It's normal to worry about your health during the COVID-19 pandemic. But excessive worry could be a sign of health anxiety
that symptoms worsened for many people with preexisting mental health issues.
To learn more about health anxiety in the general population, another team of researchers turned to Reddit.
also suggests that people who score highly on measures of neuroticism have been more likely to develop health anxiety during the pandemic, which is in turn correlated with the development of generalized anxiety and depression.caused an uptick in obsessive behaviors It can be difficult to tell if your health concerns are normal in the COVID-19 era, when it’s natural to be on high alert about disease. Behaviors that otherwise might be red flags for health anxiety, like frequent hand-washing or mask-wearing, have become normal and recommended over the past few years. But Patriquin says there are still signs to look for.