Vicky Chandler suffers from health anxiety. For three years, she would obsessively check herself for symptoms of serious illnesses. She became so convinced that she was dying that she would wake up every morning just relieved to still be alive.
And she is not alone.
Two-thirds of Brits suffer from health-related anxiety, an exclusive poll for Good Morning Britain has revealed.
While many of us are anxious about our health, for some, it can be debilitating. An illness in itself, known as health anxiety.
Health anxiety is diagnosed when a person spends so much time worrying that they are ill, or are going to get ill, that it takes over their life.
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