Does anyone else have this? I used to not really care about it or have it at all but recently I have become all too aware of my own and others mortality. We are only human and life-changing illnesses and infections can appear, seemingly out of nowhere. I have a hard time dealing with this and when I was recently sick and getting chest pains, became kind of obsessed with reading about symptoms and illnesses online, going to the doctor, etc. I'm still dealing with my fears but they go up and down; they have become a huge part of my life though in such a short time. I wonder what types are prone to this kind of hypochondria; I already had anxiety before this but it was never so bad. It also doesn't help that as you get older you're more prone to get more types of illnesses than teenagers and children, so now I'm terrified of getting old as well