Understanding the Psychology of Health Anxiety: Evolution, Negativity Bias, and Intolerance of Uncertainty

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This chapter delves into the psychological aspects of health anxiety, with the speaker sharing their personal experience and discussing the root causes, including our evolutionary history and intolerance of uncertainty.

In today's episode we are going to discuss the psychology behind our health anxiety, something we don't speak about enough in our 20s. Health anxiety leaves us feeling incredibly hypervigilant to symptoms or feelings in our body that could indicate a life threatening illness or impending death, even if they are just a projection or derived from stress. This comes from our need to feel in control of our bodies and a lot of primal, evolutionary origins. It can also leave us struggling with feeling connected with ourselves, unable to live out our daily lives or constantly anxious. We discuss all of this and more, as well as my 5 top tips for managing our health anxiety. Listen now!

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