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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 144015" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>When I graduated HS I met a woman and we became friends. She was a true hyop. I at the time had no idea what that meant. I would go to her house for dinner, got to know her husband and her son. I even babysat for them a few times. He was a great little kid. LIttle did I know that years later I would marry her husbands cousin. It's a friendship I regret. </p><p> </p><p>I thought she was just the strongest person I knew. Always sick, but always doing her daily chores. Then one evening I stopped over as usual and her husband told me that he thought she was a hypochondriac. I thought he was such an insensitive boob. I left, after seeing her and saying I was so sorry she was sick. She told me she thought she had MS. Then a week later she has Lou Gherigs Disease, then it was something else - and I started to believe her hubby was correct. This woman didn't just get a cold or flu - she was acting or had convinced herself that she was deathly and gravely ill. </p><p> </p><p>I came to see her one day - and came in as usual - we never knock - I got in & yelled up to her - no answer so I worried she was sick for real. As I got to the room I saw her reading a medical diagnoses book - huge. And she was kicking a bunch more under her bed. I pulled them out - confronted her with it - then her hubby came home while we were talking and he saw all the medical books which she said she needed because she was sick and they couldn't afford the doctor. Her hubby threw 5 one hundred dollar bills on the bed and said TOMORROW - you get a complete physical, blood work, check you for worms, jungle rot - inside and out!!!!! Or I'm leaving. </p><p> </p><p>He went with her to the doctors - and we waited for the results to come back to see if she really did have MS or LG or something worse. She was confidant he was going to "get his come-uppance, or he'd see!"</p><p> </p><p>The test results came back a couple weeks later - and he went with her to the doctors office. The husband had told the dr. on the qt that his wife was faking it - so please run the tests twice if there was any doubt. And tell her the tests were run twice. The doctor said he couldn't do that - but there was NOTHING wrong - she was the picture of health and wrote out a prescription for her to see a psychologist and get some therapy, and for him to get anger management classes and if they cared about their marriage - marriage counseling. </p><p> </p><p>At my wedding a few years later - she was my Matron of Honor. In the dressing room - she was not geting enough attention - and faked a fainting spell - everyone ran to help her - except my Mother. My mother bent down and whispered something in her ear - -and I don't know what it was - but I am my mother's daughter - and that girl got up off that sittee, finished her makeup and never said a word bad....the rest of the night. </p><p> </p><p>Her husband had numerous affairs because she claimed she 'couldn't perform' and a few months later - they divorced and he won custody of their little boy based on severe mental cruelty to both husband and son. </p><p> </p><p>That's what I know about being around a hypochondriac. She was sure it was real. In her brain she WAS sick. But she refused counseling. She's (to the best of my knowledge) remarried to a man that likes to "take care" of the sick girl. Amazing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 144015, member: 4964"] When I graduated HS I met a woman and we became friends. She was a true hyop. I at the time had no idea what that meant. I would go to her house for dinner, got to know her husband and her son. I even babysat for them a few times. He was a great little kid. LIttle did I know that years later I would marry her husbands cousin. It's a friendship I regret. I thought she was just the strongest person I knew. Always sick, but always doing her daily chores. Then one evening I stopped over as usual and her husband told me that he thought she was a hypochondriac. I thought he was such an insensitive boob. I left, after seeing her and saying I was so sorry she was sick. She told me she thought she had MS. Then a week later she has Lou Gherigs Disease, then it was something else - and I started to believe her hubby was correct. This woman didn't just get a cold or flu - she was acting or had convinced herself that she was deathly and gravely ill. I came to see her one day - and came in as usual - we never knock - I got in & yelled up to her - no answer so I worried she was sick for real. As I got to the room I saw her reading a medical diagnoses book - huge. And she was kicking a bunch more under her bed. I pulled them out - confronted her with it - then her hubby came home while we were talking and he saw all the medical books which she said she needed because she was sick and they couldn't afford the doctor. Her hubby threw 5 one hundred dollar bills on the bed and said TOMORROW - you get a complete physical, blood work, check you for worms, jungle rot - inside and out!!!!! Or I'm leaving. He went with her to the doctors - and we waited for the results to come back to see if she really did have MS or LG or something worse. She was confidant he was going to "get his come-uppance, or he'd see!" The test results came back a couple weeks later - and he went with her to the doctors office. The husband had told the dr. on the qt that his wife was faking it - so please run the tests twice if there was any doubt. And tell her the tests were run twice. The doctor said he couldn't do that - but there was NOTHING wrong - she was the picture of health and wrote out a prescription for her to see a psychologist and get some therapy, and for him to get anger management classes and if they cared about their marriage - marriage counseling. At my wedding a few years later - she was my Matron of Honor. In the dressing room - she was not geting enough attention - and faked a fainting spell - everyone ran to help her - except my Mother. My mother bent down and whispered something in her ear - -and I don't know what it was - but I am my mother's daughter - and that girl got up off that sittee, finished her makeup and never said a word bad....the rest of the night. Her husband had numerous affairs because she claimed she 'couldn't perform' and a few months later - they divorced and he won custody of their little boy based on severe mental cruelty to both husband and son. That's what I know about being around a hypochondriac. She was sure it was real. In her brain she WAS sick. But she refused counseling. She's (to the best of my knowledge) remarried to a man that likes to "take care" of the sick girl. Amazing. [/QUOTE]
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