Hi all,[8D]
I just wanted to share this with you! When I have the slightest health sympton. I often worry and think of the worst thing possible![V] I believe this to be a trait for most anxiety sufferers! The trouble is you can end up convincing yourself its something worse which can make you more tearful and panic more!:( well it does me anyway!
I have just bought this book from http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...469269-6842838 (This will take you straight to the book on the website!) called:
STOP WORRYING ABOUT YOUR HEALTH - HOW TO QUIT OBSESSING ABOUT SYMPTONS AND FEEL BETTER NOW - BY DR GEORGE ZGOURIDES, PSY.D.[:I]
I have not read the book cover to cover as yet but what I have read so far makes alot of sense!
Anyway from the back cover it reads:
Put an end to preoccupying thoughts about illness.
Feel at ease with everyday physical symptons.
Identify and heal the causes of your worry.
Everyone has felt the need to scratch when a friend reveals a rash, but for some of us, unfounded concerns about potential illness can take over our lives. If you are one of the millions of people plagued by irrational thoughts about minor physical symptons, and remain certain that there is something wrong with you despite a doctor's repeated assurances to the contrary, then you know what it is to live with health anxiety.
In this first ever self-help guide for people who are excessively concerned abouth their health, mind-body phychologist George D. Zgourides offers effective, step-by-step strategies for countering illness obsession. Learn to identify and treat the underlying causes of worry, counteract irrational self-talk about minor, everyday physical symptons, and accept and finally redefine your experience of aches and pains-for good.
The contents are as follows:
Acknowledgments/Introduction
Chp 1) Do You Have A Health Anxiety Syndrome [?]
Chp 2) The Power Of Mind-Body Psychology [^]
Chp 3) Helping Yourself With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy[^]
Chp 4) Rethinking Away your Health Worries[^]
Chp 5) Medical And Behavioral Approaches to Health Anxiety Syndrome[^]
Chp 6) The Role Of Family, Friends, and Support Groups[^]
Chp 7) Future Directions[^]
A Final Word
Resourses
For Futher Reading
References.
Sorry to have waffled lot's[|)] you never know I might be super fit by the time I come to the last chapter LOL![:0] I could become Super Pip's!Hmmm going a bit to far now I think![
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Anyway all hope I haven't bored you to much![xx(]
Take good care [:I]
Love PIP'S [:X] XX
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