The best cure that I’ve found for hypochondria (abnormal anxiety about one’s health, especially an unwarranted fear of serious disease) is reading about other hypochondriacs.
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The author is a doctor of neurology in England. Her experience is with patients with psychogenic disorders, as well as physical diseases such as epilepsy. Through case histories, she compassionately examines the roots of psychosomatic illness.
2
This book is categorized as “Humor” and it is quite funny. Laughter can be therapeutic for us hypochondriacs!
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Anyone can be a hypochondriac. Through the lives of notable hypochondriacs such as Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, and Marcel Proust, the author investigates the connections between real and imagined illnesses. The introduction alone is well worth reading.
4
This memoir is humorous and interesting to read.
5
This novel with a hypochondriacal main character is funny and quirky. As they say, laughter is the best medicine, even for imaginary illnesses.
1
The author is a doctor of neurology in England. Her experience is with patients with psychogenic disorders, as well as physical diseases such as epilepsy. Through case histories, she compassionately examines the roots of psychosomatic illness.
2
This book is categorized as “Humor” and it is quite funny. Laughter can be therapeutic for us hypochondriacs!
3
Anyone can be a hypochondriac. Through the lives of notable hypochondriacs such as Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, and Marcel Proust, the author investigates the connections between real and imagined illnesses. The introduction alone is well worth reading.
4
This memoir is humorous and interesting to read.
5
This novel with a hypochondriacal main character is funny and quirky. As they say, laughter is the best medicine, even for imaginary illnesses.
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