Now recognizing that I have a health anxiety. How do I get people to stop telling me horror stories about health? You know those stories I am talking about! "Did you know so and so's husband thought he had bronchitis, turned out to be stage 4 lung cancer and he died 3 weeks later! Bless his heart, he was only 50 years old..."! These are the type of things that will trigger my anxiety. Because guess what I am going to think about next time I get bronchitis or better yet a simple cough???!!! lol
I mean obviously I can't walk around with a sign that says "I have health anxiety, don't tell me stories". But I think for my own good I need to avoid hearing things like this or learn how to deal with it. Any suggestions?