How Hypochondria Causes Actual Illnesses

Richard Wiseman: Can hypochondria cause actual illnesses to happen? He says our expectations about who we are shape what actually happens in the world. The optimists keep going when the going gets tough because they're convinced that something good is going to happen, he adds.

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