Healing from Health Anxiety

A Self-Help Workbook with CBT, Somatic, and Mindfulness Tools to Break the Cycle of Health Anxiety and Fear of Illness

By: Amber Zahra

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

What if you’re not overreacting—what if you’re just exhausted from trying to feel safe in your own body?

Health anxiety—also called illness anxiety disorder or hypochondria—isn’t just fear. It’s the relentless loop of googling symptoms, second-guessing your body, and hearing “you’re fine” when you don’t feel fine. It’s waking up already panicked, overthinking every sensation, and feeling completely alone—even after another “normal” test result.

Millions of people silently live with health anxiety. This fully revised and enhanced second edition of Healing from Health Anxiety is for them—and for you.

This trauma-informed, self-guided health anxiety workbook is for people who are tired of spiraling and ready to finally break free. It blends CBT techniques, somatic nervous system calming tools, and mindfulness strategies into a clear, compassionate, and practical roadmap for recovery.

INSIDE, YOU’LL DISCOVER:

✓ Deeper tools to stop reassurance-seeking, symptom-checking, and late-night search spirals.

✓ Enhanced exercises that challenge catastrophic thinking while validating your fear.

✓ Somatic grounding practices to calm your nervous system during moments of panic.

✓ Gentle exposure techniques that build confidence without overwhelming you.

✓ Scripts and checklists for navigating doctor visits with less dread.

✓ Digital-age coping strategies to reduce anxiety triggered by health headlines, social media, and symptom searches.

✓ Relationship guidance for handling conversations with people who don’t understand.

✓ A more flowing, spacious format that’s easier on an anxious mind.

✓ New psychological frameworks, including Anxiety Brain vs. Wise Mind and Certainty Addiction, to help you recognize and reframe your patterns.

✓ More actionable tools like The Courtroom Method and Setback Resilience Plan to help you interrupt cycles and recover from setbacks.

Why this workbook stands apart: It’s not about forcing you into extreme exposures or minimizing your fear—it’s about meeting you where you are, guiding you at your own pace, and equipping you with tools you can actually use in real life.

If you’ve ever felt stuck even after reassurance, this workbook offers a new way forward.

You don’t need to be fearless. You just need a way through.

Let this health anxiety healing workbook be your companion—page by page, you’ll learn how to stop fearing every symptom, trust your body again, and reconnect with the life you want to live.