Caroline Crampton developed excessive health anxiety after being treated for cancer as a teen. In A Body Made of Glass she chronicles her experience with hypochondria and the history of the condition.
If you've ever Googled a list of health symptoms — and become convinced you have a serious illness and are doomed — you might be suffering from hypochondria. Author Caroline Crampton wrote"It's a fear that can't be substantiated by any medical tests you might do," Crampton says of hypochondria, which is now known medically as illness anxiety disorder."The definition that I like, and that I use, comes from the Oxford English Dictionary.
Of course, sometimes symptoms really do point to an underlying physiological problem and need medical treatment. Crampton says she doesn't hesitate to have a doctor check out symptoms that she's worrying over. Because of her serious medical history, she says doctors usually treat her concerns with respect.
I do my best to take medical personnel at face value, if that makes sense. And I try and do this test in my mind of: If it's serious enough for me to worry about, then it's serious enough for me to go to the doctor. And if it's serious enough again, I'll go to the doctor again. … I'm there in good faith. I try and assume that the doctor or the medical professional is there in good faith, too. And if they're not, I will just go back and ask for a second opinion.
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