Jane Austen's characters illustrate hypochondria as a tool for control, influenced by her mother's hypochondriacal tendencies misunderstood by Jane.
Caroline Crampton's book argues that hypochondriacs are genuinely ill but the nature of their malady is ambiguous, rooted in historical cases of people believing they are fragile.
Resentment towards hypochondriacs stems from manipulation and resource consumption, especially in medical settings where the 'worried well' strain relationships with doctors.
Hypochondriacs have suggestible, anxious imaginations rather than outright delusions, often triggered by external stimuli or information.
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