Signs, symptoms and causes: How to know if you are a hypochondriac 21 Articles

by Adele Gregory

To begin with, psychologists today often separate what used to be called hypochondria into two separate conditions - health anxiety and hypochondriasis. Health anxiety is a fear that some unusual symptoms or sensations...read more

by Amanda Coers

Are you running to WebMD every thirty minutes because the mole on your shoulder looks like it may be pulsating? Do you have your doctor's phone number on speed dial and know the receptionist's birthday? When strangers snee...read more

by Tom Desimone

Hypochondriasis: A Brief Overview Hypochondriasis is defined as a somatoform disorder. This means that it is a condition characterized by physical complaints that cannot be explained by physical disorders (Butcher, Min...read more

by Mejasha

Hypochondriac or psychic ability? Do you feel sick around sick people? Does your body aches coincide with how the people around you feel. How do you know if you are being a hypochondriac or are truly just empathetic...read more

by David Youngs

If every time anybody describes their symptoms to you, you think "hey, I have got the same symptoms!" you might be a hypochondriac. If you are watching some soap opera and somebody has a disease, any disease, and you think...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

I live in a society of hypochondriacs and the dangers that present themselves to the public every day in the way of information are making the situation worse, and indeed harder for people to recognize whether their behavi...read more

by Lindsey Stell

Everyone knows someone who you refer to as a hypochondriac. They always seem to be sick and they somehow catch every disease that they hear of. You may roll your eyes and maybe even refer to them as "crazy". Many peopl...read more

by Janet Farricelli

If you are reading this article very likely you are either a hypochondriac or you are soon becoming one. Since hypochondria is considered a medical condition then very likely if you are hypochondriac you will definitely th...read more

by Kim Sharpe

I think that the true hypochondriac is the person who thinks they suffer from every single affliction that they read about. They are obsessed with dying from this disease or that disease. They spend most of their waki...read more

by Tony Johnson

I used to work with a lady that always complained of having one ailment to the next. She was either sick or depressed most of the time. In fact, I cannot remember a time where she actually felt good. Now I did take in con...read more

by Tammy L Mahan

While I wouldn't exactly call myself a hypochondriac, I did however suffer from a heart attack for, four consecutive days and once had a headache that was a brain tumor and still often find myself experiencing life threate...read more

by Megan Sturgeon

Hypochondria is actually something i personally know first hand what it's like living with it because i myself have it. When i was younger i use to freak out about everything and anything dealing with my body's different a...read more

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by Linda K Ing

i think all in all mental and physical well being pays off if you take an interest in any medical conditions already diagnosed by a professional[although i wont hold back on my own and others close to me being driven to di...read more

by Abigaile Hannah

The mind is more powerful than the body and hypochondria is the perfect example of this power. I've come to find that more people than you would expect have a tendency towards hypochondria and the behavior associated with ...read more

by Moleymoley1970

The hypochondriac is something of a joke in many areas. Anyone who has a penchant for utilising the firm's sick policy to the maximum, or someone who might, at the first sign of a cold, run for the medicine cabinet - th...read more

by Allaina

I believe you are a true healer,this is a gift that you should share with everyone, but you have found an ideal way to deal with this in prayer, which I believe is the best way forward, there will be some skepticism to beg...read more

by C Davison

If you had the flu, or a really bad cold just cant get yourself up out of bed Sure that you are dying, no one's ever been so sick and what about that pounding in your head? Hard to concentrate, a seed of doubt begins...read more

by Jacqueline Barlow

Here's your sign! How to know if you are a hypochondriac? When you see an ad for a new diarrhea medicine on television in the morning and are at Walgreen's purchasing it in the afternoon. You might just be a hypochondriac...read more

by MysLykeMeeh

Hypochondriac is characterized by a persons preoccupation or obsession of belief that s/he has an underlying serious illness. A person who suffer from this disorder often occupied by worries, anxieties and nervousness. A p...read more

by Idyllwilde

How about: How to know if your sister is a hypochondriac. My older sister has always had a flair for the dramatic when it came to her health. A spider-bite could have the appearance of a possibly life-threatening skin dise...read more