5. Track your concerns

Next on our list of ways to cope with health anxiety is tracking your concerns. Like a sort of journaling, this is a great tool through which you put your fears on paper to build awareness of your thought patterns.

You can get creative and come up with an approach to reveal the dangers of your catastrophic thinking. For instance, on one side of a piece of paper, write down your fears (I’m going to die of colon cancer), and on the other side, question your fears (I have loose stools because I’m consuming too much fiber).

In this same journal, keep track of the times and days you find yourself obsessively checking your body or surfing the Internet for reassurance. Once you see the frequency of your anxiety habits, you can determine your patterns and triggers to break the cycle and cope with health anxiety.