There are people who spend years suffering from an illness which doctors are not usually 25. (sympathy) towards. hypochondria is a 26. (medicine) term which describes a hightly abnormal level of worry about your health. sufferers regularly visit their doctors with 27. (complain) of serious symptoms which doctors cannot explain. hypochondriacs are always 28. (pessimism) about their health and often imagine that they are suffering from dangerous of 29. (cure) diseases. they waste the valuable time of doctors when they are really perfectly healthy. sufferers can be taught to control their feelings of 30. (anxious) through relaxation techniques.