I am convinced that health anxiety is a symptomatic response to chronic stress. It took me 8 years to realise I was stressed and to start addressing it. Doing that completely resolved all symptoms and rumination. Couple it with non-dual philosophy and I am out of the dark place and all of you can do it too. Light at the end of the tunnel (in a good way)! Thanks for the videos, the more help people can get the better, wonderful work 💪
@ non duality seriously helped but basically lots of slowing down. More baths, took a less demanding job whilst I got better, took up hobbies I used to enjoy when I was younger again (playing live music). You have to tell your brain you are okay and it doesn’t need to make symptoms anymore. The best resource I found was a channel called Pain Free You. It is incredible. You can do it!
I agree so much for me it kicked in after about 7 months of constant stress and worrying about money, now I'm back on track a bit and being more disciplined in my day to day its going away
I’ve suffered with major health anxiety for over a decade. So many of your points are spot on, I’m grateful to have found someone dedicated to these issues. Currently going through a rough patch again and need the support and reminders. 🙏🏼
Through therapy I have realised that my health anxiety spikes when I am worried about other things in my life. When I feel overwhelmed by them, I turn to health anxiety because it’s less complicated and despite how bad it is it’s the fear I am more comfortable with than worrying about my relationships, career, life direction etc. Nowadays when I feel health anxiety coming up, I think to myself “what am I actually worried about in my life right now?”.
Taking your masterclass set me on the path to recovery. Even with a rough year with a surgery and 2 cancer scares, I'm still moving forward with recovery! I've also noticed less sensitivity to body sensations, less Googling, more separation from the catastrophic thoughts (I acknowledge them and remind myself that I'm safe), less doctor's appointments and tests! I am proud of myself but I also know I can relapse if I don't continue doing the work. Thank you so much for helping me get my life back on track!!!
Thank you for this. Small/big step is the not googling. Time sorts it out as you said, sitting with the unknown allowing yourself to feel. Life is beautiful so allow it to wash over you good or bad. Learning to let go and not grip the wheel so tight has helped.
Hi, I've been a long time health anxiety sufferer, although I have ASD too which slightly complicates the sensitivity to things. Anyway just wanted to say your videos are really informative, and the fact you are off-script is something I wouldn't have guessed! I think your videos are very cohesive and you are a great communicator. Seriously, if I try and talk I just go off on tangents! The world need's more therapists like yourself with compassion and lived experiences :)
Thanks to you I knew I was normal. I seriously thought I was dying from MS. My symptoms were all over the place that I didn’t believe I has only health anxiety. Thanks for your videos. They do make an impact.
Your all content has helped me a lot than any other thing. Totally relatable content. Wanted to ask whether bad dreams back to back are aslo part of anxious ming after getting recovering from tension type headache... kindly help
Hello. Just discovered you. Wonderful information. Thank you for being so open about yourself. It's wonderful because I would say that everyone has gone through many or some of the traumas you've described. I know I have. And, I'm still working on the health anxiety as well. My PTSD used to get triggered just if I got an earache or a cold. Now, as you experienced, I move through the pain or whatever it is knowing it is only temporary. This is life. I can't keep comparing the "past" experiences to "now". Anyway, thanks so much. I've subscribed to your channel and look forward to hearing more from you.
I watched one of your videos from 3 yrs ago then clicked this one which is more recent and the difference is like night and day. You look amazing 🤩 you've done very well with recovering and living a healthier life 🎉
So much of what you have said resonates with me. I remember constantly needing the feeling of safety. Uncertainty was my biggest enemy. Like yourself, trauma underlay so much of my condition. Slowly, I have come out the other side but your videos are extremely helpful to a chronic sufferer.
Great video Cherelle, as I have said before you helped me so much through my health anxiety, I am still not there yet but so much better thanks to your videos. Thank you so much ❤❤
God will keep watching over you…. You are safe. You are healthy. Remember that the next time you feel those thoughts or sensations or catastrophic thoughts and don’t believe them. You are safe, and you are never alone. We are not weak; we are strong 🙏🙏💪
I'd stopped googling for a good few months then I googled a symptom I had while I had covid and the anxiety came rushing back once I'd gone down the rabbit hole and all the bad behaviours returned body checking seeking reassurance ect returned .....lesson learned.
I was the exact same. Had the summer of my life when I stopped googling and this week has been hell because I decided to google. I really hate my brain.
Ive been dealing with HA since 2021 but the HA ive been dealing with these 2 months is the worst ive ever had. But im glad im getting better day by day. I still wake up feeling anxious but.. it only happened everytime i woke up in the morning and i feel okay for the rest of the day until the next morning. The physical symptoms still there but i just ignored them now. Thank you, Charelle. Watching your video is one of the reason i feel better each day 💓
Im so happy i found your channel! I google everything and i need help i suffer from alot of anxiety and recently i have been twitching all over my body, it started with one calf after overrunning now it is all over my body not sure if i have a damaged nerve.
Omg I recently had chronic pharyngitis too!! Apparently I had a viral infection of some sort, and then the dry throat just stayed. Turned out I had sleep apnea, which was causing the dry throat to stay
Did you experience the brain trimmer like a shaky brain 🧠 I thought something was wrong snd had 2 ct scans that were okay. Thats the worse but i notice now that when I'm calm and focus in positive rather than critical or bitter the buzzing sensation goes away.
Yes I suffered with this for a few months , I use to feel it in the side of my neck as soon as I lay down and then all over my body, I thought it waz something to do with high blood pressure but my blood pressure was fine!! It was like I could feel every pulse in my body!! When I found out through comment sections like these that it was anxiety based, I kind of excepted it as that and it slowly disappeared and now I don't have it at all!! Hope it helps that other people have experienced it and that it will go as your anxiety calms down xx
@Truerealism747 um doing just fine lately..my bloody stool was cost by my pile problem fortunately and its already stop bleeding after reguler prayers...
@ well all my tests are coming up normal, im not anxious but there is definitely something wrong. It’s not in my head. These are real physical symptoms the doctors just haven’t found out what it is.
Mine are to I lost my mum to severe ms MRI clear last time found out both had have autism heds do you have hypermobility Hypomobility linked to anxiety fnd fybromyalgia all part of it three ocd
The only issue that truly matters in this life, which will determine our eternal destination, is whether we received or rejected the free gift of eternal life which God has promised to all of us who will place our faith in His Son Jesus Christ, trusting on Him and in the finished work of His shed blood on the cross. Nothing else matters! John 3:16 kjv Romans 10: 9,10 kjv
This too shall pass. Thank you for these wonderful words.
And this too shall pass.
True!
You’re a legend. I must have watched 30 of your videos in the last week I cannot express how much it helps. Please don’t stop
Suddenly realising that its been 3 weeks since you googled anything. 😊
GOOD JOB WTF!! im so happy for you and i hope i can get there too
Assalamualaikum sister
@ Wa Alaikum Asalam sister.
I am convinced that health anxiety is a symptomatic response to chronic stress. It took me 8 years to realise I was stressed and to start addressing it. Doing that completely resolved all symptoms and rumination. Couple it with non-dual philosophy and I am out of the dark place and all of you can do it too. Light at the end of the tunnel (in a good way)! Thanks for the videos, the more help people can get the better, wonderful work 💪
How did you address chronic stress?
@ non duality seriously helped but basically lots of slowing down. More baths, took a less demanding job whilst I got better, took up hobbies I used to enjoy when I was younger again (playing live music). You have to tell your brain you are okay and it doesn’t need to make symptoms anymore. The best resource I found was a channel called Pain Free You. It is incredible. You can do it!
I agree so much for me it kicked in after about 7 months of constant stress and worrying about money, now I'm back on track a bit and being more disciplined in my day to day its going away
@@EvaMilano9 Meditation, walks, any movement/exercise, doing Yoga in a classroom environment was my golden ticket.
I’ve suffered with major health anxiety for over a decade. So many of your points are spot on, I’m grateful to have found someone dedicated to these issues. Currently going through a rough patch again and need the support and reminders. 🙏🏼
A couple of quotes that have helped me:
“You are never without options.”
“Don’t believe everything you think.”
Through therapy I have realised that my health anxiety spikes when I am worried about other things in my life. When I feel overwhelmed by them, I turn to health anxiety because it’s less complicated and despite how bad it is it’s the fear I am more comfortable with than worrying about my relationships, career, life direction etc. Nowadays when I feel health anxiety coming up, I think to myself “what am I actually worried about in my life right now?”.
An excellent highlight that would help a lot of people
I have found this too, my health anxiety spikes when my general anxiety does. If I have a day of low stress it’s not even in the picture
Taking your masterclass set me on the path to recovery. Even with a rough year with a surgery and 2 cancer scares, I'm still moving forward with recovery! I've also noticed less sensitivity to body sensations, less Googling, more separation from the catastrophic thoughts (I acknowledge them and remind myself that I'm safe), less doctor's appointments and tests! I am proud of myself but I also know I can relapse if I don't continue doing the work. Thank you so much for helping me get my life back on track!!!
Thank you for this. Small/big step is the not googling. Time sorts it out as you said, sitting with the unknown allowing yourself to feel. Life is beautiful so allow it to wash over you good or bad. Learning to let go and not grip the wheel so tight has helped.
Oh, I need to remember not to grip the wheel so tight. I love how you put that. Thank you. 🇨🇦
Hi, I've been a long time health anxiety sufferer, although I have ASD too which slightly complicates the sensitivity to things. Anyway just wanted to say your videos are really informative, and the fact you are off-script is something I wouldn't have guessed! I think your videos are very cohesive and you are a great communicator. Seriously, if I try and talk I just go off on tangents! The world need's more therapists like yourself with compassion and lived experiences :)
Add here to do you have hypermobility to pain symptoms years I suppose you have OCD towhich us health anxiety
I’m going through health anxiety now… I just found your channel
Thanks to you I knew I was normal. I seriously thought I was dying from MS. My symptoms were all over the place that I didn’t believe I has only health anxiety. Thanks for your videos. They do make an impact.
Your all content has helped me a lot than any other thing. Totally relatable content. Wanted to ask whether bad dreams back to back are aslo part of anxious ming after getting recovering from tension type headache... kindly help
Thank you. You’ve changed my life.
Hello. Just discovered you. Wonderful information. Thank you for being so open about yourself. It's wonderful because I would say that everyone has gone through many or some of the traumas you've described. I know I have. And, I'm still working on the health anxiety as well. My PTSD used to get triggered just if I got an earache or a cold. Now, as you experienced, I move through the pain or whatever it is knowing it is only temporary. This is life. I can't keep comparing the "past" experiences to "now". Anyway, thanks so much. I've subscribed to your channel and look forward to hearing more from you.
I watched one of your videos from 3 yrs ago then clicked this one which is more recent and the difference is like night and day. You look amazing 🤩 you've done very well with recovering and living a healthier life 🎉
So much of what you have said resonates with me. I remember constantly needing the feeling of safety. Uncertainty was my biggest enemy. Like yourself, trauma underlay so much of my condition. Slowly, I have come out the other side but your videos are extremely helpful to a chronic sufferer.
Great video Cherelle, as I have said before you helped me so much through my health anxiety, I am still not there yet but so much better thanks to your videos. Thank you so much ❤❤
I needed to hear this today. Thank you for sharing. And I hope you’re doing well. ❤
God will keep watching over you…. You are safe. You are healthy. Remember that the next time you feel those thoughts or sensations or catastrophic thoughts and don’t believe them. You are safe, and you are never alone. We are not weak; we are strong 🙏🙏💪
So grateful for this
I'd stopped googling for a good few months then I googled a symptom I had while I had covid and the anxiety came rushing back once I'd gone down the rabbit hole and all the bad behaviours returned body checking seeking reassurance ect returned .....lesson learned.
I was the exact same. Had the summer of my life when I stopped googling and this week has been hell because I decided to google. I really hate my brain.
Ive been dealing with HA since 2021 but the HA ive been dealing with these 2 months is the worst ive ever had. But im glad im getting better day by day. I still wake up feeling anxious but.. it only happened everytime i woke up in the morning and i feel okay for the rest of the day until the next morning. The physical symptoms still there but i just ignored them now. Thank you, Charelle. Watching your video is one of the reason i feel better each day 💓
What saved me from health anxiety was getting a job..because now i worry over my job rather than my health..lol. (which is an improvement)
😂😂😂
Im so happy i found your channel! I google everything and i need help i suffer from alot of anxiety and recently i have been twitching all over my body, it started with one calf after overrunning now it is all over my body not sure if i have a damaged nerve.
Hi im from czechia and i think i have some problems w anxiety and your videos are really exactly how it is thank you for doing this
hi! i just wanna say your videos really help me a lot. do you think you could talk about anxiety around medication side effects?
Not making a doctor appointment every 2 weeks
im so stressed. im constantly fixated on my face. I'm only 14 please help. I can't live like this anymore
Omg I recently had chronic pharyngitis too!! Apparently I had a viral infection of some sort, and then the dry throat just stayed. Turned out I had sleep apnea, which was causing the dry throat to stay
Did you experience the brain trimmer like a shaky brain 🧠
I thought something was wrong snd had 2 ct scans that were okay. Thats the worse but i notice now that when I'm calm and focus in positive rather than critical or bitter the buzzing sensation goes away.
Do you still experience those skipped beats even after you beat your health anxiety??
I'm going through this anxiety,cos it happening to me so real
Why we feel breathing problem or dizziness or hot flashes while walking?
Is it ocd or anxiety?
Did antidepressant help you?
Does anyone have this shaking/pulsing when laying down on your back?
me lol
Yes all the above heart palpitations. It's just adrenaline burning itself off!
This is the worst thing I think I've ever suffered from and I've had a stroke before like she said it shall pass!
Yes I suffered with this for a few months , I use to feel it in the side of my neck as soon as I lay down and then all over my body, I thought it waz something to do with high blood pressure but my blood pressure was fine!! It was like I could feel every pulse in my body!! When I found out through comment sections like these that it was anxiety based, I kind of excepted it as that and it slowly disappeared and now I don't have it at all!! Hope it helps that other people have experienced it and that it will go as your anxiety calms down xx
were you on medication while recovering
@@ethanlubell4774 No I came off Sertraline in 2019. I started my recovery journey in 2020 x
For me, I chose to take Valerian (smallest dose) to help calm my nerves. It's natural products.
@@cherellethinksthanks! Maybe make a video on your thoughts on medication in general and your overall experience with them.
Medication side effect with anxiety can be difficult to
Does anyone get random past memories in their head ?
Always common with autism
Hi I have been suffering for 2 and a half years and i can't cope anymore
Can you help me ?
She offers therapy on her website
What are your symptoms
Hey i wanna connect to you please help me
Can you get pregnant with this condition skipped heartbeats
I just start pooping blood mixed with mucus and my health anxiety is 💯 heat up
How are you now
@Truerealism747 um doing just fine lately..my bloody stool was cost by my pile problem fortunately and its already stop bleeding after reguler prayers...
@@Subject_X_0 I had that symptoms to over time muscle pain my worst symptom today blessings to you
@Truerealism747 im so sorry to hear that..wish you the best for your health both mentally and physically.
have u been having problems with ur menstrual cycle during ur health anxiety era?
How about if you actually have a health condition and it’s not due to anxiety.
@@Moose185 then that’s not health anxiety x
@ well all my tests are coming up normal, im not anxious but there is definitely something wrong. It’s not in my head. These are real physical symptoms the doctors just haven’t found out what it is.
@@Moose185how are you now?
@ I’m still struggling with symptoms. Doctors haven’t found anything yet but my symptoms are very real and are not because of health anxiety.
Mine are to I lost my mum to severe ms MRI clear last time found out both had have autism heds do you have hypermobility Hypomobility linked to anxiety fnd fybromyalgia all part of it three ocd
Mam do you have plain mri of brain or contrast pleasee rply mam please
I had normal MRI what are your symptoms
The only issue that truly matters in this life, which will determine our eternal destination, is whether we received or rejected the free gift of eternal life which God has promised to all of us who will place our faith in His Son Jesus Christ, trusting on Him and in the finished work of His shed blood on the cross. Nothing else matters! John 3:16 kjv
Romans 10: 9,10 kjv
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