As we begin to relax rules around the COVID-19 precautions that have helped keep us safe for two years now, it's understandable to be at least a little anxious. But when that anxiety becomes especially time-consuming or distressing, experts say it may qualify as a mental health condition.
One thing you can do to ease your health anxiety is set limits on googling your symptoms. We're all guilty of doing it — and while it can be helpful to a certain degree, it crosses a line if that information-seeking is regularly keeping you up late at night or otherwise interfering with your life.
That's why it's crucial to set limits, even small, incremental ones, on the amount of time you spend researching this information.
Find out some other ways you can ease your health anxiety.
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