The line between self-advocacy and health anxiety is thinner than we think—and I found myself standing right on it.

Various factors can cause anxiety to worsen. The triggers vary between individuals but include ongoing stress, a bereavement, financial problems, and key events, such as a job interview. Anxiety ...

As the cold beer ran down my throat, the sharpness of my self-conscious thoughts started to lose its edge. The conversation started to flow, and the laughter became easier. The first time I discovered ...

Anxiety is the body’s way of asking for our attention. It arrives quietly at first; restless thoughts, a tightening in the chest, a sense that something is off. Then it grows louder. My heart races, ...

I'm a lifelong hypochondriac. Would a £1,299 full-body scan finally cure my health anxiety - or simply give me something new ...

Anxiety is “that hypervigilant feeling that escalates swiftly to a sense of catastrophe and doom,” writes Ellen Vora, M.D., in her new book, The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the ...

When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can normally be found with his own camera in hand or behind his drums or eating his stash of home-cooked food -- sometimes all at once.

When my boyfriend's health anxiety is dialed up, it has a trickle-down effect on our relationship. He’s pacing the floor of his home office, wide unblinking eyes exposing the torment inside. Frantic ...

I can count on one hand the number of times in the past 13 years that I've taken my children to the grocery store — or anywhere, for that matter — alone. I think about the sidelong glances people ...