of breath, just saved me from a panic attack
Advice
to r/HealthAnxiety by alykat88
10 months ago
Do ssri's help you? How did you bring yourself to start taking them?
Trigger Warning!
to r/HealthAnxiety by NoLightOnlyDarkness
10 months ago
I find the very worst thing that could happen and convince myself it definitely will
Other
to r/HealthAnxiety by NoLightOnlyDarkness
10 months ago
Really anxious about getting my hair bleached
Support
to r/HealthAnxiety by NoLightOnlyDarkness
10 months ago
I'm in awe - my new doctor was nice to me
Other
to r/HealthAnxiety by cosmogatsby
5 months ago
Vision went blurry when cycling, then a massive headache... Brain Tumour?
Reassurance
to r/HealthAnxiety by NoLightOnlyDarkness
10 months ago
What the f do you want from me, body?
Venting
to r/HealthAnxiety by pupfloyd
1 year ago
What is wrong with me leg!! Terrified
Reassurance
to r/HealthAnxiety by 164cm
10 months ago
Finally got over my fear and found out what's wrong, it's way less serious than I imagined and I'm feeling liberated
Other
to r/HealthAnxiety by redwingsfan97
1 year ago
Anyone who got the Pfizer two dose vaccine, did you guys feel some side effects after your second dose ? I am experiencing some chills and weakness throughout my body.
Other
to r/HealthAnxiety by NoLightOnlyDarkness
10 months ago
I want to make a doctor's appointment for some tests but I worry how they'll react to my recent history of HA
Support
to r/HealthAnxiety by NoLightOnlyDarkness
10 months ago
I've been living with shortness of breath for more than a year now and I worry it will never end
Venting
to r/HealthAnxiety by FakeRealPlant
10 months ago
How can I distingushing between shallow breathing/shortness of breath that is caused by anxiety, and what is caused by something more serious?
Support