# Opposite of hypochondria? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 28, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645 "2010-04-28T17:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645/1 "2010-04-28T17:12:59Z")
Is there a proper medical/psychological term for someone who denies that there is anything medically wrong with them no matter what evidence is presented? “Black Knight Syndrome” (It’s just a flesh wound!)? I’m not talking about a doctor or hospital phobia. Is this just simple delusion or is some other term more appropriate? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645/2 "2010-04-28T17:14:58Z")
I like “Black Knight Syndrome” as the term for it! Awesome! I don’t know if there is a medical term, but I bet there is (and it’s not as cool as that one). I have a sister who’s a hypochondriac, and I fall on the other end of the spectrum - I do too much and don’t acknowledge being sick even when I should. I’m getting better at it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645/3 "2010-04-28T17:34:46Z")
To the extreme, [anosognosia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anosognosia)seems to fit. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645/4 "2010-04-28T17:38:12Z")
Hyperchondria? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645/5 "2010-04-28T18:08:28Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Hyperchondria? Urban Dictionary agrees, and it’s the most reliable source out there. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645/6 "2010-04-29T02:29:28Z")
I don’t need to look up any fancy words… I just call it “being a guy”. Sure, I tore up my knee playing rugby, but a couple of weeks of limping and it’s getting better, and yeah, I gouged my arm with a lumberjack saw, but it’s stopped bleeding, so what’s the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645/7 "2010-04-29T03:23:45Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I don’t need to look up any fancy words… I just call it “being a guy”. Sure, I tore up my knee playing rugby, but a couple of weeks of limping and it’s getting better, and yeah, I gouged my arm with a lumberjack saw, but it’s stopped bleeding, so what’s the big deal? That’s one guy trait I never got. What’s so great and wonderful about pretending there’s nothing wrong when there is? ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645/8 "2010-04-29T04:32:13Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > That’s one guy trait I never got. What’s so great and wonderful about pretending there’s nothing wrong when there is? According to Dave Barry, it is because if you go to a doctor he may stick his finger up your butt. Actually he isn’t too keen on anyone exploring his ‘‘behindular zone’’. [http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/02/11/427603/dave-barry-a-journey-into-my-colon.html](http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/02/11/427603/dave-barry-a-journey-into-my-colon.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-hypochondria/537645/9 "2010-04-29T12:19:30Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > That’s one guy trait I never got. What’s so great and wonderful about pretending there’s nothing wrong when there is? Its not about being a roughy toughy, its about how you were brought up as a kid. If a doctor can’t do anything about the condition as its say, the common cold, or broken ribs; whatever, then its a waste of your, and the doctors time seeing him. As a kid it was drummed into me that which can’t be cured must be endured. Personally I think that all too many people seek sympathy and attention under the guise of getting medical treatment. I find pity directed at me for whatever reason, pointless and irritating. Actual physical help yes, blubbering no.