Hi, I'm starting this thread to document my experience with schema therapy for health anxiety and generalised anxiety.
So far I've just done the questionnaire, so haven't found out what schemas I have, but I suspect they are:
- vulnerability to harm
- emotional deprivation
- defectiveness
- emotional inhibition
- social isolation
- negativity/pessimism
Something that has emerged already just from giving the therapist my background is that been so focussed on my health fears that I didn't realise how afraid of everything else I am eg. money, personal safety, career, relationships, world events.
I have a friend who says schema therapy really helped them a lot, so I'm hoping it does the same for me.