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Yes, hypochondria is a subset of histrionic personality disorder, of which my brother shows several other traits (mostly cannot take criticism), but I would probably not classify him as histrionic.
He is more narcissistic and anxious. He is the only person who really trigger me into arguments, because he has a “know it all” attitude and is covert-aggressive, all the time thinking he is perfect or brilliant. I just can’t take Narcissistic people, which is one reason I never feel fully comfortable in the gay “scene” — it is a small pond full of them. 🙁
BBE,
my exspath had his heart speed up at random times. He would end up sitting outside the emergency room (just in case), all night. (so he said). Anyway, I gave him magnesium and it got under control. He drinks coffee like a fish drinks water. Coffee is a diuretic, as is alcohol. So you lose minerals along with fluids, when you consume them. Sugar works in a similar way by stimulating the adrenals. In nature, sugar always comes packed with minerals. Our addiction to refined sugar creates an imbalance. Potassium also gets lost via the use of diuretics, but is easily replaced by bananas.
The funny thing is that replacing the magnesium will also change his attitude a bit. He will feel calmer. Chocolate has magnesium in it and it may be that he is craving it for that reason.
Many people are “disconnected” from their bodily sensations. This is particularly true of spaths. Emotions have a large physical component and people who have suppressed the ability to feel emotions, are largely ignoring the physical sensations of it using will power. When the sensations get to the point that they can’t ignore it, they think they are sick or dying.
BBE, Thank you for bringing up this topic it reminded me of so many things I’d forgotten about. My spath told me how he quit cigarettes – I just remembered. He said that when he felt the craving, he simply turned that awful feeling into something enjoyable. He convinced himself that he loved how it felt. OMG. That describes his whole life and his love of evil. 😯
He perverted everything so he wouldn’t have to suffer.
Skylar;
After all the drama, I told my mother something that she did not know and why my brother’s heart histrionics is particularly upsetting to me.
I have open heat surgery two years ago. When I found out, I was told I had six months or I would be facing an “emergency room situation.” I told nobody. I did not want to upset my family and cause them to worry. Thus, when my brother did the exact opposite, I lost it.
I was so angry I told him he could not live a day of my life, due to my constant missed beats and arrhythmia.
Hi Skylar & BBE, et al,
I read in (I think Martha Stout’s book) that they feel every little twinge, ache, and pain in their bodies? Hypocondriacs to the extreme.
The one I knew always had some ache or pain. She complained a lot about her body hurting.
Ana;
I have a friend who is like that. Every week he is at a different doctor for something. About a month ago, he bagged his hand. For a week he was complaining and then finally went not to a doctor by a hand specialist. Turns out he did have a slight fracture. Then for three weeks all he did was complain about the soft cast and how it was limiting him…
I told him I would have gone mountain biking, and I mean it.
BBE,
LOL -mountai bikig-the pain thresholds in people vary so much.
At work (massage therapist) I am cosidered a massage wimp cause I can dish it out (deep tissue)but can’t take it…lol
But this chronic complaining about every little thing drives me crazy also. Her hands one week, neck the next week, arms, forearms, on and on…She also doused her hands in alcohol after every massage shift she worked. I told her she was crazy. When they finally cracked and bled she stopped doing it…UGH
My complainer friend is addicted to inhalers but his place is so dusty that after 5 minutes there helping him move some furniture, I start sneezing and literally had to leave.
You will laugh at this. We were at a party. After about two hours, the family cat appears. He immediately starts wheezing and sneezing.
BBE,
LOL, yep that’s a good one! I woulda said ‘how come youre tongue is not swelled up’ cause that’s a sure sign your allergic….
My exspath friend is addicted to bleach, rum, and lyingcheatingandstealing.
BBE,
I admire your spirit but I also hope that you can be gentle with body, when the body requires it. Your body is a person too. be nice to it and it will be nice to you.
🙂
Ana,
as bizarre as it seems, I feel guilty for neglecting my spath when he was ill. (it’s ironic because he sabotaged my health by poisoning me)
I feel bad because now I see that he really did have problems and he was really suffering. To me, at the time, it just seemed like he was a hypochondriac. Now I understand that years of suppressing your emotions can have a terrible effect on the body and mind.
Skylar,
You should not be hard on yourself about that. It’s like the boy crying wolf, wich time was the real thing???
On the other hand that sentence made my day cause why should they NOT suffer after all the cause? It seems fair to me.