Guides
Practical, evidence-informed writing about health anxiety — the loops it runs on and the habits that break them. No miracle cures, no fear bait.
Scared to Exercise Because of Health Anxiety? The Way Back
When your own heartbeat feels like a threat, workouts become war reports. Why avoiding exercise makes heart fear worse, and the graded-exposure route back — from someone who played volleyball scared.
Why Health Anxiety Gets Worse at Night (and the 2am Protocol)
Night strips away distraction, tires out your rational brain, and hands the stage to your body. Why 2am spirals hit harder and the pre-written protocol that gets you through them.
How to Stop Googling Your Symptoms (and Why You Can't Stop)
Compulsive symptom searching feels like research but works like a slot machine. Why your brain keeps pulling you back to Google, and the CBT-based steps that actually break the loop.
Chest Pain: Anxiety or Your Heart? How to Think About It Safely
When to seek emergency care immediately, what anxiety-related chest pain tends to feel like, and how to stop the 2am spiral — without ever gambling on real cardiac symptoms.
Reassurance Seeking: The Habit That Keeps Health Anxiety Alive
Checking, asking, googling, body-scanning — reassurance quiets the fear for minutes and feeds it for years. How the reassurance cycle works and how to taper it without white-knuckling.