What is Health Anxiety? (DEEPEST EXPLANATION) 🔥
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Health anxiety is a deep underlying fear of physical illness or disease based around internal sensations or external information. To understand what health anxiety is we must understand the two kinds of health anxiety sufferers:
The Reassurance Seekers:
- 1) These people search for band aids because unconsciously or consciously they’re grasping at the idea that something external might take their health anxiety away.
- 2) These people fear the idea of commitment and personal change because their parents and authority figures never showed them how to deal with their fears, or that they even should!
- 3) these health anxiety sufferers turn to 1 to 3 close people in their lives for reassurance over something they felt, something they read, or something they heard.
- 4) These Health Anxiety sufferers are constantly caught up in the memory of what happened the last time an internal crisis occurred, they believe there unconscious programming, and continue to think, say, and act the same way every time a challenge arises without ever peeking into the other side of the equation.
Why?
Because commitment isn’t something they’re used to, it’s unknown, in their eyes it will take too long and it’s too painful a path, like climbing Mount Everest a climb that may lead to failure anyway so why even bother.
This is the illusion they live with because they hope and try things without ever truly believing in the process, owning it fully, and having a mental expectancy that this will work for me if I’m relentless in my approach and application!
Outcome Based thinkers:
- 1) They have suffered enough and now understand that living the warrior lifestyle is possible, but open mindedness is crucial.
- 2) They begin to develop a hyper focus on pattern recognition, patterns that cause them to continue to suffer. And understand that although foreign and slightly uncomfortable, new patterns must begin to form.
- 3) Outcome based thinkers think long term change over short term band aids.
- 4) Outcome based thinkers are observers of their emotional reactions to certain uncomfortable events and They are problem solvers whether that’s internal relating to thoughts and feelings or an external problem.
They apply STIR or a similar method to problem solving: Select a problem, Tap into a solution, Implement the solution, Review the outcome.
- 5) Finally, they stay the course towards true health anxiety healing, as presented in these proven anxiety recovery programs/
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00:00 Introduction
02:23 true health anxiety healing
05:34 How stress effects everything
09:43 Conscious responding
13:29 Root cases of health anxiety
18:59 Spirituality and health anxiety
23:02 Mt health anxiety story
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Hey Dennis! Coming back after two years to share my thoughts. Two years ago I had crippling health anxiety to the point where I was waking up every day in fear. I was so scared of getting an illness. I would exacerbate any symptoms that I had and make them 15 times worse. The thought of going to a doctors office would riddle me with fear… The health anxiety was taking over my life. And I watched your videos and they really helped me tremendously. You asked a question and one of your videos that completely shifted my perspective: what more can you do?
And it changed the way I saw my health anxiety. Slowly things started to change for me. I asked myself this question, if I knew I was always going to be healthy how would I conduct my life right now? How would I spend my time? My energy?
This is called living in faith. I realize that at the root of my health anxiety was the need to control. At the root of the need to control was the need to feel safe and protect myself. Somehow I made the connection that worrying over the future would protect me, but it’s an allusion. I had to learn that I can feel safe and trust GOD in this moment.
Do I still get health anxiety thoughts? Yes I do. Do I still sometimes have symptoms freak out… Yes I do… But the difference is, the health anxiety doesn’t control me anymore. I can zap out of it so much faster. And I want to say thank you so much for all of the beautiful videos you have put out because it seriously has made a difference in my life. Your energy is healing. So many people with health anxiety just don’t feel safe at the core. And the health anxiety is just another channel for their fears to run through.
So if you’re struggling with this- look at where in your life do you not feel safe. Why do you not feel safe. And are you willing to allow yourself to begin to release the control and trust that you…are okay. ♥️
I have it so bad that I can’t even get blood work done now out of fear. I lose so much sleep as well. I had a therapist but wasn’t helping. I don’t know what to do anymore to get these bad thoughts out of my brain. Thank you for your channel.
Hi at this point I had to explore deeper.
I have pyrrole disorder
I have copperoverload.
Check it out.
Hi what has helped me is going outside in nature and just taking a nice slow walk looking at the Gods beauty... I also started bible study :) I hope u can heal to be the best person u can be!
@@alexb8926 yes I do Bible study and I am a
Christian yet I suffer from what God tells us not to which is fear worry and anxiety. Very frustrating. Thank you for your reply.
@@Lemoncare I’ll check it out. Thanks so much.
I can relate to you Ryan, I am also a Christian and sometimes I doubt my faith because I am focused too much with this anxiety. 😢
For me it happened after my step father died of congestive heart failure. I had my first major panic attack that required over night hospital stay the day of his funeral.
The hardest part for me is that I KNOW I AM FINE. I have had blood work done, EKG... It's all good. However I just can't get over the physical symptoms. It's difficult.
It's been a hard 9 months. It's either my breathing, or feeling dizzy/lightheaded, never both at the same time. One day this will go away, I know it. Thank you for sharing.
Tension can trick the mind into believing anything.
I have a chronic illness. I also have HA. So when I have a physical symptom it becomes completely debilitating.
Thank you Dennis. I discovered your podcast when i was at my worst health anxiety last year. It came back again recently and I still appreciate everything you brought to us. You truly understand how it is like. Thank you so much.
Very welcome and thank you for sharing.
Dennis this was a gem…such a great, complete explanation. You’re correct about the mental health Docs. They have no clue. They don’t even address the body at all!
It's always so nice to hear your feedback and progress Patty.
It controls my life more than anything. Well moreso physical symptoms in general and worrying what's wrong. It never ends or eases. I think it's led to my sensory issues like how sensitive I am to sound and get startled so easy, that never used to be a issue. Then I got taken off clonazepam for buspirone which didn't help. I'm 41 and wasn't like this 15 years ago...
I am exactly the same. It's the cycle of physical ' symptoms ' day in and day out....every minuite of every day worrying what's wrong with me yet darent go to the doctors. Its hell 😢
@@anniebrown4333 and if you went to the doctors and have a battery of tests done, they'd tell you that they can't find anything physically wrong with you. It's horrible and no one who hasn't gone through this will understand.
@@gevans5446 yeah and the reassurance would last a couple days and then I would start thinking that something was missed etc . Just a nightmare .
Dennis am leaving and want to let go of anxiety that why I watch ur channel 5yrs ago I fell hit my head pretty hard end up with ringing in my ear blood pressure went up but every other test I hard ma well mri last 5yrs 2mri ct scan blood work everything came back good even see ent everything good just can't get out of my head that something and anxiety is driving me nuts but I just found ur channel see I can calm down get my life. Back
I’ve been dealing with health anxiety for several years, I’ve got a lot better dealing with anxiety in general after counselling, exposure is my best healing although that’s not always best for people but that helped with social anxiety, some days will be rough but the next few days your feel better, I was always taught to fight my own battles by family and counselling, Something that sounds scary at first but that mindset helped me
Loved this video. I have started going back over your videos and taking notes, i am finally ready to really work on this. Yesturday I woke up anxious and I just sat with that feeling, when I was eating my lunch thoughts came into my mind saying that I am not gonna be able to swallow, I just let that thought come and go and not react to it. I know some days are going to be harder than others but I am confident I can do this.
I know what you mean about the mental health system, I was working with this anxiety counselor and our first meeting in awhile after my dad had passed I really needed her and the next day I got a call saying she wasn't going to be working with me anymore, than I tried grief counseling and after a couple weeks she said she couldn't work with me anymore, so I was given another anxiety counselor and he didn't help much at all and coming up to the 1 yr anniversary of losing my dad he told me that I am not still dealing with his loss and I just need to get on medication because nothing is working, I never talked to him again. Your videos have helped me more than any counselor has, so thank you for doing this. I am ready to stop the tug of war with my lower self.
Love the commitment keep up.
Your explanation just goes over my head. I wish I could follow you around & see how you healed. See how you eat, see how you react to bad news, hear your positive responses. I want to heal & live freely.
Surrender to the good and bad and you shall have it, and that is a skill to be mastered. Mapping is the way forward: ua-cam.com/video/ICW0PK28vM4/v-deo.html
Thank you. Dennis I will listen again and again so glad you are here for usxx
Glad to hear it Sheila.
Such an interesting chat Dennis.... felt like I was sat there with you having a talk !
Thankyou 🙏
Did you like this format better than the more recent editing?
@@TheAnxietyGuy1 I thought it was amazing to be honest ..... very easy to watch and somehow even more relatable.
As you know I am really struggling at the minuite and litrally watching all your videos, reading your books etc and it is all such a massive help but this was really great.
I think maybe being outdoors, seeing you relaxed and just chatting .... I guess it felt calming too and just was litrally like I was sat there with you. It was very much appreciated and I have shared with others. 😊
Hey,
I request you to go through what I have written and kindly help out with advice.
Kindly bear with me through a slightly long read, I am in need of help in the form of advice, perspective!
As a positive person in general and to the extent of in- depth functioning, I have been suffering from this trouble since 4 years by now, where
I uncontrollably tag my memories, experiences etc. ( which from memory the are basis of self- association and spaces of self relevance that I can exist in) to:
External events: closing a door, I feel I am losing my thoughts and memories as a result with that action! Walking in a pattern, something else tagged with it, and I lose it. Similarly doing a particular activity a way, or doing something before another etc. (Even writing this particular line in the comment)
Random thought: I suddenly get a thought that my thoughts and memories, that I identify myself with, are ejected into space around me, and they really are and I see them outside my head, and not in my mind but in the space around, visually! I have hard time in pulling them back into my mind, which unless done, don't make them feel like mine, present in me, being material for me to base myself on.
Lastly there are sudden thoughts that come and get stuck in my mind, following which I start feeling like I am changing inside headspace, in aspects of what I see, way I function and what I associate myself with. I see only those thoughts and that content that suddenly comes, occupies my mind and builds on, making me see nothing else in my mind relevant to me!
All these issues make me feel like losing myself, losing what's within me, and preventing me from feeling and functioning like myself! I have no stable mental frame and functioning, and when I am in one to not be able to interact with every frame within me that I can exist in, unless there is a pattern of access pathway to any, that makes me feel segregated, stifled and feel depleted, incomplete, incoherent and limited with regards to what I can be and function
In fact, writing this complete comment has re triggered the thought that it's real, and I am diving deep into getting caught in the cobweb of all that I ve written above, a problem over the main problem, that prevents me from sharing it.
I write to you, in hope, to know if this is a mental disorder, and if so, how do I go about with it, and on contrary, if this isn't that, how do I diagnose what exactly this issue is and how do I go about with it! It has robbed me off a even a second of peace of mind, stability, and, feeling and being like myself, for now and it's still continuing post starting in early 2019! Can't take it any further, neither can I resist this happening to me!
Eager to have your insight and possible guiding advice on this. Kindly help me out, express my gratitude to you regarding the same, before adding a bit more to the same
This makes for the crux of the problem .!!
Please let me know if you can make and assess something of this, and subsequently guide me on what's the way ahead , if I should seek therapy or if it doesn't look to be a problem needing therapy but an easier fix.
I am afraid of going to therapy, because of incapability to put forth my problem, and have confidence about being understood fully, at the risk of not be corrected but at the cost of having the other things good and well working within, be sabotaged abd tampered! Yet, it's been 4 years as of now and I seek help as well!
Please let me understand things as you can infer and kindly guide,
Your efforts to the same shall be appreciated!!.*//
Thanks for this Dennis, I’ve had a few setbacks recently and this has helped. Think the flames of transformation have been stoked again, just the tonic I needed. Keep up the good work bro. 🧘🏼❤️🧠
Thank you for your feedback as always grateful.
Thankyou.
Very welcome, please share with others in need.
Dennis can keeping a huge secret that u can't even tell keep your anxiety and it symptoms skyrocketing
Yes, holding it in is energy, letting it out releases us of it.
@@TheAnxietyGuy1 thanks Dennis im gonna talk to someone soon and get it off my chest
Thank you so much! I love the bluntness. It is totally needed with me
Glad it spoke to you.
Lower self grabs low hanging fruit: sickness, symptoms, fears, sleep.
What do we do when we start seeing signs of Heath anxiety in our young ones while we are trying desperately to break the cycle? 😩
See it as elements they need to understand and move through in their own lives, this is where the trust in life comes into play.
If there are any bleeding disorder patients out there, I understand. We are more than the blood count.
This video opened my eyes to something new ! Thanks Denise. You are a hero my brother 🖤 god bless you 🤞🏾🙏🏾
Much love and thank you for the comment.
Everything every single thing that you said is not good to have is in me. It's so hard to change myself I long for peace and harmony in my body mind n spirit. But a small thing is like a mountain on my shoulder it's like I'm the Hercules holding the globe on my shoulders 😢😅😅 and every problem that happens I associate it to me. What if I get diabetes like them and wella I got diagnosed with Prediabetes and still the more perpetuated anxiety😰 LOL somebody save me
This channel will save you. ❤️
Amen to that 😇 it is indeed...
Hi Dennis. I just wanted to make a few comments about therapy. I hear you often say that therapy is well and good to have somebody to talk to every week, but that it really isn't helping in the big picture. I feel that it is a vital component in my healing process. My therapist works with me using CBT and many other types of therapy. I also believe that your a type of therapist. You are trying to teach us how to rid ourselves of health anxiety, which in turn helps us deal with other issues such as depression etc. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think therapists are useful in our healing. Doctors simply give you medicine or send you in for more tests. I am working hard trying to calm my inner child and let him know that I'm in charge, and you have been a huge help in that process. But please take it easy on the therapists of the world. My therapist is doing her best to help me. I also want to make sure that you understand that I appreciate what you do. Thanks for listening.
The term therapist comes with many different meanings and what works for one person may not work for another. I’m not sure where the idea that a therapist cannot help came to you from my content but my intention was certainly never this. I understand that what I do is a form of therapy, I also think that when the time is right we are led to the type of lessons needed from the therapist at that particular chapter in our healing. Take care.
@@TheAnxietyGuy1 thank you for replying.
Good ness. I always wondered why I had such a racing mind.
Turned out I have pyrrole disorder
And copperoverload !
It’s nuts.
Good luck 🍀
So helpful! Do you think it's good to just pay attention to the food while i am eating and staying present? Or anything in life really. Oh hehe it was answered later in the video. 😄
Absolutely, mindfulness without distraction lead to a new loving relationship.
I had a bad experience with a surgery that I had 2 years ago. But after that I fear every time I get sick or feel something it's always bad or the worst is going to happen and it takes over I can't control it 😞
Hi Dennis. Thanks for this. How do we differentiate what the higher self tells us if we have no experience with the higher self?
Hi dear friend 🖐
Thanks for all you do. I love your work and it really resonates with me and always did.
But in recent corona years I had a heavy relapse. Shocking, how people rule over others..
It triggered me badly into protecting me the old way..
So happy to hear you again.
Wish you all the best.
✨️🧡✨️
Sending blessings.
❤❤❤
Much love my friend.
Hello 👋🏻 Would there be any coupon codes for your anxiety program by any chance?
I’ve had issues with ocd and anxiety most of my life. Healed a lot. However this last year in my attempts to holistically deal with my health i realize i have a lot of anxiety and fear in regards to food and healing. I get triggered by diets and restrictions. Ive followed them but they’ve only done so much. In my desire to live and be healthier and even more environmentally friendly, my anxiety finds ways to hijack this journey. Any advice?
Hey, Dennis,
I was looking forth to getting advice from you, which in the form of reply to my comment, should suffice. I will try and keep it brief, I need your advice and will benefit from your guidance and help! Please, I request you to reply and let me know if I may go ahead and write.!!
Go ahead here and I’ll do my best…
@@TheAnxietyGuy1 That's really supportive and generous of you, thanks in advance, sure,
Kindly bear with me through a slightly long read, and pardon the inconvenienc
As a positive person in general and to the extent of in- depth functioning, I have been suffering from this trouble since 4 years by now, where
I uncontrollably tag my memories, experiences etc. ( which from memory the are basis of self- association and spaces of self relevance that I can exist in) to:
External events: closing a door, I feel I am losing my thoughts and memories as a result with that action! Walking in a pattern, something else tagged with it, and I lose it. Similarly doing a particular activity a way, or doing something before another etc. (Even writing this particular line in the comment)
Random thought: I suddenly get a thought that my thoughts and memories, that I identify myself with, are ejected into space around me, and they really are and I see them outside my head, and not in my mind but in the space around, visually! I have hard time in pulling them back into my mind, which unless done, don't make them feel like mine, present in me, being material for me to base myself on.
Lastly there are sudden thoughts that come and get stuck in my mind, following which I start feeling like I am changing inside headspace, in aspects of what I see, way I function and what I associate myself with. I see only those thoughts and that content that suddenly comes, occupies my mind and builds on, making me see nothing else in my mind relevant to me!
All these issues make me feel like losing myself, losing what's within me, and preventing me from feeling and functioning like myself! I have no stable mental frame and functioning, and when I am in one to not be able to interact with every frame within me that I can exist in, unless there is a pattern of access pathway to any, that makes me feel segregated, stifled and feel depleted, incomplete, incoherent and limited with regards to what I can be and function
In fact, writing this complete comment has re triggered the thought that it's real, and I am diving deep into getting caught in the cobweb of all that I ve written above, a problem over the main problem, that prevents me from sharing it.
I write to you, in hope, to know if this is a mental disorder, and if so, how do I go about with it, and on contrary, if this isn't that, how do I diagnose what exactly this issue is and how do I go about with it! It has robbed me off a even a second of peace of mind, stability, and, feeling and being like myself, for now and it's still continuing post starting in early 2019! Can't take it any further, neither can I resist this happening to me!
Eager to have your insight and possible guiding advice on this. Kindly help me out, express my gratitude to you regarding the same, before adding a bit more to the same
This makes for the crux of the problem .!!
Please let me know if you can make and assess something of this, and subsequently guide me on what's the way ahead , if I should seek therapy or if it doesn't look to be a problem needing therapy but an easier fix.
I am afraid of going to therapy, because of incapability to put forth my problem, and have confidence about being understood fully, at the risk of not be corrected but at the cost of having the other things good and well working within, be sabotaged abd tampered! Yet, it's been 4 years as of now and I seek help as well!
Please let me understand things as you can infer and kindly guide,
Your efforts to the same shall be appreciated!!.*//
@@TheAnxietyGuy1 Hey, as we ve communicated can you kindly have a read through my comment, eagerly await your reply !!.