Facts About Health Anxiety, #1
26.March, 2010
Overcoming health anxiety has proven far more successful in sufferers who learn as much as they can about their condition. To get you started on the road to fully understanding your condition, here are 5 facts you should know.
1. There are a surprisingly large number of people suffering with health anxiety at any one time. The number fluctuates between 4% and 20% of all Americans being affected by health anxiety.
2. Cyberchondria is the slang term given to those with health anxiety who feel compelled to investigate their own physical symptoms on the Internet.
Unfortunately, “Googling” your own symptoms usually ends in disaster, since most people will continue to search for answers on the Internet until they find what they fear.
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