When something about our body seems abnormal, it usually crosses our mind to be afraid. That lump could be cancer, or that pain could be a heart attack. If necessary, we get medical attention and our fear is usually removed. Individuals with hypochondria continuously feel that something in their body is not right and they attribute the abnormality to disease. This fear is constant and produces tremendous anxiety, interfering with their lives in profound and disturbing ways.
Hypochondria is a disorder in which people suffer from a terrible, continual fear of illness.
They quite literally, worry themselves sick. There is no known physiological cause of their fear, and frequent consultations with doctors do not reduce their fear. Hypochondriasis as a psychiatric disorder Patients frequently complain of discomfort in many organ systems. In most cases, they are more interested in the authenticity, meaning and etiology than they are with the actual physical sensation. Symptoms often become responses to stressors in everyday life.