Are You a Cyberchondriac?
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS?
- A compulsive unwarranted search for information on your health, real or assumed.
Worry, panic, increased heart rate and even sweating caused by the searching behaviour
Excessive time used to search on line often way into the night or takes up work time
· Continually going from Doctor to Doctor wanting reassurance and never satisfied
Taking everything literally that you read on the internet and convinced you that everything is truthful
You have a minor health problem that has been diagnosed, such as a benign cyst, but you worry excessively about the condition
Mild headaches that could be from foods you eating, nutrient deficiencies or structural problems are seen as possible brain tumours.
COMMON CAUSES AND TRIGGERS
- Personal or family history of illness
- Past trauma or tragedy
Heightened awareness of bodily sensations - Chronic unmanaged stress
- Being isolated or lonely
- Having a parent with the same condition, passing to their children
- Craving attention from family or friends
- Negative experience with a medical professional which led to mistrust of the medical profession
- People suffering from OCD
Be kind to these people their perception is real to them. There are many therapies out there in the form of cognitive behavioural therapy, exercise, Tension Trauma Release Exercises, hypnotherapy, medication, therapy sessions with councillors and also going for a thorough medical workout and see a Functional Medicine Nutritionist.
