hypochondriac

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Doctors “called me a hypochondriac and said it was just anxiety and depression,” said Hannah Powell, a 26-year-old Utah woman who went undiagnosed for five years.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

In a pre-pandemic world, even if flu cases were high, masking in public may have prompted a stranger to treat you like a mentally ill hypochondriac.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

“That’s surely anxiety-inducing for anybody, never mind a huge hypochondriac like myself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023

It was a diagnosis that made "complete sense" to the singer and reassured the self-confessed hypochondriac that he was not dying.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

I was feeling pretty lucky right then that JonPaul is a total hypochondriac who’s always worried that he’s coming down with something rare and dangerous.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen