A somewhat serious problem (at least for me). I’ve noticed that I’m becoming more and more concerned about my health, beyond normal parameters. I always tend to take little things, aches & pains etc…, and blow them out of all proportion. For example, I have a fast heart beat, could it be that I just ran up the stairs? Nooooo, it must be the first stage of heart failure. Ow, I’ve got a pain in my leg. Muscle pain perhaps? Of course not! It must be deep vein thrombosis! Whaddaya mean I haven’t got any other symptoms? WHO CARES? Time is of the essence, call an ambulance! I’m gonna die!!
Exaggeration? Barely.
I also scored 53 on this test. Placing me firmly in the ‘paraniod fruit and nutcase’ bracket. I was just wondering if anybody else has the same worries? No-one I know has and so I’m reaching out to a wider audience. Has anyone else ever had hypochondria? How did you deal with it? How should I deal with it? I’d like to know because I don’t want to piss off my doctors witha repeated appointments that turn out to be nothing if not for any other reason than to maximise the chances of them taking me seriously when something DOES go wrong. What should I do?