Shawna shares her story of health anxiety after misdiagnosis | Anxiety Chats S02E40

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In this chat with Shawna, she told us the story of how a wrong diagnosis caused her health anxiety.

After receiving some misdiagnoses of panic attacks instead of the actual illness, arrhythmia, she started to suffer from health anxiety. She was constantly worried about her health and the possibility of having another illness, which led her to deal with OCD as well.

She shared with us ways that she found to better live with her anxiety after all that happened, including exposure therapy and changing some of the behaviors and thoughts that she didn't think were healthy.

Since Shawna has been a nurse for 15 years, we also had a great conversation about her view on how the pandemic affected workers all over Canada, especially people in healthcare.

This episode is part of our Chat series, in which we meet for a great chat about anxiety, and you can share a personal story in the end. Share in the comments below!👇 👇 👇

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