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Evidence-based articles about health anxiety, OCD, practical methods, and recovery.

Health Anxiety Treatment Costs Compared
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Health Anxiety Treatment Costs Compared

Compare UK health anxiety treatment costs, including NHS therapy, private CBT, charities, apps, medication and structured self-help.

22 October 2026Read →
Can Trauma Cause Health Anxiety?
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Can Trauma Cause Health Anxiety?

Explore how difficult experiences may relate to health anxiety, what research can and cannot tell us, how PTSD differs, and where support can begin.

19 October 2026Read →
How AI Symptom Searching Can Feed Health Anxiety
Understanding Health Anxiety

How AI Symptom Searching Can Feed Health Anxiety

Learn when asking AI about symptoms can become repeated reassurace seeking, how to recognise the pattern and how to use health information more thoughtfully.

19 October 2026Read →
The Health Anxiety Cycle Explained
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The Health Anxiety Cycle Explained

Understand the health anxiety cycle, why checking and reassurance can keep worry going, and how to respond with compassion while seeking appropriate medical care.

1 October 2026Read →
How Effective Is CBT at Treating Health Anxiety
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How Effective Is CBT at Treating Health Anxiety

Learn how effective CBT can be for health anxiety, what research shows, its limitations, how treatment works and what can influence outcomes.

25 September 2026Read →
What Is the Best Therapy for Health Anxiety
Understanding Health Anxiety

What Is the Best Therapy for Health Anxiety

Compare evidence-based therapies for health anxiety, including CBT, ERP, ACT and digital options, and learn how to choose appropriate support for you.

20 September 2026Read →
Health OCD vs Health Anxiety: What's the Difference?
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Health OCD vs Health Anxiety: What's the Difference?

Compare health OCD and health anxiety, including intrusive thoughts, compulsions, checking, reassurance seeking, overlap, assessment and treatment.

10 September 2026Read →
How to Help Someone with Health Anxiety
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How to Help Someone with Health Anxiety

Learn how to help someone with health anxiety, respond to reassurance seeking, encourage healthy coping and set compassionate boundaries.

1 September 2026Read →
What Are the Physical Symptoms of Health Anxiety?
Understanding Health Anxiety

What Are the Physical Symptoms of Health Anxiety?

Learn about physical symptoms that can occur with anxiety, why health anxiety can make bodily sensations feel more noticeable, and how checking and reassurance can maintain the cycle.

25 August 2026Read →
How to Overcome Your Health Anxiety
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How to Overcome Your Health Anxiety

Learn how to overcome health anxiety using evidence-based CBT strategies, including reducing checking, reassurance seeking and symptom searching and learning to tolerate uncertainty.

20 August 2026Read →
The Complete Guide to ERP for Health Anxiety
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The Complete Guide to ERP for Health Anxiety

Exposure and Response Prevention can help reduce checking, Googling, and reassurance-seeking. Here's how ERP works for health anxiety.

1 August 2026Read →
How to Talk to Your Doctor About Health Anxiety
Understanding Health Anxiety

How to Talk to Your Doctor About Health Anxiety

Tell your doctor about both your physical concerns and the anxiety surrounding them. Explain what you have noticed, what you fear, how often you check or seek reassurance, and how this affects your daily life. Ask your doctor to explain whether tests are needed, what happens next and when to follow up. The goal is to leave with a clear plan and access to suitable support, rather than complete certainty.

1 August 2026Read →