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How health anxiety creates the suffering it fears

I can see perfectly fine but I'm obsessed with checking my eyes in the mirror and googling symptoms, convinced something terrible is developing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind's attempt to control uncertain futures through hypervigilance often generates more distress than the conditions it seeks to prevent.

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.