Hypochondria is a mental illness. Hypochondria is a preoccupation with fears of having, or the idea that one has, a serious disease, based on a misinterpretation of bodily symptoms. This preoccupation must have been present for at least six months and persists despite adequate medical reassurance. One can mentally convince themsleves that they are dying. To a hypochondriac a cough is not merely a cough; it’s a drumroll of death, and no amount of diagnostic assurance can convince them otherwise.
Researcher say that hypochondria is inhereted while others say that you can learn to bo one through your parents or some one close to you that has the mental illness. It is said that the crosswalk between the mind and the body in such a way that we all may have a bit of Hypochondria.
Do you believe that everyone has a bit of hypochondria?
