Health anxiety often leads to cognitive distortions, particularly emotional reasoning, where individuals mistakenly believe their feelings indicate serious health issues. This misconception prompts individuals to interpret normal bodily sensations as dangerous. For example, someone might feel a minor tingling sensation and fear it signals a grave problem despite no evidence. Recognizing and challenging these distorted thoughts can help manage health anxiety, allowing individuals to understand that feelings do not always equate to reality and to focus on objective data instead.
People with health anxiety tend to engage in cognitive distortions or thinking errors when it comes to health-related situations.
Emotional reasoning happens when we conclude that something must be true simply because it feels true.
This thinking trap is especially powerful for people with health anxiety because we often experience anxiety in our bodies.
When anxiety is interpreted as danger, someone assumes their anxious feeling is a sign that something terrible is going to happen.
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