“A certain level of anxiety about our health is normal and helpful, keeping us alert to the possibility that all is not well, and enabling us to take early action if necessary. Taken to an extreme, however, as will all anxiety problems, to much anxiety and preoccupation with health matters is counterproductive, particularly in the absence of tangible evidence that there are problems that merit a large amount of anxiety. Health anxiety can seriously affect people’s relationships with others, with their bodies and with the medical profession on whom they can rely for help.”
Diana Sanders and Frank Wills