Caroline Crampton resisted the idea that she was a hypochondriac, but now she's written an entire book on the history of the condition.

Is this normal Doctor?

The more we know about things, the more there is to worry about. This is especially true of our bodies, where it seems impossible that something isn’t going wrong all the time.

Caroline Crampton is a hypochondriac and has written a book on the history of the condition - A Body Made of Glass.

Crampton tells Kim Hill it took a long time to even entertain the idea that she might be a hypochondriac.

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