Fiction in the mind

Can hypochondriacs actually be cured?

Moliere already dealt with the "imaginary sick person".(Bild: Martin A. Jöchl)

The cabaret artist, author and expert on human nature Stefan Vögel answers questions that others don't even dare to ask. This time it's about the "imaginary sick". 

Unfortunately, curing a hypochondriac of his hypochondria is an impossibility, in contrast to the illnesses that actually afflict him in the course of his life and which any specialist can get under control.