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Can anxiety cause you to believe your sick all the time?
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1st: EXPERT 2Assess : Ideally, u'd want a skilled mental health professional asking u lots of questions about this persistent fear - learning about u & how u tick. Different sorts of mental health conditions could underlie this anxiety experience. Clinical psychologists & psychiatrists are trained to assess these types of fear - how they arise & how they play out. U'll want 2know in order 2get effective help!
Answered 10/4/2016
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Hypochondriasis: Anxiety can certainly cause many physical ailments and at the same time, a condition called hypochondriasis can occur where a person believes they are sick all the time, when there is really nothing "physically" wrong with them.
Answered 1/1/2021
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