Panic attacks associated with health anxiety can be a serious problem for millions of people. In today’s episode, mental health therapist Frank Sasso, shares tools for lowering your distress tolerance. According to Harvard Health Publishing, Health anxiety effects 4 to 5% of people.
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Health anxiety is a phenomenon where healthy individuals experience intrusive thoughts that they might be sick – even after a doctor as found no medical problems. It is very common for the person to look up symptoms on the internet and convince themselves that there is a health condition. This episode looks at bilateral stimulation to reduce anxiety symptoms. We also explore 4 square breathing to calm anxious nerves.