What is a hypochondriac?

Question

i think that is how u spell it im not sure

Answer 1

a hypochondriac is someone who constantly claims that they are sick or have some ailment.

Answer 2

I have this, and it's definently not a cry for attention. It's a real disorder. It's basically a type of anxiety called Health Anxiety. You feel a symptom (usually related to Anxiety like rapid heart beat) and you suddenly think the worst. You fear having all kinds of diseases and illnesses. You never make up the symptoms, but when you think about them constantly, most of the time you will start to actually feel them. It's really hard to deal with. If you want more advice or info.. email me:
eileenprince @ sbcglobal .net

Answer 3

A hypochondriac is a person who feels that there is always something wrong with them. Normal people sometimes feel pain, whether its because they overworked something or whatever, that is no big deal to them. Hypochondriacs always make everything a big deal. They need medical (psychiatric) help to attempt to control the way they deal with their situations.

Answer 4

Hypochondria (or hypochondriasis, sometimes referred to as health anxiety or health phobia) is a somatoform disorder in which one has the unfounded belief that one is suffering from a serious illness. Hypochondria is often characterized by irrational fears of being diseased/dying, obsessions over minor bodily symptoms or imperfections, doubt and disbelief in doctors' diagnosis, constant self-examination and self-diagnosis and preoccupation with ones body. Hypochondriacs often require constant reassurance, sometimes from multiple doctors, family and friends.

Hypochondria is often associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety, and can also be brought on by stress. It is distinct from factitious disorders and malingering, in which an individual intentionally fakes, exaggerates, or induces mental or physical illnesses.

Answer 5

A hypochondriac is a person who is always worried about an illness that they could have?

Answer 6

A hypochondriac is someone who suffers from hypochondria. Hypochondria is extreme depression of mind or spirits often centered on imaginary physical ailments

Answer 7

a hypochondriac is a person who believes there is something physically wrong with them, and are in constant pain, although there is nothing physically wrong with them. they tend to go to many doctors to get help with their pain. the pain they feel is very real for them, and they suffer just as much as people who have pain from a physical condition. it is not attention seeking, or imaginary, they suffer the same. it is a specific mental illness, and is not their fault.

Answer 8

A hypochondricis a person that has the unfounded belief that he/she is suffering from a serious illness. Hypochondria is often associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety. Hypochondria can also be brought on by stress.

btw, there is a programme on channel 4 about this on thrusday, i believe.

Answer 9

Someone who thinks they are sick all the time, when they aren't really. They obsess about their latest illness and usually if someone around them complains of symptons, then they are the very next one to mysteriously come down with the exact same symptoms.

Answer 10

Someone who thinks they are sick all the time when they are really not. They are perfectly healthy and just kind of make up diseases and illnesses. I do not know if it is a cry for attention or a legitimate disease or mental disorder of some kind.