I'm a new member so I'm going into overdrive...

What are people's thoughts on awareness campaigns for health issues? They are obviously important in saving people's lives, but for those who suffer health anxiety then, selfishly speaking, they are a nightmare.

They are hardhitting and give the impression that you are going to die if you have such-and-such symptoms and don't do anything about it. What they don't tell you is that such-and-such symptoms in the vast majority of cases lead to nothing serious at all.

Personally, it introduces me to a whole new area of illness I can convince myself I am suffering from.