499 I Tested AI on Health Anxiety. Here Is My Exact Prompt to Make It Safe.

499 我对健康焦虑进行了AI测试。这是我确保其安全的精确提示。

Your Anxiety Toolkit - Anxiety & OCD Strategies for Everyday

2026-08-07

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In this episode, I explore how people with health anxiety can unintentionally get pulled into a cycle of reassurance-seeking when using AI to search for medical symptoms. I walk through a real-time demonstration showing how an innocent search for common symptoms can quickly escalate into worst-case scenarios, more uncertainty, and even more anxiety. While AI can be an incredible tool, I explain why it's important to use it carefully if you struggle with health anxiety or illness anxiety OCD.
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  • I used AI to help me look up my health anxiety symptoms and this is what happens.

  • This is going to be an in real time demonstration on what you should be concerned

  • about and be looking out for when it comes to searching for medical symptoms and medical advice on AI.

  • So what I have done here, for those of you who are watching, you can follow along.

  • For those of you who are listening

  • to this, I will do my best to give a verbal explanations of everything that's going on.

  • I am currently looking at a new ChatGPT page.

  • I logged out because I didn't want it to have any of my previous information.

  • So I am coming in clean.

  • This is a clean account.

  • It is free.

  • It's just as you may come in to any kind of AI system.

  • Any AI platform, Claude, Gemini, Grok, whatever it is that you're using.

  • Okay.

  • So let's sort of set the scene.

  • You are anxious.

  • You've noticed the onset of a symptom.

  • You are really concerned.

  • You're really wanting to get immediate access or immediate care, understanding what's going on.

  • And you find yourself, let's say it's 11 o'clock at night, you find yourself looking