Spiritual meaning behind health anxiety

[Raven47]

Hi everyone! I have done lots of research on the spiritual meanings of specific diseases, illnesses, even broken bones and common colds and the spiritual root to having them. Which has been very helpful in my life and also those close to me, it gives you another perspective which helps healing in a different way. Anyways, what I have not found much information on is health anxiety, hypochondriacs, anxiety in a whole, and mental illness in general and their relation to what it means spiritually. Has anyone found information on the spiritual meaning behind health anxiety or anxiety in general? I know the external forces that can trigger it, like being around people with illness or reading about it, and so much more, but I really am wanting a deeper meaning to it all, so I can understand why I am letting myself experience it and what may be causing it besides my mind and external factors. Thank you!

[Shivani Devi]

Originally Posted by Raven47

Hi everyone! I have done lots of research on the spiritual meanings of specific diseases, illnesses, even broken bones and common colds and the spiritual root to having them. Which has been very helpful in my life and also those close to me, it gives you another perspective which helps healing in a different way. Anyways, what I have not found much information on is health anxiety, hypochondriacs, anxiety in a whole, and mental illness in general and their relation to what it means spiritually. Has anyone found information on the spiritual meaning behind health anxiety or anxiety in general? I know the external forces that can trigger it, like being around people with illness or reading about it, and so much more, but I really am wanting a deeper meaning to it all, so I can understand why I am letting myself experience it and what may be causing it besides my mind and external factors. Thank you!

Hello.

The short answer for this one...and you are not going to like it, is a preoccupation with the constant fear of death.

Every little thing gets narrowed right down to "could this be the final thing that does me in?" Every little headache, every twinge in the chest, every pain in the big toe...health anxiety is a b*tch and it's all about trying to control things that are beyond our control...trying to anticipate every circumstance, to put in "plan B-Z" just in case of an infinite number of unforseen possibilities eventuates...not being able to accept things as they are..or to let go...or to "go with the flow" without worrying about what the result of anything you do next is gonna be anywhere from 5 mins to 5 years from now.

There is a guy on YouTube called "The Anxiety Guy"...sweet and simple
I won't include any links...far too many of them.

The only way to overcome health anxiety is to overcome the fear of death itself...which is a lot easier said than done.

Stoicism helps.

We carve a daily routine in our lives usually and if anything knocks us off that path,we usually start suffering with these mental issues.It is my opinion that we should just go with the flow after all what is the worst thing that can happen?

[Altair]

I'm not sure if there's a spiritual 'meaning' behind health anxiety. Anything related to meaning is very personal and risks divisiveness when trying to apply it to everyone else. What works for you or me as a personal explanation will not satisfy or apply to someone else.

Fear of death can play a role, but it does not with every (or most?) health issues. What people may need/want is definitive proof that death isn't the end of their existence. Even so, people that have NDE often say they still fear the pain and process of dying. I'm not sure if there's anyone that has zero fear.

Originally Posted by Altair

I'm not sure if there's a spiritual 'meaning' behind health anxiety. Anything related to meaning is very personal and risks divisiveness when trying to apply it to everyone else. What works for you or me as a personal explanation will not satisfy or apply to someone else.

Fear of death can play a role, but it does not with every (or most?) health issues. What people may need/want is definitive proof that death isn't the end of their existence. Even so, people that have NDE often say they still fear the pain and process of dying. I'm not sure if there's anyone that has zero fear.

true Altair,I have no fear of death,just the process beforehand.

Originally Posted by Altair

I'm not sure if there's a spiritual 'meaning' behind health anxiety. Anything related to meaning is very personal and risks divisiveness when trying to apply it to everyone else. What works for you or me as a personal explanation will not satisfy or apply to someone else.

Fear of death can play a role, but it does not with every (or most?) health issues. What people may need/want is definitive proof that death isn't the end of their existence. Even so, people that have NDE often say they still fear the pain and process of dying. I'm not sure if there's anyone that has zero fear.

First arrow and second arrow. The first arrow is the actual suffering, whatever it might be. It's not optional. It's going to happen. The second arrow is how we react/relate to the first arrow and that is optional.

[John32241]

Hello Raven47,

What we choose to think and expose our self to as external factors will create our reality. This is a free choice kind of things.

Health anxiety is like a trap many fall into so that others can sell you some thing. Our media and advertisers want you to have this anxiety. They are very effective in promoting it. There is no spiritual value in illness. The divine goal is that we are all happy and healthy.

John

[Dargor]

There is no spiritual meaning behind any of the things you mentioned. Stuff just happens at random and you're either lucky or you aren't.

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by Raven47

Anyways, what I have not found much information on is health anxiety, hypochondriacs,
anxiety in a whole, and mental illness in general and their relation to what it means spiritually.

I'm pretty basic in my approach- having lived with therapists for decades and having been in therapy to get to the root cause of things.
(So it's not that I'm smart ---just have experience. Ha!)

What is anxiety, worry, fretting, obsessive thinking of what might happen?
Boil it down --it's fear.
Where does fear come from? Abandonment as a baby...why?
Because if we are abandoned - there goes our nourishment - life is over!
Our basic fear.

So, what causes these obsessive fears -usually a lack of confidence that love and caring would come as an infant.
Did the person cry ---but no one came?
Did they need their icky diaper changed ?
But no one came?

These real life experiences that no one knows about in the privacy of a home ---really happened - and caused
a misfire or a synapse that never connected in the developing child. (Thank God you're not a sociopath or
narcissist which are incurable with very severe neglect in the child before 3 years....hidden from the neighbors.)

Spiritually? What were you like in a Past Life? Did you sign up for this situation because of your past behavior,
so you could learn what it did to others, and thus, stop doing it?
Perhaps.
You might not have been aware that your neglect to your many children in the 1800s caused so much
emotional pain/dysfunction/unhappiness.
So what does the Universal System divvy out?
For you to exp the same thing - not as punishment - but just for you to 'see'...to see what you were oblivious to...
and so knock it off.

Just off the top as a possibility. Just my take.

Next step?
Trust in God.
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Oh forgot ---hypochondriacs? Simple. No one else was concerned about them ---so now
they have to be concerned about themselves....an over compensation, however...all based in fear.


Hi, Shivani, liked what you said, too. :)

[Raven47]

Hey everyone, thank you for your responses! They were all helpful in their own way. The only odd thing about me is that I don’t have a fear of death, but just not wanting to deal with the suffering before my time comes, if that makes sense. Death is something I am okay with, and know in my opinion there is no real death, just a new beginning and transformation. I just don’t want to deal with the suffering like most people do in this lifetime. But that is just me trying to control another aspect of my life. I know it’s time to release and let go of control and find balance. I refuse to take medications or seek out help from doctors and pharmacies as I truly feel this area in the world is quite corrupt, which most people don’t agree with but that’s okay. :) Was just hoping to hear some spiritual aspects from you guys behind it, but I will keep doing my searching internally since that is always the most accurate answer.