Hypochondria: Easing Health Anxiety and Reclaiming Peace
Hypochondria: Easing Health Anxiety and Reclaiming Peace A twinge in the chest. Within thirty seconds, the mind has reached “heart attack”. A small skin spot. Cancer. A ringing in the ear. Tumor. An unusually tired day. Multiple sclerosis, probably. Google is open, twenty tabs of medical forums, frightening images. The heart pounds, the palms sweat, the stomach clenches. Maybe a trip to the ER, the fourth test this month. The doctor says “everything looks fine”, you leave relieved, but the relief lasts a few hours. Then the thought comes back: “what if something was missed?” ...