The Pattern
The health anxiety is not about health. It's about control and the inability to tolerate uncertainty about the body. The body becomes the place where general anxiety lands because it feels concrete and specific.
What Mastery Looks Like
A compassionate, attentive relationship with the body
The Path Forward
Related patterns
Patterns that often live alongside this one.
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