Are You A Hypochondriac?

[mtblujeans]

Are you certain you have what everybody else has???

 

[pearlieq]

As my tag says, I've never been all that worried.

I am, however, a kitty hypochondriac. I think my vet thinks I'm nuts because I'll bring the cats in for any little thing!

 

[mtblujeans]

That's 'cause cooties and kitties are 2 different things!

 

[jgmklmhem]

I am the opposite of one. I refuse to believe I am sick most of the time

 

[Pollito916]

I don't think I have what everyone else has, and they don't have what I have either!

 

[joshsmom]

I convince myself I'm well until I flop over on the couch and can't get up!!

 

[mrFDNY]

hi,
when people get in trouble they call me for help.i always wondered at big emergency scenes i better call 911 oh wait thats me who the heck do i call for help??


to answer your question no,not me.but one of the guys on my FDNY team used to be.we had to take his speaking on the air privalages away.he would always be screaming on the radio to the dispatcher.made every job sound like a disaster,when in fact it was a small job.

 

[DisneyPhD]

I voted no, but sometimes I think I have my moments.

However I come from a family of them so, some of it had to rub off some.

Right now I am feeling fine. DD has an ear infection, but is doing well on meds. DH is complaining about something, my niece had me take her home from school with the flu and my baby has a nose that runs like crazy.

I feel pretty good though.

Sorry to everyone that is feeling sick and STAY HOME and get better.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I sometimes think I am and am afraid to report symptoms to be told it is only nothing (and hence labeled a hypochondriac)--but most of the time...it is something.

 

[Feralpeg]

Although I don't consider myself a hypochondriac, I am very aware of things regarding my own body and my DD. Having had cancer myself and seeing both my parents die at a young age, it has made me very concious of my own mortality.

 

[DisneyCP2002]

Once in a while I think I am but for the most part no.

 

[kilee]

My family says I'm one!! So, I voted yes. I always correct them.... I don't make up symptoms. However, when I have something wrong (even if it's just the sniffles) I always assume it's the absolute worst disease or something like that possible.

 

[greenyskp]

One time my mom meant to call me a Hypocondriact, but instead called me a Kleptomaniac.

It was seriously hilarious.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

I have been, I have a tendency to be again, and it's a terror and sense of anxiety that I hope to never experience again. For me, it was debilitating. A few years ago I went through period of about 6 months where I was convinced I was dying of something. When test after test convinced me I wasn't, I'd focus on something else and the it would just go on, and on. It turned out to be something I needed to seek psychological help for, and I learned it was related to my dealing with my infant son's severe medical needs, sort of like post traumatic stress. It took therapy and meds, and I got past it, but every now and then I get a little anxious about little symptoms, and my mind will start to run wild. True hypochondria is a very scary, very emotional thing.

 

[icebrat001]

I teach preschool 4 days a week and every time a kid starts scratching I go home and get bumps (hives from anxiety something I've eaten) and I say "Oh now, I've got something" and then I ask Dear SO if it's the chicken pox, mumps, measles... I've never had them, and I am terrified of getting them.

 

[JennaTX]

I'm not. But I am married to one, he has all sorts of phantom illnesses!

 

[Shugardrawers]

I was just thinking of you when I used my orange peeler to have an orange. I'm hoping to ward off any colds/flu/virus...but then I have cancer. I'm always paranoid about picking up other people's germies. Come to think of it, my favorite question even before my diagnosis is "Do I feel hot to you?"

 

[florida-again]

yes yes yes! Not just a hypacondriac, also a worrier in general. Hence the tag! At the same time though, I'm actually rarely stressed or (touch wood) sick...

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Good grief, no, and people who are get on my nerves.

 

[Marseeya]

I'm not, but my mom was always kind of like that. She really did have some health problems, but to listen to her, nobody could ever be as sick or could possibly feel as bad as she did. The rare times my sister or I were sick, we'd get the whole "buck up" attitude, but then when she was sick the world was ending. She laid every bit of her illnesses at our feet -- telling us we were making her sick, we were stressing her to death, or we were going to give her a heart attack.

And now, she's made herself an invalid at the ripe ancient age of 71. Don't get me wrong, she's truly sick now, but that's because for the past 30-40 years, she has refused to do anything to keep herself healthier. (diabetic who won't follow a diet, blood pressure problems, won't exercise, won't cut out salt & cholesterol, physical problems, won't do rehab, and the list goes on).

So anyway, I do genuinely have health problems and I feel like I have to legitimize them because of the way I was treated as a kid. My sister's like that too. Also, I'm pretty guilty of not letting the kids know when I'm not well because I'm overcompensating for the way I always felt so responsible for my mother's problems. That's probably not a good thing, because when I was telling my DH about some recent health issues, DS overheard and it scared him a little.