Pre-Therapy

Have I always been obsessive? On my post, “Why am I a Hypochondriac,” a reader left a comment a little while back saying: My…

In addition to minor bodily sensations throwing me into a tailspin of catastrophic thoughts, there always seemed to be a few additional causes of…

For some reason, the internet’s solution to any anxiety-related issue always seems to be, “Try some deep breathing.”   Well, prior to seeking therapy,…

Now, what, you might ask, does hiking have anything to do with hypochondria?  Hear me out.     When I started therapy for my…

Even in the most emotionally traumatic moment of my life, when I learned that my mom had been killed in a car accident, I…

Most of the time, my health anxiety was related to aches and pains in my body.  If my body  happened to be ache or…

In the two years after my gallbladder surgery, following which the surgeon innocently told me to “listen to my body,” I was slowly taking…

But those words.  Those three words “You could’ve died.”  A hypochondriac was born. The surgeon did not mince those words when he spoke them. …

I’m not dying today.  At least, I don’t think I am. Well, I thought I was dying a few hours ago.  And then there…