A psychosomatic disorder is different than hypochondria, though, like the latter, the former can lead to severe anxiety about one's medical wellbeing. Basic anxiety can grow to become health anxiety, an anxiety disorder that describes an obsession with a perceived current or incoming medical condition.

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