Hypochondria

 Hypochondriacs
 

What is hypochondria?

The essential feature of hypochondria is the worry and fear to suffer, or the conviction of having a serious illness, from personal interpretation of some bodily sensation or other sign that appears in the body. It may be, for example, moles, small wounds, coughs, even heartbeat, involuntary movements, or not very clear physical sensations. Although the doctor says you have nothing, the hypochondriac only stays quiet for a while, but reconsiders concern. To understand more deeply you can see the page on which the underlying psychological processes are described in hypochondria.