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On episode #83, I talk about the 2 underlying fears of a health anxiety sufferer: mortality and social judgment. Like myself, many people suffering from health anxiety remain in their safe zones because they fear having heart attack and dying out in public and making a fool of themselves why they do it. Then I go on to discuss other fears such as vomiting, t ... Show More
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