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| What's wrong with you?; The rampant hypochondria thread! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 22 2007, 09:55 AM (886 Views) | |
| will_k_williams | Feb 22 2007, 09:55 AM Post #1 |
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Usually I can click every major joint in my upper body. This morning, however I can't lean my neck to the left to make it crunch which stokes my inner hypochondriac. It could be some nerve I've inadvertantly trapped. It could be the fact I've been hunched over the laptop all night (again). It could be the fact I didn't sleep last night or (possibly) I might have pushed it too far last time and accidentally fractured my neck. Also I have really poor circulation in my hands which makes them very cold and often a greyish/purplish colour. Share your deepest medical fears and neuroses here! It's valid until a trained medical professional tells you otherwise. Will |
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| Monkey | Feb 22 2007, 03:31 PM Post #2 |
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I just had to reply because this made me laugh so much. A thread dedicated to hypochondria. (I like your avvie too, btw).Well, let me see. I've been diabetic since I was 9, (26 years now) and was told back then that by now I would be blind, missing limbs and on a kidney dialysis. Oh, and I would have a difficult time having children if I was lucky enough to have them at all. However, at age 35, none of that has come to pass, and I have two healthy children who are now 12 and 13. But those things still run around in the back of my mind, and I do worry about when my time will run out. The thing that worries me the most at this time is heart attack and stroke, because those are common problems with diabetics and they tend to sneak up on you. How's that for hypochondria? |
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| will_k_williams | Feb 22 2007, 03:53 PM Post #3 |
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Not bad although I don't know if it counts as hypochondria if the medical professional confirms your innermost fears. I currently have chest pains and my hands are shaking wildly. Unfortunately I have to attribute both of these to no sleep and way too much caffeine. I have a family history of hypochondria (maybe it's genetic :o). My sister had to stop watching Casualty as by the following morning she was listing symptoms and diagnosing herself with half a dozen fatal illnesses. All I can say is that I'm glad she doesn't watch House. My father actually projects his hypochondria onto others which leads him to tell us to wrap up warm in the middle of summer. He's also concerned for the state of my liver and even moreso that of my sister, however, I think that's justified. Will |
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| Coldmetal | Feb 22 2007, 09:19 PM Post #4 |
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Deepest medical fears, huh? Well... I'm not exactly scared about it, but on March 23 I am going into surgery in Vancouver, to keep my heart going. I'm dying before I turn 40, I've known it since I was a youngin'. And I need to go get surgery or I won't live past 28. With the surgery, though, it'll be a miracle if I live past 35. Point is, Imma' dying soon. Same thing killed my sister when I was young. Glad I've been ticking for this long, I guess. |
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| Eyemcool76 | Feb 22 2007, 11:58 PM Post #5 |
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I'm just weird. Actually I'm kind of the opposite of a hypochondriac. Maybe its called an invincibliac. My mom's always telling me to put on a jacket or I'll catch a cold. I get colds a lot, but it always seems to be from someone else. And I also get cuts all the time. Half of them I never know where their from. But I never do anyting unless it's a huge gash, so I'm surprised I haven't gottten infected yet. |
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| mttomb | Feb 23 2007, 03:03 AM Post #6 |
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The only thing I'm a hypochondriac about at the moment that I can think of is depression. I know I have it. I studied it in school. I have all the symptoms. I've never gone to a doctor to try to confirm it, though, so it's not proven. I seriously do, though. I don't want to be diagnosed, though, because then they'll want to treat it, and honestly I just want to feel my natural, bad emotions rather than fake, happy ones. |
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| adamantpanda | Feb 23 2007, 03:20 AM Post #7 |
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It's called Renaulds Syndrome. It's common in women in their teens to late twenties. It just means you have smaller blood vessels in your outer extremities that are more likely to "shut-down" during cold weather or times of high stress. When your fingers turn purple it's because blood gets trapped. But there are no symptoms during pregnancy because surface circulation is up. And I know all this because I too have fingers that turn purple and I like to show them off and freak people out. My toes also turn purple, but not as often as my fingers. Speaking of blood... Today I ripped a chunk of skin off my left middle finger and didn't bleed at all. It was really weird. But then I scraped my right pointer finger and it bled so that ruined my "I'm a vampire" theory. (These weren't self-inflicted wounds if anyone thought that.) |
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| Admin | Feb 23 2007, 12:21 PM Post #8 |
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Invincibiliac. I like it. ![]() My hypochondria is mostly limited to the psychological field. The physical, not so much. Though I have often wondered if I have heart (and/or lung) trouble, since I deal badly with any kind of physical exertion, even if it's something that shouldn't be too exhausting, and something I do every day. I haven't keeled over and died so far, though, so I'm pretty sure I'm OK. I just have a horrible physical condition that refuses to improve.
Likewise! Of course, I tend to not even want to take aspirin, so I'm also just a stubborn DOB. (That is too an expression. As of now.) I think I may have manic depression, actually. (Well, mostly from the hypochondria point of view.) I don't get in-your-face manic or anything, but I can get tremendously amused by really small and objectively unfunny things. They often make me laugh out loud - sometimes hysterically. Weird looks then, I promise you. But it's probably just in my head. (In the way that it's hypochondria; not... You know.) I can generally control myself in public (at least when I'm not with friends or something), which alone is evidence of that. I have mild autism as well, just so you know. Not social, bad communicator, very much of the no-touchy variety... That's me. (You know those people in stores and such who ever so gently push you aside when they want to pass, rather than just say "Excuse me?" like normal people? Ugh! I want to smack them. They need to keep their filthy, impolite paws off me.) |
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| pirategirl0306 | Feb 23 2007, 07:55 PM Post #9 |
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I kept getting these weird white growths in my throat, and I was sure I had throat cancer. I didn't know how I could have it since I've never used a tobacco product in my life, but I was just that was what it was. Just to make sure I wasn't crazy, I mentioned it to my sister, and that's the first thing she thought of, too! But then, I was at the doctor's because of a really bad cold and I asked him about it, and he said it was just a tonsil infection. So I'm safe (for now). I often wonder about having stuff like heart problems or depression, too. But I'm one of those "don't go to the doctor unless you absolutely have to" kind of people, so I just worry on my own. |
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| Brookworm | Feb 23 2007, 08:15 PM Post #10 |
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I usually get upset about my hands and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I don't guess you could call me a hypochondriac, but I worry a bit more than I should, usually when I think there's nothing I can do about it.:D
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| Suluna | Feb 23 2007, 09:50 PM Post #11 |
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My grandma had serious depression. I only found out about it recently, now after she died. My mom now has to take pills to keep depression away. So...I don't know for sure, but I think I'm supposed to be depressed. But since I am so happy most of the times, I don't really realize how depressed I could have been. ![]() Only some Sunday evenings I feel depressed for no reason whatsoever. It's in my genes or something. *shrugs* Mmm...let's see...I was scared of skincancer when I visited my sister recently. I was in the pool a lot and became really red. It was all burning and I had a dream that there was all these cancer-growths all over my skin. But, I never really get in the sun so I'm OK now. ![]() I occasionally worry about my digestive system. It's a bit messed up sometimes, so much so that I've stopped eating bread. I do sneak bread on occasion though, bread dipped in the fat of sausage is quite delicious... Which leads to another sunny point. I sometimes worry about my arteries, well, only when I eat fatty foods. My hands and feet are always cold. I can wear socks even in Summertime. That's saying a lot... I think. They say it's bad circulation's doing. :ph43r:
Ah, good times. I loved watching House but I always had this weird pain somewhere when the credits started rolling. And then I had to tell myself that it's just the show's effect on my brain.
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| Explosive Calm | Feb 23 2007, 11:06 PM Post #12 |
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I'd like to try and add something but when I do feel something's wrong it usually is, it's not hypochondria when it's true, although I usually tell myself it's nothing too bad, the mind always seems to want to come up with the worst possible answer for everything, which it rarely is, but I do sometimes worry about eating, I have the weirdest metabolism, I can't put on any weight, I can't even get drunk really it's so quick, so when I do have trouble eating at times, be it sickness or anything I do get kind of worked up about getting too bad with weight loss, I never have, but that doesn't stop me worrying about it anyway.
Oh, I'm sure everyone gets it but if there's a fatal bug going around on the news and I get a common cold around the same time it freaks me out, that's got to one which affects a lot of people though.
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| beccafico | Feb 24 2007, 12:06 AM Post #13 |
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I think I have that same sort of thing in my hands, it's annoying since I make jewellery and have to grip things. My fingers go white and a bit numb, they also go a bit waxy, so I can't grip with them and the skin forms cracks and has a tendancy to bleed and then they become sore. It's not nice I think it's called Reynolds disease apparently, but I find that if I wear fingerless gloves that cover my wrists to keep them warm, it helps a lot because the colder your wrists are, the more likely you are to suffer from bad circulation.
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| Eyemcool76 | Feb 24 2007, 01:25 AM Post #14 |
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I can't imagine having depression. I'm just a happy guy. I am depressed every once in a while, but the way I live my life, I can't be depressed for long. I have friends that try to help; my famliy's not that screwed up; I dont listen to depressing music; and I never wear black. Yes that last one sounds weird, but it really does make you depressed, or so I've hear. Anyways Tomb, at least you have someplace to vent out your depressed-ness.
That reminds me so much of the recent Dilbert comic! Oh man it was funny.
I hear that can happen from way too much caffeine. That may not be your problem but it's a definite cause of bad circulation. Actually sometimes my hands go all weird with these weird red violet (or is it violet red? :D) spider-web-looking things. I'm pretty sure they aren't arteries, so I dont know what it is. |
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| mttomb | Feb 24 2007, 02:10 AM Post #15 |
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Well, I'm pretty much like that, too. I have friends who are cool, I don't listen to depressing music. I wear black, but it's the most sliming color, yo! And it's not all black at any given time. Anyway... messed up family... well, I guess it depends on your definition of messed up. My family has a history of mental illness and depression on both sides of my family. I've had family members committed to the asylum... some committed suicide. I mean, it's a genetic thing, about chemical imbalances in the brain. No amount of having a happy life will fix it. You can have the most blessed life in the world and still suffer from depression. If you're talking "screwed up" in a stability sort of way, though, I come from a stable home with two married parents. *shrug* Objectively I really can't say anything about my life is all that bad. I even have the job I always wanted growing up, working at a Disney theme park. It all doesn't matter. I'm still depressed. I can live with it, though. Got to. Beats the alternative.
Aw, thank you, Eyem. You're sweet.
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"Mother's love, Jack! You should know better than to wake a man when he's sleeping. It's bad luck."



I just had to reply because this made me laugh so much. A thread dedicated to hypochondria. (I like your avvie too, btw).





I think it's called Reynolds disease apparently, but I find that if I wear fingerless gloves that cover my wrists to keep them warm, it helps a lot because the colder your wrists are, the more likely you are to suffer from bad circulation.
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