Experiencing physical or emotional trauma can lead to hypochondria. This can include previous health trauma caused by the person having a serious illness, or by observing someone else experience a serious illness. People who experience extreme stress which they cannot relieve are also vulnerable.

What triggers hypochondria?

Symptoms and Causes

Childhood trauma, such as child abuse or neglect. Extreme stress. Health anxieties or other anxiety disorders in your family. Childhood illness or serious illness in your family during childhood.

Are hypochondriacs attention seekers?

Because the thing is, hypochondriacs aren't attention-seekers. They are truly suffering from disordered thinking that is impossible to shut down.