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Adventures in an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Health Anxiety in the Time of a Pandemic

Have I Always Been Obsessive about my Health?

I Googled a Symptom and I’m Sorry

Health Anxiety Self Help Options

8 Ways to Help a Hypochondriac Friend

Best Gifts for People with Anxiety

Being a Hypochondriac Was Ruining My Life. Here’s How I Got Better

Distraction is not a Good Solution for Anxiety

Over-Empathizing and Getting Anxiety from GoFundMe Pages

The Setback in my Battle Against Health Anxiety OCD

My Aversion to Deep Breathing to Ease Anxiety

The “Lizard Brain” and how it Perpetuates Anxiety

  • My Aversion to Deep Breathing to Ease Anxiety

    by melissa January 2, 2018January 2, 2018
    January 2, 2018January 2, 2018

    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,…

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  • The “Lizard Brain” and how it Perpetuates Anxiety

    by melissa December 21, 2017February 17, 2018
    December 21, 2017February 17, 2018

    In every other realm of my life, besides my health anxiety, I consider myself to be a relatively calm, rational person. So, I was…

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  • How CBT Helped with My Fear of Flying

    by melissa December 19, 2017December 21, 2017
    December 19, 2017December 21, 2017

    During the therapy I was seeking for my Health Anxiety OCD, I also asked for help with another somewhat big fear I have, and…

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  • The Small Wins in my Health Anxiety OCD Battle

    by melissa December 15, 2017December 15, 2017
    December 15, 2017December 15, 2017

    “Oh my god, where did you get that bruise!?!” my husband asked as I was changing into pajamas after our long day at Disney’s…

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  • The Question of Medication to Help Health Anxiety OCD

    by melissa December 13, 2017December 10, 2017
    December 13, 2017December 10, 2017

    The issue of OCD medication came up during my fourth session of therapy. It’s one of the big Catch-22’s of having health anxiety OCD.…

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  • “Checking” form of OCD

    by melissa December 11, 2017December 9, 2017
    December 11, 2017December 9, 2017

    After my diagnosis of OCD and when I had began to identify my compulsions and talk about them in therapy, Dr. Lindo explained that…

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  • What is CBT and how does it Help Hypochondriacs?

    by melissa December 7, 2017January 5, 2019
    December 7, 2017January 5, 2019

    When I had been trying to “treat” my hypochondriac anxieties on my own, prior to seeking therapy, I had read in many different places…

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  • Response Prevention for OCD and Controlling my Compulsions

    by melissa December 5, 2017December 7, 2017
    December 5, 2017December 7, 2017

    Following my initial diagnosis of OCD, I was pretty insistent with my therapist that I didn’t have any compulsions. Therefore, I was diagnosed with…

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  • No, I don’t want to go Hiking, I might Break my Ankle (Or: Learning the Word “Catastrophizing”)

    by melissa December 1, 2017December 1, 2017
    December 1, 2017December 1, 2017

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

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  • Suffering from Hypochondria and Health Anxiety for Ten Years

    by melissa November 29, 2017October 24, 2018
    November 29, 2017October 24, 2018

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

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About Me

Hi, I'm Melissa and I'm a recovering hypochondriac. For nearly a decade, I thought that any little sensation in my body meant that I was dying or had some terrible disease. This blog is the story about how I became so anxious about my health, and how I eventually got better, in the hopes that it can give hope to other health anxiety sufferers!

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  • Health Anxiety in the Time of a Pandemic

    March 22, 2020
  • Have I Always Been Obsessive about my Health?

    September 23, 2019
  • I Googled a Symptom and I’m Sorry

    May 14, 2019
  • Health Anxiety Self Help Options

    April 4, 2019
  • 8 Ways to Help a Hypochondriac Friend

    March 16, 2019

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  • 8 Ways to Help a Hypochondriac Friend

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