Health Anxiety
A radio broadcast about this type of anxiety by the BBC.
At what point does a reasonable concern about our wellbeing become an anxiety that actually affects our health? If you discover a bruise on your arm and become convinced you have leukaemia. Or you're a woman who's breast examinations are so frequent, you make them tender and then decide that the soreness means you have breast cancer. You make frequent doctor's appointments, demand unnecessary tests and never seem satisfied with a diagnosis, then it's likely you have some form of severe and persistent health anxiety.
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