Whenever Marcie feels the slightest pain she searches the Internet for hours trying to identify the disease that is plaguing her. She once mistook a headache for a brain tumor because Dr. Google told her so. Marcie is a __________.

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Marcie's behavior aligns with that of a cyberchondriac, which is someone who compulsively searches the Internet for information on medical conditions and assumes the worst possible diagnosis for their symptoms. The other answer choices are not accurate descriptions of Marcie's behavior.

Whenever Marcie Feels the Slightest Pain She Searches the Internet