I am a fellow hypocondriac...I think I am the worst kind..not only to I think I suffer from every deadly disease but I refuse to go to the Dr. to hear the dreaded words "get your affairs in order." I can't help watching tv about emergency rooms, people with deformities. I only read books about people who have over come hardships like health issues. Can't understand how people face the dreaded news with dignity and not take their lives on the spot. I think it all stems from the fear of death which is something we all have to face whether we have anxiety or not, whether we have our health or not. We claim we are afraid to suffer but the truth is we are afraid to die...afraid of the unknown....but my friend we are already dead...our body and mind being wasted in non existing future time worrying how we are going to die. Mental anguish is probably worse than any medical suffering we would incure.