health anxiety
noun/ˈhelθ æŋzaɪəti/
/ˈhelθ æŋzaɪəti/
[uncountable]- a condition in which somebody worries so much about the possibility that they are ill or may become ill that it badly affects their life
- A person with health anxiety can misinterpret sensations as a sign of serious disease.
- The pandemic has led to rising levels of health anxiety.
Extra ExamplesTopics Mental healthb2- As someone with severe health anxiety, he has found the past year extremely hard.
- Some experts believe health anxiety affects more than 12 per cent of the population.
- Health anxiety seems to impact men and women equally.
- ‘I have really bad health anxiety,’ she explained.
- Those affected by health anxiety have an obsessional preoccupation with the idea they are currently physically ill or likely to get a serious disease.
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