Dr. Phil defines hypochondria as the pervasive, irrational belief that physical symptoms indicate a severe illness despite no evidence, and believes the guest exhibits these traits.

“the way I Define hypochondria just so we're clear for everybody is that it is a pervasive irrational belief that often vague physical symptoms are a sign of a physical illness despite the absence of supporting evidence”

Leah claims her mother pretends to have illnesses to gain sympathy from others.

“my mom is a hypochondria always in and out of the hospital and always posting Facebook statuses about her new illnesses”

His health anxiety originated in childhood and was potentially triggered by exposure to the death of family members.

“i don't know if maybe that's like having seen like that sort of like that sort of like profound sadness and my mum when she's like lost her mom and lost her sister i don't remember that's was it profound sadness that you saw oh for sure like i mean it's obviously i mean i can't imagine losing my mom”

She admits to being a complete hypochondriac.

“But, I mean, don't you think you're kind of a little bit of a hypochondriac? Completely. Yeah. Absolutely. Completely.”