self-solicitude

noun

1. the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
2. solicitudes, causes of anxiety or care.
3. an attitude expressing excessive attentiveness: to show great solicitude about his wife’s health.

noun

1. the state or quality of being solicitous
2. (often plural) something that causes anxiety or concern
3. anxiety or concern

n.early 15c., from Middle French solicitude (Modern French sollicitude), and directly from Latin sollicitudinem (nominative solicitudo) “anxiety, uneasiness of mind,” noun of state from past participle stem of solicitare (see solicit).