Hypochondria; morbid anxiety about ones health In day to day usage it usually means someone who imagines or supposes that they are suffering from an illness they do not have. Example; He is a hypochondriac, on Monday he reckoned he had meningitis, on Tuesday he thought he had Aids, on Wednesday he complained of having had fifteen cardiac arrests, Thursday was asthma, Friday he phoned me
Dear Doctor Chris and Mike (who make everything right), I have a problem. I keep seeing dead people. It would be Ok if they weren't so cold towards me. They don't say anything to me at all. I talk to them and they just ignore me. Aren't they supposed to want help? They are everywhere and it is getting frustrating because it is interferring with my love life. I don't know what to do. Please h
Dear Rob, I know how you feel, this can be a really disturbing phenomenon. Firstly I must point out that you shouldn't take their coldness toward you personally. Their condition is probably just the result of watching too many James Dean movies, attending too many French fashion parades, watching MTV Gothic specials, reading Alistair Crowley books, and mistakenly taking too many 'red