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Maj Posted 23 years ago
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Hypochondriac

Can sb define this word and use it in a sentence? Thanks. Is it an illness?
  

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It's when you keep thinking that you are ill when you are not. Are you one Maj? '

  • It's when you keep thinking that you are ill when you are not.
  • Are you one Maj?
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It's when you keep thinking that you are ill when you are not. Are you one Maj?

An example of the word used in a sentence: 'He had become an incurable hypochondriac.'
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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
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Nice one Mike! If he wasn't a hypochondriac, what was he then? Any other words than 'unlucky' to describe him?
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Emotion: smile Hmmmm... very sick and maybe flat!
Ahh ...
Q How did he die?
A He was prone to death!
........ Yes I know, a ve
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These posts should be in the medical english section!
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LOL, your right! Dr Chris and Dr Mike's mental health tips, where the tips are truly mental!
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'Dr Chris and Dr Mike will make all your problems right' - not grammatically correct however a cool slogan that rhymes.
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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
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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

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