#53: "Am I Dying?!" Health Paranoia & Why Your Inner Child Is Behind It

The Inner Child Podcast

Gloria Zhang, MA

Ptsd, Attachment Styles, Commitment, Self-improvement, Childhood Trauma, Health & Fitness, Therapist, Inner Child Healing, Education, C-ptsd, Codependency, Alternative Health, Self Love, Dating, Asian Canadian, Relationships, Codependent Relationships, Mental Health

4.8 • 551 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Hey, hypochondriacs! Does feelings "weird things" in your body send you down a WebMD rabbit-hole panic and you're convinced you're going to die? And why does health paranoia and obsessiveness get worse at certain times of your life? Listen closely as I share the Inner Child roots of where this anxious thinking comes from, my own personal story of overcoming it, and a Call-To-Action at the end on how to get over it too! **Get on the waitlist for $100 off the first annual Heal Your Inner...

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Inner Child Podcast.
0:02.7	Hey friends, this episode is dedicated to the hypochondriacs in our community.
0:07.8	In other words, folks who tend to get a little bit paranoid or overly worried and anxious about their health.
0:15.8	It is a real thing.
0:17.0	And in this episode, I'm going to dive deep into how this actually comes from your
0:22.4	inner child in childhood wounds, my own personal story around how I used to struggle with
0:28.5	this, why these obsessions actually seem to get worse at certain times, plus my tips on
0:34.3	how to overcome it right after this intro.
0:51.1	Hi, I'm Gloria Zhang and after 10 years of struggling in toxic relationships, I attracted the love of my life by healing my inner child. This podcast is your weekly dose of my expertise as a therapist and dating relationship coach for high achievers.
1:02.6	Learn tips to overcome low self-worth, emotional baggage, and childhood trauma so that you too can step into your power and attract the love you desire.
1:12.6	Welcome to the Inner Child podcast. Hello and welcome back to the Inner Child podcast.
1:20.1	So, you just woke up and your leg is shaking. The first thing that you do is you start to panic,
1:26.7	you start to worry, you jump onto Google, and you do a deep dive into Reddit and WebMD, and before you know it, you are absolutely convinced that you have a life-threatening disease and that you are going to die.
1:41.3	What I just described is a very regular occurrence of someone who's a hypochondriac.
1:47.2	So hypochondria basically means very excessive, worrying and anxiety about your health.
1:55.3	So although hypochondria technically is a label diagnosis,
2:00.0	obviously all of us fall along the spectrum to some degree.
2:03.6	And of course, when we're not feeling well, it's very normal to feel anxious about what it means.
2:08.6	But if this seems to be becoming an issue for you, or you're noticing that there are certain times of your life where these obsessions get a lot worse. It is not a coincidence.
2:19.9	There's an actual explanation as to why this is flaring up and what this has to do with your inner
2:26.2	child. So before we dive into this juicy goodness, I have a very quick insider's little
2:32.5	news update just for you guys listening.
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