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r/HealthAnxiety PUBLIC
Welcome to a place for everyone who identifies with having health anxiety, is an ally of someone with health anxiety, or just wants to learn more about our growing community. We coalesce here to reclaim control of our lives through: education, sharing experiences, sharing management techniques, sharing resources, exposing stigma & norms, and advancing the discussion & awareness around Health Anxiety (a.k.a. Illness Anxiety & Hypochondriasis) in its many forms in our own societal realms.
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r/HealthAnxiety is a PUBLIC community on Reddit with over 151,310 members. It currently has a negative sentiment with an engagement rate of 1.1%. With a community friendliness score of 30, this subreddit presents a moderate conversion potential for authentic brand participation. Self-promotion is generally allowed according to recent analysis.
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- No Medical, Pharmaceutical, or Veterinary Advice.: All of the following comments/posts are not allowed:
- Asking for a diagnosis. * Asking about medicine. * Asking if you should go to a doctor. * Asking if your symptom is serious. * Asking if what you are experiencing is health anxiety or anxiety. * Asking if you should take your pet to the veterinarian.
- Use megathreads for vents, worries, fixations, DAEs, needing support, & reassurance type of content.: [TODAY's MEGATHREAD.](http://reddit.com/r/healthanxiety/about/sticky) Any posts containing these elements will be removed, redirected to the megathread. This includes:
- DAEs (Does Anyone Else?) * Focused only on symptoms. * Refrain from (TMI).
- Post regarding general journey updates journey please use [positivity megathread](http://reddit.com/r/healthanxiety/about/sticky?num=2). Standalone threads must include advice in addition to the update.
- Memes go here as well, & please provide details.
- No Vague Post Titles For Discussion & Question Posts. Use the main question(s) for the post title.: Your main question should be the post title.
- Post title should embody what you are discussing. This way:
- Redditors will be able to skip what may trigger them.
- Increase searchability of your posts on google who also have the same questions.
- All discussions & questions will be marked as a SPOILER to allow users to have a chance to skip a post.
- Post with vague titles will be asked to repost with a more appropriate title.
- Please AVOID one-two worded & click-bait advice post titles.
- No Detailed Descriptions and Images of Symptoms.: Includes: results, charts, scans, personal information. 1st offense will result in a 2 day ban.
- Discussions, advice, & question post with very descriptive detail will be removed. We take precautions to prevent distress. Descriptive detail would be providing a detailed log of your experience & heavy focus on your symptoms. Focus on health anxiety and less about the symptoms to increase chance of being approved. The less sentences about symptoms the better otherwise use the pinned megathread.
- No Low Quality Posts, Off Topic Posts, Spam and Self Promotion.: Off Topic: This subreddit is focused on health anxiety. Any post focused on anxiety, social anxiety, depression, medicine, health, or the like without alluding to health anxiety will be removed.
- Low Quality: Any post that does not promote any real discussion regarding Health Anxiety. Low quality advice or posts that do not explore/explain advice given.
- Self Promotion will result in a permanent ban. Taking advantage of people at their most vulnerable is not allowed.
- No alternative medicine or anti-doctor talk.: Don't post about "alternative' health therapies. Do not disparage medicine or doctors.
- Always Be Kind & Follow Rediquette: Remember to be civil and respectful. Comments that are hostile, antagonistic, baiting, mocking or condescending, or harassing will be removed and may lead to a warning. Users who repeatedly violate this rule will be banned. Users who are solely argumentative or disruptive to the normal operation of this subreddit may also be warned or banned. Further, two wrongs don't make a right. Link to reddiquette: https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439-Reddiquette
- Always Follow Reddit Rules: This includes especially rules regarding doxxing, ban evasion, and hate speech targeting individuals with disabilities and other protected minorities (including those with mental illness). https://reddit.com/rules
- Report content that breaks the rules:
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What is r/HealthAnxiety?
r/HealthAnxiety is a public Reddit community created in November 2012 with over 151,310 members. Welcome to a place for everyone who identifies with having health anxiety, is an ally of someone with health anxiety, or just wants to learn more about our growing community. We coalesce here to reclaim control of our lives through: education, sharing experiences, sharing management techniques, sharing resources, exposing stigma & norms, and advancing the discussion & awareness around Health Anxiety (a.k.a. Illness Anxiety & Hypochondriasis) in its many forms in our own societal realms.
The community has a negative sentiment and an engagement rate of 1.1%. With a friendliness score of 30, it is considered very welcoming to new members.
Self-promotion is generally allowed, making it a potential opportunity for authentic brand participation.
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