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[Melchior]

I know regular posts describing symptoms seeking constant reassurance can be annoying and generate a "boy who cried wolf" type of syndrome.

What about you though? What medical characteristic are you guilty of obsessing over or blowing out of proportion?

[LetsGetReal]

I'm too legalistic...
I'm too much of a worrier....
I'm too intense...

Does that classify me as a hypochondriac?

[Melchior]

LetsGetReal wrote: I'm too legalistic...
I'm too much of a worrier....
I'm too intense...

Does that classify me as a hypochondriac?

What is "legalistic?"

If you are obsessive or have anxieties over your HEALTH, then you may be a hypochondriac.

If you use the internet to read about medical diseases and conditions (convincing yourself you may have them) then you are part of the new breed: cyberchondriac.

[The Comrade]

i have borderline obsessive compulsive and i get hardcore balls to the wall anxiety if i have to talk infront of a group of people.

also, my shoulder joint grinds against my shoulder blade when i move my arm up.

but do i make a big deal over it?

no not really.

[NAB]

I would put myself into the "rub some dirt in it and keep playing" category. I take as little medication as possible AND have to be near death's door before I'd take antibiotics.

I'd rather die not knowing, than spend my life worrying. :wink:

[micfranklin]

I'm quite impatient, kind of obsessive-compulsive, not too good with speaking to large groups, and sometimes overly stressed.

So am I a hypochondriac?

[The Newb]

i rarely feel ill

[Melchior]

micfranklin wrote: I'm quite impatient, kind of obsessive-compulsive, not too good with speaking to large groups, and sometimes overly stressed.

So am I a hypochondriac?

No... that's general anxiety, and while I sympathize, in this case it has to be MEDICALLY RELATED

Here guys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochondriac

[b.scheller]

Hypochondria is a social problem that plagues many Western states with a government sponsored medicare. The problem stems from the fact that hypochondria, and the constant need for many individuals to go into the doctor to check up the most ridiculous claims helps to create longer line ups at the hospital or the walk-in clinic.

I know for a fact that Canada, the only country in North America to have medicare, as well as one of the few if not only countries in the world to have medicare assured as a right in the Charater of rights and freedoms, is greatly affected by the long line ups at the doctor, and the long wait times at the emergency room. It is estimated that a person can wait upto anything from two to four hours in the emergency room, in a mid-sized Canadian city.

Let alone waiting for any specialists or special operations. Although Canada's medicare is greatly burdened by the lack of doctors and the brain drain that has occured, the aspect that many people needlessly go to a doctor to seek advice about a small problem does not help the general public with actual health issues.