Raise your hand if you’ve ever made the mistake of googling your symptoms and instantly assumed the worst. If you’ve managed to avoid that so far, that’s pretty impressive. For the rest of us, even the smallest unfamiliar sensation can send the imagination running wild.

Our bodies do all sorts of strange, unexpected things, and when something feels even slightly off, it’s easy to spiral, much like when your car makes a sound you’ve never heard before.

But in many cases, that fear is simply an overreaction. On Reddit, medical professionals pulled back the curtain on the most common issues people tend to panic about far more than they need to. Take a look below, and as always, trust a qualified doctor over a search bar when something truly worries you.

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