In all seriousness (sort of), I went to see a psychologist last week as part of ASD screening and evaluation. One thing she mentioned was that she noticed I scored quite high for hypochondriasis. Well, she said it was either that or I have real medical problems.
I managed to hold back the very loud, "Well, DUH!" in my head, but out of curiosity, a few days later I decided, just for the hell of it, to look up some info on line, and took an online screening quiz.
I had to laugh when the answer came back, "You are either highly likely to be a hypochondriac, or you have genuine health problems. You should see a doctor." Same the thing the doctor told me last week.
Of course! What other result could there be, except for "You aren't likely a hypochondriac, and are probably in good health?"
It kind of makes me wonder what use it is to even attempt to screen or evaluate hypochondriasis.
Seems to make about as much sense as screening for liars by asking people if they are liars. I don't mean that hypochondriacs are liars, just that screening for them in this manner makes about as much sense.
Even though I got a bit of a chuckle out of it, it is a little concerning to me that psychologists would be looking for it on a psych evaluation, when the only way to really know is go to a physician and get a thorough check up done.
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I'm not likely to be around much longer. As before when I first signed up here years ago, I'm finding that after a long hiatus, and after only a few days back on here, I'm spending way too much time here again already. So I'm requesting my account be locked, banned or whatever. It's just time. Until then, well, I dunno...
21 Sep 2010, 6:04 pm
