health anxiety relief

Дата публикации: 09-07-2026 05:22:23

Curious what has worked for others who have intense health anxiety that is resistant to most coping mechanisms (detailed inside).*Please note that I already take psych medications and am in therapy*
My health anxiety (which bothers me 24/7, manifesting in both mental worry and physical symptoms) doesn't respond at all to: paced breathing, visualization, listening to guided meditation or music, distraction, or doing vigorous physical activity or progressive muscle relaxation. It occasionally subsides with an extreme temp change like a scalding hot bath or dunking my head in ice, but not always - and it's also difficult to do these things in public (a splash of cold water in a bathroom or a handful of ice from a coffee shop won't cut it, I must be immersed).
While many people have health anxiety related to the symptoms of panic attacks (they believe they are having a heart attack or similar), this is not the case with mine. I worry about my cancer coming back as terminal (which is about a 50/50 chance, so not a remote possibility). I understand my anxiety as my nervous system responding to an actual threat to my life, and I think this is why most suggestions about how to manage it don't work, as they assume the threat is not real. I also believe that my anxiety exists alongside PTSD from my initial diagnosis, and obsessive/intrusive thoughts about recurrence (for this reason, I'm doing EMDR and exposure therapy, although thinking of quitting after no improvement in 6 months).
I have high insight into my feelings, and have practiced a great deal of CBT and DBT skills, but am still really struggling. I have no appetite and spend most of the time trembling like a frightened prey animal. The best word to describe it is terror.
I'd love to know how others have recovered, especially if the anxiety is related to a prior serious medical diagnosis (either in yourself or a loved one).

Схожие новости

#	Наименование новости	Тональность	Информативность	Дата публикации
1	Как справиться с тревогой: эффективные методы помощи	0	19.51	19-04-2026
2	My crippling anxiety was so bad I couldn't leave my bedroom. Here's exactly what I did to get it under control: NICOLA BONN	0	6.46	02-11-2025
3	Stark gegen Ängste - Wirksame Strategien gegen Ängste, Phobien und Panikattacken	0	11.85	16-02-2026
4	Message to community	5	7	09-07-2026
5	Reassurance through normalization inadvertently suppresses treatment	0	8.98	27-08-2026
6	Тревожное расстройство. Как справиться со страхом за себя и близких	0	5	03-07-2026
7	Психолог рассказал, как управлять страхом	0	5	09-04-2026
8	Омичам рассказали, как справиться с паникой в экстренной ситуации	0	5	06-07-2026
9	“I'm An Absolute Wreck”: Tom Holland Opened Up About Developing A Fear Of Flying At 30, And It’s Making Other Nervous Flyers Feel Very Seen	0	15.14	24-07-2026
10	Over-Thinkers Who Finally Find Peace In Their Own Minds Make 4 Tiny Shifts Before Doing Anything Else	5	7	04-04-2026

Классификация: Мнения. Схожих патентов: 0. Схожих новостей: 10. Тональность: -2. Информативность: 3. Источник: feeds.feedburner.com.