Health Anxiety
Health Anxiety Disorder, also known as hypochondria, is the exaggerated fear of physical illness. People who suffer from this condition have the tendency to attribute ordinary physical symptoms to an obscure but serious sickness. The more a person worries about these symptoms the worse they get. Physical sensations like tenderness, dizziness, swelling, and pain are very real to victims of Health Anxiety Disorder despite the fact that typical medical exams will not reveal that anything is medically wrong with them.