Does having private healthcare help with your health anxiety?

[JacknDiane]

I've tried everything to overcome this. Medications, therapy, cbt twice, counselling, read books, attended seminars, spoke to friends, tried hypnotherapy, but couldn't be hypnotised....honestly I think nothing will help me except private health insurance, even though Im on minimum wage and will really struggle to afford it. But I feel its a last resort.

So my question is, does having private health insurance reassueyour health anxiety?

I can't see why it would? Generally making accommodations doesn't make anxiety better it usually makes it worse.
Why would you see it helping OP? I live in the USA where private insurance is the norm and it doesn't help health anxiety at all.

I’m really sorry, I haven’t seen it do any good at all. Quite the contrary. DSS has become much, much worse with ever private health insurance funded investigation. The investigations are done much more quickly so his mind jumps to ever new possibilities much more quickly than when he navigated NHS priorities

i really hope you find what you need to stop this health anxiety ruining your life.

Actually this is true. The reason I want it is so I can get any worry investigated quickly. But I know id then just move onto the next worry. Maybe this would make my HA worse, not ease it, more like encourage it.
I dont know, ive always thought private medical insurance is the answer for me. I thought loads of posters would say yes it cured my health anxiety, whereas I think I would be at the private hospital getting everything under the sun investigated until they banned me 🤦🏻‍♀️

No I don’t think so. A friend of mine had it through work and had/s health anxiety/death anxiety and I just felt it fed into this as she was accessing all sorts of tests and consultations a lot of the time. She ended up losing her job and then insurance as a result so tried to do the same with NHs which didn’t allow as much access so stopped the need for constant reassurance

I am going to say yes. It has helped me massively. I have never used the policy (and hope I never have to, God willing), but knowing it is there is very comforting.

Are you also aware that the more you use it, the more it will cost the next year? So even if you can just afford it this year, your premiums will be much higher next year if you use it for everything you want to get checked out.

I didn't realise that.