hypochondria
Unfounded disease worry
Hypochondria is excessive worry about one's health, especially the conviction that minor symptoms indicate serious illness.
A hypochondriac interprets every headache as a brain tumor, every cough as lung cancer.
The condition involves not imaginary symptoms but catastrophic interpretation of real ones: His hypochondria has him convinced that mole is melanoma.
The clinical term is now health anxiety disorder.
Functional mental disorder
- somatizationMental distress expressed physically
- psychosomaticMind-induced bodily illness
- conversion disorderPsychological distress causing physical symptoms
- noceboHarm from negative expectation
therapy · CBT · exposure therapy · malingering · factitious · DSM · psychiatrist · mental health
Troubled mental state
- fearEmotional response to threat
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
unease · panic · trepidation · distress · angst · alarm · fretfulness · restlessness
Indicators of disease
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- illnessState of poor health
- checkupRoutine health evaluation
self-diagnosis · consultation · physician · ailment · disease · clinic · hospital · WebMD
Persistent dull discomfort
- painBodily or emotional distress
- twingeBrief, sharp sensation
- lumpShapeless solid mass
- moleSubterranean insectivore
headache · palpitation · fatigue · dizziness · numbness · rash · bruise · symptom
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- intrusive thoughtsInvoluntary disturbing mental content
body checking · dwelling · hyperawareness · hypervigilance · reassurance · health monitoring · self-examination · overconcern
neurosis
Functional mental disorder
- somatizationMental distress expressed physically
- psychosomaticMind-induced bodily illness
- conversion disorderPsychological distress causing physical symptoms
nocebo · therapy · CBT · exposure therapy · malingering · factitious · DSM · psychiatrist · mental health · cognitive distortion
worry
Troubled mental state
- fearEmotional response to threat
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
nervousness · unease · panic · trepidation · distress · angst · alarm · fretfulness · restlessness · tension
symptoms
Indicators of disease
checkup · self-diagnosis · consultation · physician · ailment · disease · clinic · hospital · WebMD · cyberchondria
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
mole · headache · palpitation · fatigue · dizziness · numbness · rash · bruise · symptom · sensation
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
intrusive thoughts · body checking · dwelling · hyperawareness · hypervigilance · reassurance · health monitoring · self-examination · overconcern · monomania
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- obsessionsobsession, fixation, monomania, preoccupation, mania
- psychosomatic disordersconversion disorder, functional disorder, somatization, hysterical blindness, neurasthenia
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
- ailmentsache, aches, ailment, cold, flu
hypochondriapeace of mind
State without anxiety
equanimity · mental wellness · psychological health · stoicism · hardiness
hypochondriac, hypochondriasis, hypochondriacs, hypochondriacal