Health Anxiety

Hypochondria (health anxiety) are excessive worrying about your health, to the point where it causes great distress and affects your everyday life. Health anxiety is an anxiety disorder that is often housed within the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) spectrum of disorders. Those affected by health anxiety have an obsession preoccupation with the idea or the thought that they are currently (or will be) experiencing a physical illness.

Health anxiety is an anxiety disorder that is often housed within the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) spectrum of disorders. Those affected by health anxiety have an obsession preoccupation with the idea or the thought that they are currently (or will be) experiencing a physical illness. The most common health anxieties tend to centre on conditions such as cancer, HIV, AIDs, etc. However, the person experiencing health anxiety or illness phobia may fixate on any type of illness; this condition is known as health anxiety.