Improvement Path's video: Is Health Anxiety Keeping you Worried Jumping from one Health Scare to the Next

For all of us who have been living with health anxiety for a long time I can almost guarantee that you were worried about more than one single health scare. Heart attacks, Strokes, ALS, Lyme disease, Brain Tumors and all kinds of cancers are just a few of the worries many of us must deal with. It kind of feels like that we have just started to learn and accept one anxiety sensation but immediately dig ourselves into a new hole, a new health worry. We get every possible medical test done, search up symptoms on google, join anxiety and panic forums, read medical journals and then one day we kind of naturally start to wonder if a real physical illness is a possibility here. We start to accept that the heart for example is probably fine but then we dig deeper and search for other scenarios other medical conditions that our sensations could represent. With the help of Dr. Google we begin our search always finding terrifying articles and stories. Mentally we create a kind of checklist of symptoms that would further confirm our worries. Equipped with that mental checklist of physical symptoms we subconsciously begin scanning our bodies. And guess what? We will always find them! It is just the way anxiety works. Our high stress levels keep us in fight or flight mode around the clock, we are sensitized to everything happening around and within us. Our muscles are tensed and that muscle tension is not only uncomfortable or even painful but is the reason for a multitude of other physical anxiety symptoms such as: Tension headaches, Blurry vision, Migraines, Numbness, Tingling, Stabbing and shooting pains, just to name a few. Basically it is our whole body that feels kind of off… With an body that is completely out of tune it is no wonder that we will always find something that will resemble a specific health scare. Lets say you worry about stroke and now are on the lookout for headaches, numbness, slurred speech, visual disturbances, weakness in your limbs and so on…. Anxiety can create all of these and probably will create all of them only because you are mentally waiting for them to happen. Don’t forget your whole body feels off and even the tiniest anomaly will be mentally blown up completely out or proportion. In this video I will explain why seeking reassurance or why simple stress coping mechanisms do not work for long term recovery and explain my recovery process in more detail. Interested to chat in a more private setting? I have set up a Patreon page with what I believe to be great benefits. Just check it out and maybe it is something you might be interested in. https://www.patreon.com/improvementpath ALSO The 5 books below are some amazing reads and I am 100% confident saying that they will help improve your mindset and ultimately help you on your road to recovery! So, if you are looking for books that I truly believe will help anyone with anxiety issues… these 5 are it! I am not sure if I am obliged to write this here on YouTube, but if you do end up purchasing one of these books via the links below, I will get a tiny commission - BUT that’s not the reason I have posted them here. These are simply AWESOME books that help will help! 1. Can’t hurt me – David Goggins ( https://amzn.to/3hIgPML ) 2. Breath - James Nestor ( https://amzn.to/3lxHQVn ) 3. Dare – Barry McDonagh ( https://amzn.to/2EGyK7Z ) 4. Norman Doidge - 12 Rules for Life ( https://amzn.to/2Dc0nFi ) 5. Unleash the Power Within - Tony Robbins ( https://amzn.to/3bhRFC3 ) Did you enjoy the video? Yes? A like would be awesome and if you want to see more videos just like this one - consider subscribing! Rhodesia by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/