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How are anxiety and actually being sick different?
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Depends on symptoms: Tel your doctor in detail about all the symptoms that make you concerned. These can be evaluated to rule out physical causes. Then, depending on what the symptoms are, they can be evaluated as possible signs of anxiety or other mental health problems.
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Anxiety: One can be manufactured by misperceptions and the other is based on reality. Best.
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