Can we please stop telling people they're hypochondriacs?

Can we please stop telling people they're hypochondriacs?
- from the traditional medical term for health anxiety. But it's so often used in such a negative, humiliating way that often leaves a sufferer – including me – feeling isolated and alone. It's almost as if the term takes away from the fact it's an actual anxiety disorder, making it a choice, and not a mental health ...

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