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Why googling symptoms makes health anxiety spiral

I cannot stop googling my symptoms and every search makes my health anxiety worse but I cannot stop clicking.

Patan
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The search for certainty through information has become a compulsion that generates more uncertainty with each attempt.

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