I have a fiance whose aunt is a hypochondriac. I am wondering to what length her aunt will go to "prove that she is dying of cancer". There is a family emergency out in california (we live in ohio) because her aunt is dying of cancer and can't speak or talk. Would a hypochondriac have someone call her family presenting as a doctor saying that she was on her death bed?
2006-10-14 15:51:41 · 4 answers · asked by yesterdaysnewstoday 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Some hypochondriacs may develop a syndrome called Munchausen's, where they intentionally injure themselves for attention.
But you've heard of the boy that cried wolf. If she's really dying, it's better to go then live with the guilt of knowing you could have seen her before she died but thought she was lying.
2006-10-14 15:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by Min02 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well... my friends biological mother first said she had to have a full hysterectomy cause of cancer. Then cut her stomach and got it stitched at the ER and showed it to everyone. Then she said she had to do chemo and left everyday to go to the doc(where she went we'll never know) oh BTW you don't go everyday for chemo...Then she shaved her head and started taking ipected to puke all the time. Everyone found out she was faking it all when she started giving birth to a preme baby girl. So now she is saying that she has a brain tumor and epilepsy. She forged docs saying she was gonna die and left them lying around. Then told her pastor that a doc would be calling. Then had a man call and read him so paper she wrote. They'll go as far as they can to make people believe them....but what happens when they don't die???
2006-10-14 23:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They might end up malingering, and since illnesses can have a psychosomatic basis, they might actually end up really ill (whether it is the illness they claim to have or not). About your fiance's aunt, someone needs to counsel her to get to the underlying issue of her problem. She sounds like she needs immediate attention, and she might end up resorting to harming herself to get it.
2006-10-15 00:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by boo! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a subordinate that was a chronic hypochondriac. She was always complaining of her false health ills. One week, she was having heart trouble. Next week it was knee trouble. Then it was throat troubles, then it was mental troubles. Finally, I gave her the boot and she had financial troubles.
2006-10-14 23:01:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋