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Bibiana Abreu
In this blog, I share reflections and practical insights about anxiety, health anxiety, overthinking, and how somatic approaches such as EFT tapping can support emotional balance.
The goal is to help you better understand how the mind and body interact in anxiety — and how change becomes possible when the nervous system begins to feel safer.
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Why Health Anxiety Is So Exhausting — and How It Quietly Leads to Burnout
Health anxiety doesn’t just affect your mind — it drains your body, day after day, until burnout sets in without you even realising it. If you live with health anxiety, you already know it is exhausting. What you may not realise is just how exhausting — or how directly it can lead to a state of burnout that has nothing to do with how hard you work. This is something I see often in my practice. People come to me thinking they need help with anxiety, only to discover that what
Bibiana Abreu
6 days ago4 min read


Why You Can’t Stop Checking Your Body for Signs of Illness — and How to Break the Cycle
If health anxiety has you constantly scanning your body for something wrong, you are not alone — and you are not broken. Here is what is actually happening, and what helps. You feel a twinge in your chest. You press your fingers to your neck to check your pulse. You notice your breathing feels slightly off, and before you know it, you have spent the last hour scanning your body for signs of illness or that something is wrong. Sound familiar? This pattern has a name: body chec
Bibiana Abreu
Jun 105 min read


Health Anxiety and the Nervous System: Why You Can't Think Your Way Out
If health anxiety keeps coming back no matter how much reassurance you seek, this may be the most important thing you read. You have probably been told, at some point, to stop worrying. Perhaps you have tried. Perhaps you have read the articles, done the breathing exercises, reminded yourself that the scan came back clear — and still, within days or even hours, the anxiety returned. This is one of the most frustrating things about health anxiety. It does not respond to logic
Bibiana Abreu
Jun 104 min read


Why You Still Feel Anxious Even After Years of Therapy (And What Actually Works)
Spent years in therapy but still anxious? Learn why talk therapy alone isn't enough and how EFT tapping addresses anxiety differently. You've been in therapy for years. You understand your patterns. You can trace your anxiety back to its roots. You know why you feel the way you do — and yet, somehow, you still feel anxious. If that's you, you're not alone. And more importantly, you're not broken. Many people come to me after years of talk therapy, still searching for relief.
Bibiana Abreu
May 64 min read


Does EFT Tapping Really Work? Here's What 8 Years of Practice Shows Me
Working with a good EFT Practitioner can re-wire your brain and balance your nervous system You’ve probably come across EFT tapping and wondered: “Does EFT Tapping work… or is it just another trend?” It’s a fair question. Tapping on your face and body to reduce anxiety, cravings or emotional overwhelm can look unusual at first. And if you’ve already tried talking therapies, breathing techniques, or mindset work — you might be wondering why this would be any different. This ar
Bibiana Abreu
May 13 min read


When Fear Feeds the Pain: Understanding the Mind–Body Cycle of Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is not only a physical experience. Research increasingly shows that the nervous system, stress responses, and emotional processing can influence how pain is perceived in the body. For many people living with chronic pain, the natural instinct is to focus only on the physical symptom. When pain appears, the first thought is often simple: Something in my body must be wrong. While physical causes of pain are important and should always be properly assessed by medica
Bibiana Abreu
Mar 125 min read
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