Thread Topic: hypochodria?
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wowu
Joined: Sep 30, '09
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2009-11-12 07:20:00 |
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hi, I do not know if anyone can relate (well, I want to find out), but I sent whole my vacations reading about mental illnesses and disorders and being afraid that I might be actually ill. Then what will be next if other people learn this - should I be hospitalised, need some medications and well in one word - I became very nervous of every aspect of what-may-be but I haven't been to the specialist. Is this a case for someone too, or I am just very special type of creepy loser :) |
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Unanswered Thread: paranoid hypochondriac posted by cncathy 1 min. ago |
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disorderguy
Joined: May 5, '09
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2009-11-12 08:23:12 |
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Sounds like something similar to "medical studentitis"--when med students are studying various diseases and disorders, an estimated 70% of them experience some hypochondria. After reading about diseases, you begin to think you have some of the symptoms. link |
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bammiee
Joined: Nov 25, '09
Status: New User |
2009-11-25 13:17:56 |
| I do that a lot too. It's not really for physical diseases because I think I'm pretty healthy when it comes to physical...ness...it's usually just mental ones, I read somewhere about something called cyberchondria which is like hypochondria except you're using the internet and books and any other form of research to it's advantage on finding out what could be wrong (if anything's wrong). I've probably looked through a couple hundred mental disorders and I'm starting to think I'm becoming a hypo/cyberchondriac. The only explanation for this I really have is that I probably have something too. Which is pretty much what led me here to this site, I scored very high on paranoia, schizotypal, and borderline with high on avoidant and ocd (although I know I suffer from something like ocpd) and I scored extremely high on the hypochondria test. I'm not actually diagnosing myself based on those results though. But to answer your thread, yes I can totally relate, lol. | |
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oanadoledo
Joined: Dec 9, '09
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2009-12-13 02:09:18 |
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Hypochondria is often characterized by fears that minor bodily symptoms may indicate a serious illness, constant self-examination and self-diagnosis, and a preoccupation with one's body. Many individuals with hypochondriasis express doubt and disbelief in the doctors' diagnosis, and report that doctors’ reassurance about an absence of a serious medical condition is unconvincing, or un-lasting. Many hypochondriacs require constant reassurance, either from doctors, family, or friends, and the disorder can become a disabling torment for the individual with hypochondriasis, as well as his or her family and friends. Some hypochondriacal individuals are completely avoidant of any reminder of illness, whereas others are frequent visitors of doctors’ offices. Other hypochondriacs will never speak about their terror, convinced that their fear of having a serious illness will not be taken seriously by those in whom they confide. Contents [hide] |
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ovafear
Joined: Nov 29, '09
Status: New User |
2009-12-25 02:46:16 |
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I also took to looking online for answers- all it did was amke it worse. The mind is very powerful and if we think a tingle in the arm is something we will imagion it is something even though it was nothing. The tingle turns into shooting pain- which turns into throbbing pain that you cant make go away. All coursed by the 'Wot if' in our minds. I have managed to develope a great big anxiety problem for myself- which I still battle everyday. I know its all in my head but training my brain to stop is easier said than done. I have meds for the anxiety which I hate because they make me feel stoned and drained. So I try not to take them unless I think Im going to drop dead out of know where. "Googling" sites for answers I found this one and it has opened up my eyes to something I didnt realise others had problems with. I am alone in this except for being on this site. I keep my mental disorder to myself. I find it easier if the people I love dont think Im mad. Hypochodria is pretty crap to live with- I have been scared of horrible things happening my whole life. I know it started when I was a kid and watched a real life doc on people dying and I remember going to bed freaked out and screaming. I was 5 or 6 I think. I had no idea that it would lead me to what I live with now. Its a constant battle not to loose the plot and scream " I HAVE AIDS!!- well not really but but the internet said I might" Sorry Im rambling on and on... If someone finds away to to help these fears we all have it would be awesome if they shared.. PS Wowu your not a creepy looser- and if you are that makes me one too :o) |
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