According to my amygdala, I've had ulcerative colitis, gastroenteritis, diabetes, kidney stones, HIV, syphilis, cardiac arrest, COVID-19 and, most recently, melanoma. According to reality, I've only ever had health anxiety.

To anyone that is going through a mental health episode, keep telling yourself about the many other diseases we have convinced ourselves that we must certainly have and we came out just fine.

To everyone here. You are NOT alone! There are millions just like you! If you ever need to reach out I’m here and I’m listening!! You are stronger than you know!!!

I have the unenviable skill of manifesting the precise symptoms I don't want to have.

Having health anxiety while also having actual health issues has been a huge struggle to find balance between advocating for myself and not letting myself spiral. It's hard to parse out.

I am constantly worried that I have cancer. I am slim and always check my weight to make sure I dont have any weight loss, everytime i feel weak or tired i think it is a terminal illness but I am also afraid to visit the doctor incase they confirm my fears. I was diagnosed with GAD around 6 months ago but worry my anxiety symptoms are serious Just a quick update everyone 7 months have gone by and I am still here and slowly getting better every day. I have stopped googling things and I have stopped over thinking any body sensations. It's not been easy but I am slowly learning to live with health anxiety. Wishing you all the best and we can fight past it. 1 year has gone by now and still here and still keeping healthy. Mediation has been a really big help for me to fight my thoughts 😊 "Hard times come and they pass and they come to pass" 🙏 Update: Feb 2022 I am so glad I uploaded this post. Having a place for everyone to comment and not feel alone has really meant a lot to me. You are all blessed and loved and no matter how hard things are now they do and will get better ❤

Best advice to stop scanning my body? That is my biggest issue...it's the first thing I think of when I wake up. Even when I have a good day, it's like my brain says wait, you have anxiety remember?....it's so discouraging.

My heart has been hurting a lot lately, but I know that I'm okay. Instead of giving into it and freaking out, I've decided to start doing jumpjacks instead to prove to myself that my heart is just fine!! It's very helpful

This video made me cry so much because IT’S ME. I ‘m calling this doctor. I can’t live this way any more

Everyone should have this bookmarked and have this playing passively on loop over and over again - it'll help you keep it in the back of your mind so you can use it as a "shield" when the monster of health anxiety rears its head.

As soon as I get chest aches everything goes down the drain from there. Even when my day has been going great I zoom into my chest and what if’s is heart attack etc will occur suddenly. 😪

Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery, it's quite fascinating how effective they're for depression and stress disorders. Saved my life

For someone who has suffered from health anxiety for yearsssss. This is invaluable information. Thank you! ❤️

i hate it when i find random normal changes in my body or feel a lump anywhere and diagnose myself with anything and get scared

My health anxiety started when a physician read my EKG improperly and told me I had an electrical problem with my heart and that it could stop at any moment. Prior to that FALSE diagnoses I practically lived in the gym training very hard and was built like superman. Lol. That was 20 years ago now and I still can't shake that FALSE diagnoses even though I have been to the ER countless times over the years consulting with several cardiologists doing every test in the book when it comes to testing heart function - everything is perfect. I have been in the health industry myself for the last 28 years as a personal trainer and have studied exercise physiology and functional medicine the last 7 years so I could learn a lot more about the human body. I know how to interpret ultrasounds (Sonography), EKG's, echocardiograms, and have studied hematology to the point I believe I know as much if not more than most physicians when it comes to interpreting blood test results. I can even see things in test results before the body shows symptoms. So, after diagnosing myself I have concluded I am healthy as a 20 year old healthy male and I am 56 years of age. So, why is it I still have in the back of my head what that MD told me about my heart 20 years ago now. It was super bad to where I'd check my blood pressure a few times per day and every 30 minutes I'd catch myself checking my pulse rate. UNREAL is all I can say! PLEASE people, don't let ANYONE plant something in your head because it can be very difficult to pull that weed out! I guess it is a form of brainwashing. Maybe I need to study psychiatry next so I can diagnose myself a little more. Lol. In any case I have used what I have learned over the years to help people get and stay well with a primary focus on preventing disease before it even starts. Best of all I consult with people for FREE! While I am not a licensed MD, I have taken thousands of hours of courses over the last 7 years and could pursue a medical degree, but after learning what I have learned, I want NO part of the BIG pharma because they are all about masking symptoms with TOXIC prescription drugs instead of curing the problem - or better yet, preventing the problem. Not to mention it's ALL about the MONEY! So, at least all my health anxiety wasn't bad because it caused me to want to help people which led me to learning more about the human body. Because of my issues I now have more compassion toward anyone with any medical issue because I can understand to a certain degree what people are going through and I don't want to see anyone suffer! Blessings to ALL!

The brain is an amazing thing. I was an absolute mess for a long time. Literally every illness you could imagine, I’d read about it and sure enough the specific set of symptoms would pop up. I’d then focus on the somatic symptom continuously 24/7. It was so draining. Then my daughter was born and I found new focus. I guess if you care more about something than yourself the focus shifts. Good luck everyone with anxiety. It’s a bastard affliction.

Corona has my hypochondria reach the summits now. I cannot take it anymore. With the ongoing lockdown, I have nothing to do except for googling and the health anxiety over the years have sky-rocketed. This video is so so so perfect demonstration of my life. I wanna cry, take my life without pain but then I do not want to give into something that's not even tangible. I will get through all this one day. I WILL!!!!!!!

This video has just made me feel 10 times better

39:20 for strategies & how to manage it. I try to revisit this section frequently as a "prophylaxis" Thanks for the webinar. Incredibly, incredibly helpful.

My grandfather passed away from cancer in 2016, he was a father to me and seeing his health deteriorate really messed me up... I thought I got over it but apparently I didn't, thank you so much for this, seriously you have no idea how grateful I am

Before you doubt your health. Doubt your ill feeling. I was reminded that before i doubt God, doubt your fear. Thanks for this talk. I was reminded.

I cannot explain how much comfort I got in this video, especially when he goes over how our bodies are naturally noisy but with health anxiety, we will notice it more than the average person.

It was like I had a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, and a feeling of happiness came over me while watching this. Thanks, Doctor Goodman. Your words really helped hit home. I'm definitely going to take your approach and practice these tools as much as possible. I WILL OVERCOME HEALTH ANXIETY! ❤

I can relate with this 100%. It made me realize I really need help/therapy. I cannot function like this to the point that sometimes I wish I was sick so I don’t suffer from anxiety anymore. It’s horrible to write letters to my daughter in my head in case I die before she grows up. I feel so alone in this

As a kid up to the age of 13, I watched my grandpa slowly pass away from the worst case of heart disease of anyone I've ever known. He had multiple heart attacks, multiple bypasses, an eventual heart transplant, another heart attack, then ultimately passed away after a horrible car accident and had a heart attack in his sleep at the hospital. I remember the feeling of dread as my mom explained to me at the age of 7 that my grandpa's blood vessels were clogged up because he ate too much butter. I remember the pit in my stomach as she explained how a pacemaker SHOCKED the heart into working again if it stopped. I remember sitting on my grandpa's lap as he opened up his shirt to show me his heart transplant scars... this was back in 1994 when pacemakers were a box of batteries and you could literally feel it under his skin. I remember seeing the raw flesh in graphic detail and was instantly traumatized. Since his death, I've been completely terrified of heart attacks and heart disease. I've dedicated my life to preventing them in my own body and learning all the mechanisms of heart issues so I don't develop it, but I live in constant fear that nothing I do will ever be enough because there are no guarantees. It's sometimes a living hell... I get ectopic heartbeats, I've worn halter monitors, I've been checked multiple times, and x-ray, multiple EKG's, a stress test, and the doctors can't find anything wrong with my heart. But I live everyday with the constant fear that they missed something... that each day I'm one day closer to having a heart attack. It's awful. I cooked a whole chicken last night and could barely look at the heart because I was scared of it... It's a constant battle.

No amount of anxiety is going to stop what’s going to happen if you get cancer you try and beat it if you get heart attack maybe it will heal..One day your health is going to go downhill hopefully not for a long time In the meantime do whatever makes you happy

This was so helpful. I’m grateful for doctors who take the time to post these because I don’t have insurance and health care is not very accessible during these times

My 16 year old daughter and myself both suffer from HA. I have started therapy and my daughter is starting therapy tomorrow. She’s at a very high level of anxiety for the past two weeks and the current fear is esophagus cancer because of heartburn/gerd symptoms. In the past it has been cramps that turn into ovarian cancer (in her mind), a lymph node on her neck that she thought was cancer and dug at it for a month til it was sore and we had to go to the doctor, leg/arm tingling.. etc. Every single ache or pain signals cancer to her and that’s all she will focus on until the pain disappears. A family member recently tried to reassure her telling her she is not sick and doesn’t have symptoms of weight loss, vomiting, fevers etc. and now she wants to weigh herself to see if she’s losing weight or she will get chills because of panic attacks and think it’s a fever. She said breathing techniques/meditation don’t work for her because once she is in the full panic zone all she thinks about is that she’s terminal. I haven’t watched this video yet but does anyone know if I should have her watch it with me or should I just watch it myself .I’m praying that therapy will help us both because it’s like the blind leading the blind as I can only calm her so much because then my mind starts wandering like hers and I start having the same fears for her. It’s a vicious cycle. I’m so sad to constantly see the panicked look of fear in her eyes and face. The pandemic has made it worse since she can’t see friends and be social so she has been clinging to me even more. I just want us both to get better.

This video is fantastic and so relatable to my health anxiety. I would love a copy of the slides. Thank you so much for recording this. My opponent is not going to win.

I just recently went through something that sparked up my anxiety and ive never felt anything overwhelming as this feeling. it stops me from feeling normal and in a constant state of worry and panic and its been about 2 weeks of first feeling this way! i searched up my symptoms and it made everything even 10x worse with thoughts rushing through my mind. after watching this and learning how to respond to these feelings and thoughts I feel way better. Thank You

For me the trigger for the disorder started with my job, working in hospital admin, I read some terrible things. So from then on it would go in cycles, I would focus on different parts of my body with the occasional absence of worry. The event that sealed the deal with me was watching my sister die from cancer. From the moment of her diagnosis I am convinced that the big C is just around the corner.

This is HELPFUL! I recommend this to everyone who is suffering from health anxiety. Watch from the start till the end. I got tears in my eyes as the doctor was exactly explaining what I go through; the symptoms, thoughts everything. It felt so relieving that someone actually understands what goes in my mind.

Possibly the best video ever in describing this whole process

Thanks for this video. It's amazing how straightforward and sensible overcoming Health Anxiety is on paper but how much harder it actually is to put it into practice. Rewiring the brain is like exercising a weak muscle! Thanks!

Thank you for uploading this video! One of the best videos on this subject matter I’ve seen!

I’m only on minute 16 and can relate to so much of this. Especially, the heartburn and Gerd comments.

I am currently in therapy for health anxiety and have made a lot of progress, but still have days where I'm pretty high on the anxiety scale, like 6 or 7. This is a great resource to reframe my anxiety as a bully, a monster, an opponent. I won't let it win!

Thank you for this video! I have been suffering miserably for two or three years now with this. Some days are better than others. Sending much love to all of you also suffering from this. We can get better and will get better. Just don't give up!! I believe in you and you are not alone!

By far...the best explanation found on youTube that describes what I am going through right now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You guys are the best!

No words could express my gratitude for this webinar. Thank you so much sharing it for free with all of us health anxiety sufferers. Everything that was said here is spot on and incredibly helpful.

This is the best health anxiety resource I've found up to this point. Thank you for thoroughly explaining the process!

I have listened to this countless times because it makes me feel "normal". Having health anxiety is a very lonely, terrifying and frustrating condition. Unless you personally experience it nobody can understand. Not even therapists fully understand, they can tell you why you do what you do. What not to do but in reality that is a billion times more difficult. I don't disagree with anything in this video but finding the strength to actually face the fear terrifies me. Why? Because this time it's really an illness, the last million times I believed the same, it was not right, but this time it could be. I currently have a pain in my back which I've had myself convinced is due to a tumor. Yet last week when I believed 100% I had oral cancer the back eased. Now my mouth is better, the pain in my back is worse. So it has to be cancer because it's progressing. So the fear goes on and on, and my life goes on hold because i can't function till I know for sure. However I don't want to go to doctor because I'm terrified it's "true". I truly hope to one day find the strength to conquer this. I hope you do too!

This has been my life for 3 years. I feel like you have taken me as an example.. I always worry about a cardiac arrest.. when I hear someone suffer from something I immediately start building the same symptoms.. Thank you so much for this presentation, I think this is my way forward

I’ve had health anxiety due 20 years, I’m just now trying to help myself by researching how to “cure” this. I’ve missed so much life. Not to mention my kids have watched me live this way. I would do anything to not feel this way.

OMG this is so right on!!! Just like stephanie! I spent 2 hours today looking up my blood results from today! I do have to smile as all of this is a little over the top when it's spelled out!

It was so refreshing to hear exactly what I’ve been going through, and that I’m not alone. Someone close to me recently had heart failure and since then I’ve convinced myself I have every single heart problem in the world and after going on a google rampage I convince myself I would go into cardiac arrest because of my slightly elevated blood pressure :/ This has helped me understand even a little I am so thankful

Not only do I panic when I have a symptom, but I also panic when anyone I care about tells me about a symptom they have. This is the first time I've seen my disorder identified.

This vid was a blessing to me😭. Since i've experienced health anxiety again this pandemic i've become curious for what's happening to me and this vid discuss everything i wanted to know. Keep on spreading info, knowledge and awareness🙏

I wish I had found this video a couple years ago. I love this way of looking at health anxiety bc I am very competitive and looking at it like a duel with a clever adversary is perfect for me. I will win, no matter what.

Just watching this video made me feel so much better

Incredible video. One video explains everything you need to know. I’ve wasted time on various anxiety coaches and this kills em all.

Literally me, all the google links are purple now for pretty much everything because ive been to them all, good lord.

My life is over. I am completely paralyzed by fear and cannot do anything. I have no life because I am constantly feeling hopeless and terrified of aging and dying. I never feel safe or peace or hope. I feel diseased all the time.

Can relate with Stephanie. I’m a pulse checker 25 years. Better lately with years of experience therapy etc unless I get flu like symptoms. Trouble tolerating like Dr Goodman said. Covid anxiety awful. Bridges mess me up. Even some agoraphobia in supermarkets sometimes have to remind myself I can breathe. Started in medical school learning about diseases. Past drug use and guilt over that probably encouraged it too. Over protective health anxious mother too that sterilized my silverware so upbringing and genetics too all there. This is spot on information for a crummy psychiatric problem. Thank you for the reminders. Wish therapy wasn’t so expensive even with insurance can be a burden.

Thank you so much God bless you all🙏🙏🙏🙏

An extremely helpful video! It’s going to take a lot of time and effort to break free of my habits. Whatever I’ve been doing to recover from this disorder has certainly not been working.

Thank you for this. I've lived with health anxiety since my teens. This time all it took to set it off was a new skin spot. That's all it took. As soon as I felt less worried about it I started focusing on other skin things... it never ends. Now I'm afraid I have internal cancer, everything feels weird & I've started having nocturnal panic attacks. Every pain means something. Anyway, I needed this video right now!

“Live without absolute certainty” is such a good way of putting it.

Watching this, for some reason feels so reassuring

Thank you all for this free information

Reading the comments make me feel good!

This was By Far, the best, Simple explanation ...........This DOCTOR has helped soooo many ppl on this one VIDEO !!! Thank You!!!! ❤️❤️

Thank you for this webminar, thank you sir ken and too all of you guys

I’m so thankful for this video and I’m at a position to apply it to my life. Just keep being strong and listen to what they are saying. We need to rewire

I got all the symptoms that you mentioned. With exercising, meditating and working with breathing, it is controllable. Thanks for sharing

The most helpful video ever! Honestly, I watch this video all the time - it’s the only thing that has actually worked.

This webinar is so helpful, thank you. I have health anxiety but I didn't knew it, I have experience with depression and enxiety, positive thinking etc. This honestly opened my eyes, thank you once again

I'm suffering from IBS-C , having depression, stressed and my anxieties really high thinking I'm gonna die every single hour when my ibs flares up. This is very helpful to me. I listened to it like every day to remind myself I'm not gonna die. Thank you so much .

This has helped me so so much! I can Finally understand what I suffer from. Thank you for this. I have taken away some fantastic Information

Man this is the BEST video on that subject. If you‘re not sure watching this 1hour+ webinar PLEASE watch it, it will help you so much! Thank you for everything

I think I’m going to look back at this as a life changing video to stumble across. Thank you, thank you, thank you ADAA!

This is great. I suffer from a different anxiety but it's linked and this is giving me some excellent coping strategies. Thanks

Thank you so much for this video! It has helped me a lot :) It is all about learning the tools to deal with the anxiety when it comes up

Wow! This video is life!! Thank you so much!

This video is unbelievable. Thank you so much.

One thing I never hear anyone touch on is phantom pains as well. I used to think about my heart every waking hour of my adolescence. The physical pain I felt in my heart was horrible . It’s wasn’t GERD or acid reflux. My brain literally caused real physical pains 🫠 thank god I stopped obsessing and it went away 99%

Thank you for this video, I can’t tell you how much I relate. !! I’m getting a referral for CBT❤️

After watching this, I had a couple hours of peace, but of course, the ruminations started up after a while.

I still go back to this video every now and then when I struggle. Recently found out I have ADHD that could explain all my thoughts and why I’m having trouble with letting things go

This is the best video ever. Thank you and god bless you

Excellent webinar.... Always watch it when my anxiety worsens

This Webinar have seriously helped me to reduce my anxiety happening after I had a shoulder fracture in a bike accident 3 months ago. Waiting when will this go away forever and I can live like I was before this anxeity attacks.

I am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and spoken word performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my KZfaq channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💙

Wow. The first 9 mins is exactly what I have been going through, last night being the most recent. Everything me too. It’s a vicious vicious circle. I hope more study is done and more light is brought on this horrible illness. Literally debilitating for me.

Health Anxiety normally happens to people who love life too much. chances are you not going to have cancer. The Stress can be dangerous.

This was great, thank you very much!

Thank you for uploading these webinars!

Thank you so much for this. I've been suffering on and off for years and I'm at a real tough point where I'm trying to overcome this horrible ailment. The way you address it really hits home and gives easy to understand tools to tackle it. I'm going to put them into practice.

Thanks a lot my anxiety level has got reduced by attending this session!

I’m 18 and have been suffering for 4 years. I’ve never felt more empowered , I’m so grateful for this information ❤️

I am excited for part two!! Thank you for this very helpful information

I’ve watched this video over and over it’s very good and should’ve millions of views

It's been almost 2 weeks since I watched this webinar. Word for word this was describing my symptoms and behaviors. THAT was a powerful eye opener for me and with that 19yrs of anxiety solved for me. I am still sensitive. However the proof for me was receiving a test result yesterday with a not so ok report and I did not panic and I had a fairly good night's sleep. My Dr has not called me yet to explain the result, however I have been cataloging my feelings and being rational and gentle with myself. Today while I await my doc to get back to me, I am having a great time with my family vs being in bed experiencing a racing heart and hot flashes. Thank you for posting this, I will continue to do research and continue to apply some of the strategies mentioned in this video. In my country we don't have cbt therapist, any therapy is expensive where I live, so.. self help is my only way to get better.

Thank you

This video explains things so well. Seeing intrusive thoughts as an actual opponent REALLY helped me get my anxiety under control quickly. I pictured the anxiety as someone I don't like trying to tell me to do or think (or not do and think) something and I would tell him to go to #@$* (or worse) and do the exact opposite. My anxiety level went low and has stayed lowed. I've heard a lot of therapist try and explain this but Ken's did it for me. Huge thanks!

This was so HEPFUL!! Thank you and God bless!

Amazing video! I've been suffering from health anxiety since I was a child, and my parent's illnessess and deaths have made it worse year by year. For the first time, this lecture gave me hope that maybe one day I too can just live my life free from the constat horror and fear of getting really sick and dying. Maybe I can re-wire my brain and feel happy... Btw, the man on the video, right up the screen seems so kind and sweet! His calm and happy presence really helped me listening to this tough topic

I have re-watched this and want to repeat. This is best explanation I have evet seen. If you have health anxiety, please watch it multiple times to digest it

Ken GoodMan is one smart guy. Wish had therapists like him in my area.Neil is a very good also.

Thank you so much for this information!! This gives me hope!