Health Anxiety Test: Discover the Symptoms of Health Anxiety
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Health Anxiety Test Results
This health anxiety test examines whether you're experiencing symptoms of clinical health anxiety. These health anxiety test results can help you better understand your score and potential health anxiety treatment recommendations.
Your results on this health anxiety test can offer valuable insight into your current symptoms. Depending on your score, health anxiety treatment may be recommended, in which case please remember that seeking help is a courageous step towards improving your mental well-being.
No Health Anxiety Symptoms
Your score on this health anxiety test suggests you're likely experiencing minimal health anxiety symptoms, if any. You may be health-conscious, but it doesn't look like you're suffering because of the things you're doing for your health. To prevent health anxiety from developing, ensure medical advice comes from reputable sources such as physicians (not WebMD, online forums, or social media).
Health anxiety treatment is not recommended for you. While this health anxiety test doesn't assess for medical trauma, please note this can also cause you to experience anxiety in medical settings, in which case PTSD Treatment could help. If you feel anxious about advocating for yourself with medical providers, therapy could help you build assertive communication skills to reduce your anxiety in medical settings. For more information, call today or request a free consultation to discuss your results on this health anxiety test.
Mild Health Anxiety Symptoms
Your score on this health anxiety test indicates you're experiencing mild health anxiety symptoms. You may be worrying about changes you notice in your body and have a hard time letting it go. You may have gotten into the habit of googling your symptoms and worrying about worst-case-scenario diagnoses.
Health anxiety treatment can help ensure your health anxiety symptoms don’t escalate. Our approach to health anxiety treatment begins with cutting back on behaviors that may be making your health anxiety symptoms worse such as googling symptoms and asking for repeated reassurance about symptoms. Health anxiety treatment is not complete without cognitive skills to help you unhook from the nagging worry that "something is actually wrong this time."
For more information or to schedule an appointment to begin health anxiety treatment, call today or request a free consultation and we'll reach out to you to discuss your health anxiety symptoms and the results of this health anxiety test.
Moderate Health Anxiety Symptoms
Your responses on this health anxiety test suggest you're experiencing moderate health anxiety symptoms. Your anxiety has likely started to take up space in your life.
You may be spending time performing "health checks" on yourself (i.e. checking for lumps, taking pictures and comparing them, checking blood pressure, etc). You tell yourself "If the check is good, then I can move on," but if it's "not good," you may obsess about it for the rest of the day.
You may be reducing parts of your life such as exercising, socializing, or hobbies, telling yourself that you'll get back to them "once your health scare is settled". While this health anxiety test does not assess for it, this can become a slippery slope that leads to depression.
You're probably still hoping that a doctor, medical test, or loved one will be able to convince you that you're perfectly healthy, asking again and again "Are you sure it's okay? Maybe I should get checked again." You may even realize that you might never feel completely sure about your health, but you also feel like it's irresponsible and foolish to let it go and possibly neglect your health.
If you scored in this range on the health anxiety test, health anxiety treatment is highly recommended. Our therapists can help you break the unhelpful habits that often underlie health anxiety symptoms, some of which may even be causing or worsening the physical symptoms that are bothering you. Effective health anxiety treatment should include exposure therapy and tools for changing unhelpful thinking habits. While OCD is outside the scope of this health anxiety test, If you're struggling with frequent worries about germs, hand washing, or sanitizing yourself or other surfaces, you could benefit from a therapy called Exposure and Response Prevention. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call today or request a free consultation and we'll reach out to you to discuss your results on this anxiety test.
Severe Health Anxiety Symptoms
Your responses on this health anxiety test suggest you're experiencing severe health anxiety symptoms that are likely starting to take over your life. Odds are good, your health anxiety symptoms have led you to either a) give up important parts of your life until you're certain you're healthy and safe... which never seems to happen or b) you've kept up with life as usual but you're spending a massive amount of time thinking about symptoms, googling symptoms, and checking your body.
It's common for health anxiety to "jump topics" over time (i.e. worry about stomach pain fades away and you become focused on a weird feeling in your neck) so you may have experienced past episodes of health anxiety that focused on different physical symptoms. You may have noticed that your anxiety keeps pushing you to do whatever is necessary to just be completely sure of your health - only you never feel sure.
Your health anxiety symptoms may look differently with different health issues (i.e. seeking out 5 "second opinions" about one thing, but avoiding the single recommended checkup for another out of fear you'll be told something is actually wrong). You may be grieving as if you've ALREADY been diagnosed with cancer or Alzheimers, and then feel frustrated because you still don't know for sure if it's coming. A type of health anxiety treatment called exposure therapy is extremely effective with these types of symptoms.
If you scored in this range on the health anxiety test, health anxiety treatment is essential. Our therapists offer techniques that target unhelpful thinking patterns, unresolved past experiences of humiliation, and physical symptoms that often underlie health anxiety symptoms. Health anxiety treatment can help you take control of health anxiety by taking baby steps to practice health skills and face the types of health situations you've been avoiding. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call today or request a free consultation and we'll reach out to you to discuss your results on this anxiety test.
We can help.
If you or someone you love is struggling with anxiety, depression, or the effects of trauma, please reach out. We offer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Orlando and online throughout Florida. Call today or send us your info and we’ll reach out for a free consultation to see if one of our CBT Therapists would be a good fit.
References:
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596
