While France is hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the many people who are always afraid of getting sick and who imagine the worst scenarios, in other words, hypochondriacs, must be particularly stressed. This disease affects more than one in ten French people. In the midst of confinement and faced with the virus which continues to kill more people every day, anxiety must be at its maximum for hypochondriacs. In fact, many personalities have never denied having a phobia of the disease. This is particularly the case with Michel Drucker. As reported on the site Orange, he always took great care of his health and do blood tests every three months. "What makes me so worried that I hang myself on the phone early in the afternoon to get the first results!", he said. In this category, he plays on an equal footing with Mika. Indeed, the singer is constantly visited his doctor. As a great hypochondriac, he needs to be reassured.
Denis Brogniart always imagines the worst
This is also the case for Denis Brogniart. "I'm totally hypochondriac", he confided to Laurent Baffie, in the show 17th without elevator. He always imagines the worst and thinks that his illnesses can inevitably end up being serious. There is also Michel Blanc. The 67-year-old actor also played almost his role in the film A small area of turbulence, in 2010. "I did not resist the character of Jean-Paul, a hypochondriac who falls into a serious depression", he said whilehe consults his doctor at the slightest pain. For her part, the actress and the director Julie Delpy used her phobia as a source of inspiration. "I always say that I have a lot of neuroses, I'm a little hypochondriac. "
Another director suffering from this ailment: Xavier Dolan. At only 31, he is afraid that illness will one day prevent him from living his passion: to make films. Thus, he cannot imagine his life in the future because he is afraid that an illness will prevail. The actress Anaïs Demoustier is also very afraid of getting sick.
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