Hypochondriacs R Us - What's wrong with everyone today?

Question

Let it out - what's worrying you? I'm feeling sick and tired and bloated. I may die you know....

Answer 1

I think I can confidently predict that you will indeed die ... one day.  I hate to disappoint you, but I don't have anything wrong with me today.  Or yesterday.  And hopefully not tomorrow either.

Answer 2

Amazingly, it's not like that today. I have lower back pain. I think I may have been doing some pilates exercises in bad form so I'll have to pay extra attention to that or change my view of the tv so I can see better.

Other than that, I'm ok. How about you?  

Answer 3

Homework Help: Social Studies: Psychology: Supersensitive Hypochondriacs

by David A. Gershaw, Ph.D.

Up to 30% of patients seeking medical treatments are hypochondriacs. Even though they do not have a medical disorder, they overreact to the body's random aches and pains as if they signaled a catastrophic disease. Why do they act this way? How can they be helped?

According to Dr. Arthur Barsky, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, they are unusually sensitive to the body's normal creaks and groans.

http://jiskha.com/social_studies/psychol...

Answer 4

I'm feeling like I might have another chocolate.

I wish I was just a hypochondriac and didn't actually have ...