Evidence-based articles about health anxiety, OCD, treatment approaches, and recovery.
You know you shouldn't Google it. You Google it anyway. Here's why "just stop" doesn't work, what's actually happening in your brain, and practical strategies that do.
Natalie Altman has dealt with health anxiety and OCD for most of her life. She talks about the emotional toll, the midnight texts, the A&E visits -- and why logic alone can't break the cycle.
There's a lot of advice out there for health anxiety. Most of it is vague. Here's what the peer-reviewed research actually says about which treatments work, how well, and for how long.
Natalie Dyson has been living with health anxiety for five years. She talks openly about the body checking, the social media triggers, the reassurance that's never enough, and what it's really like inside the loop.
Professor Lynne Drummond has spent decades treating severe OCD. We spoke to her about where health anxiety ends and OCD begins, why reassurance makes things worse, and why you absolutely cannot "snap out of it."
Dr. Karen Bowles is a primary care physician at an academic medical center. She sees health anxiety regularly, and she sees the gaps in how it's treated. Here's her perspective on what's going wrong and what could help.
Telling your doctor you think you have health anxiety is hard. You might worry they'll dismiss you, or stop taking your symptoms seriously. Here's how to have that conversation.
Sam O'Keefe's health anxiety started at 12 and escalated through panic attacks, depersonalisation, and months of barely leaving the house. Here's what actually helped her recover, and what she wishes she'd known sooner.
When someone you care about has health anxiety, it's hard to know what to say. Reassurance feels natural but doesn't help. Here are 10 things that actually do.
Everyone worries about their health sometimes. But when the worry doesn't stop — when it takes hours of your day and leaves you exhausted — that's different. Here's how to tell.
Exposure and Response Prevention is the gold-standard treatment for compulsive behaviours like health anxiety checking. Here's how it works and how to get started safely.
Health anxiety — sometimes called illness anxiety disorder or hypochondria — is more than just worrying about your health. It's a pattern that takes over your life. Here's what it actually is, and why it's so hard to break.